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  • Can Satan and angels know our thoughts or only Allah knows them?
    15733 فرشتگان 2014/06/23
    Knowledge of the unseen is prerogative of God. None other than God has knowledge of the unseen independently of God. However, every existent that has been allowed by God to have knowledge of the unseen can read our mind and can see the unseen. In other words, ...
  • What is the Shari'ah law concerning marriage with a Sunni girl?
    9605 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/12/23
    According to Islam, marriage is the basic institution which aims at establishing the family, the primary unit of society. It is desirable and recommended by itself but if a person is in need of marriage and is afraid that he may fall into haram, then marriage becomes ...
  • Is an Imam’s status greater than that of a prophet’s?
    18957 Traditional 2012/01/17
    The superiority of the Imams in comparison to the prophets is mentioned in many hadiths and the reason to it is the oneness of the inner light of the prophet of Islam and the Imams. Since the prophet is greater than other prophets, the ...
  • How can we strengthen the inclination towards worship in our children?
    6228 Practical 2011/12/21
    When it comes to encouraging worship and the performance of religious obligations, it is the foundations of one’s thought that need to be analyzed and fixed first. His view of God, the world, man, resurrection, etc., all play a direct and pivotal role in his devotion to ...
  • Do eyebrow tattoos invalidate wudhu?
    7954 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/08/29
    The following answers have been received from the offices of grand jurists: Office of Grand Ayatollah Khamenei (may Allah grant you long life): If it forms obstruction for water preventing it from reaching skin during Wudhu or Ghusl, it ...
  • Between obedience to the husband and parents, if they have conflicting opinions, which one should be followed?
    6056 ازدواج، خانواده، طلاق و 2021/03/31
  • Has divorce ever taken place in the life of the prophet and imams?
    8236 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/09/06
    This issue can be looked at and analyzed from different perspectives, but in short, what can be said about it is as following:Firstly: Although marriage has been encouraged in Islamic sources, and divorce has been looked as the most hated halal act in Allah's (swt) eyes, but in ...
  • What are the signs for the reemergence of the Master of the Age [i.e. the Twelfth Imam]?
    8765 Modern 2011/08/10
    The topic of the signs of the re-emergence is a complicated one and calls for a thorough investigation of all the related narrations. However, in brief, the signs fall under two categories. One group consists of those signs which will certainly occur, foreshadowing the re-emergence: the rebellion ...
  • Why is it permissible in Islam to marry female captives?
    7087 Philosophy of Religion and Law 2011/01/02
    Given that we have already dealt with the political and social aspects of slaveholding in our previous answers, here we will study two more issues concerning the subject matter: 1. The reason and philosophy behind the legality of conjugal relations with female captives 2. Why doesn’t this ...
  • Is there any special importance in roosters' crow?
    13199 Traditional 2010/11/09
    All the creatures of the world praise and glorify God. The seven skies, the earth and all of their inhabitants are glorifying God, the Exalted. Animals including roosters are not an exception. Therefore, the fact that all species and creatures glorify and praise God is one of ...

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