Shahadah and Halakah
Reflections & Thoughts After a number of unforeseen circumstances brought life in the seminary for myself and a number of other brothers…
Series: reflections
Ibn Abi al-Hadid and the Prophet’s Demise
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Completion of Religion & Teachings of the Imams
Back in my mid-to-late teenage years, a question would often boggle my mind. If the religion of Islam was completed on the…
Role of Tribes in the Prophetic Seerah
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Imitating the Infallibles (i)
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Humans in the Era of Awaiting
What is the nature of humans in the era of awaiting (intiẓār), or what ought to be their nature? If we were…
Have the Shi’a Forgotten the Prophet (p)?
Reflections & Thoughts | For those interested in this new format called “Reflections & Thoughts”, please read the first two paragraphs in…
An Unanswered Curiosity Regarding Shaykh Tusi
Was recently reading something related to Shaykh Tusi (d. 460/1067), and it reminded me of a point about his biography that I…
Appreciating a Scholar – a Century Later
One of the scholars of the 19th century that I came across during my readings in 2014 and have always been fascinated…
Financial Struggles and Splitting Book Costs
By end of 2013, I had already visited and sat in the open gatherings of Ayatullah Sayyid Shubayri Zanjani, which would take…
The Conference that Left Us Hanging & a Lone Afghan Soldier
On Tuesday November 24th, 2015 at 4 PM a seminar was being held at one of the smaller institutes in Qom. The…
Out of Seminary Educational Experiences: The Bakhtiari Nomads in the Shirez Canyon
When reflecting upon various learning and growth opportunities I experienced during my time in the seminary of Qom between 2012 to 2021,…
From the Signs of the Laity
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Teaching Where You Are: Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies (Overview)
Today, I had a book presentation for one of my classes on Teaching Where You Are: Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and…
