Theology

Islam and Islamic Ideology Paramount Leader of the Islamic Revolution In early days of its advent and even today, Islam has shown - and still showed - the way to a new world, ensured a life of abundance, moral rectitude and salvation for…

Divine Justice and the Problem of Evil Divine Justice and the Problem of Evil: Divine justice and the problem of evil is a fundamental question and one of the most discussed topics among theologians and philosophers in the last two…

Belief in Allah Belief in Allah: It is worth emphasizing that among human thinkers there exists no difference of opinion on the point that this universe has a self-sustaining First Cause. At the most, materialists call it matter, while…

A series of letters debating Shi'i and Sunni beliefs between the late Shi'i scholar Sharaf al-Din, and the late Sunni scholar and head of Al-Azhar university.

A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue (also known as 'The Right Path') Letter 57 Letter 57 Muharram 25, 1330 I Interpreting Hadith al­Ghadir 1) Believing in the truthfulness of the sahabah requires interpreting hadith al­Ghadir, whether it is…

Ash'airah Ash'airah: From the preceding lecture it became clear that the ideas and notions which led to the emergence of the Mu’tazilite school took birth during the latter half of the first century of Hijrah. The approach of the…

Mu'tazilah Mu'tazilah: We shall begin our discussion - and we shall explain later why - with the Mu’tazilah. The emergence of this sect took place during the latter part of the first century or at the beginning of the second. Obviously…

The Attributes of Allah The Attributes of Allah: With my continuous chain of authorities reaching up to the Thiqat al-Islam Muhammad ibn Ya’qub al-Kulayni, from ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim, from Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Tayalisi, from Safwan ibn Yahya,…

Why have the Ulamah (learned) declared that alcoholic drinks are najis, whereas it cleans many things from the effects of contagious disease and kills many bacteria then what is the reason of it being impure?

As explained in the last session, the above theory is based on an array of statutory principles. The first principle is the exigency of law for society while the second principle is that the law must be divine. After these two stages…