Shia Studie’s World Assembly

Rajab is the seventh month in the Islamic lunar calendar. The name of this month in Arabic is derived from the root “r j b” which means honored and magnificent. This name was chosen because the Arabs have revered this month since…

Preserving hope for the return of Imam al-Mahdi (AJ), the promised savior, is central to Shia Islam. While the concept of a messianic figure resonates across Abrahamic faiths, and firmly finds traditional and rational bases inside the…

The Holy Prophet said: "Whoever injures (bodily or sentimentally) Fatima, injures me; and whoever injures me injures Allah; and whoever injures Allah practices unbelief. O Fatima! If your wrath is incurred, it incurs the wrath of Allah;…

The American Journal of Environmental Protection has published the paper “Environmental Principles in the Holy Koran and the Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad ” written by Djamel Ghernaout in 2017. According to Shafaqna, this paper reviews…

Social Ethics We begin by mentioning the social consequences of leaving this obligation. It has already been stated that the very deprivation of the blessings of this obligation is a punishment that is compounded by a number of harms:…

 Explosion of wireless communication devices, known as pagers, in Lebanon left thousands of Lebanese civilians as well as some members of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah killed or wounded. The devices exploded in…

Women in Afghanistan fear arrest, harassment and further punishment whenever a new Taliban decree is announced, according to a new multi-agency UN report issued. Police enforcement has increased harassment in public spaces and further…

The month of Rajab, the seventh month in the Lunar Hijri calendar, began today, January 13. In addition to Sha’ban and Ramadan, the month of Rajab enjoys a great honor, as cited in many narrations that have also conveyed the…

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that Israel is pursuing goal it cannot achieve. He delivers his first public speech since start of the war. Hassan Nasrallah begins the speech by praising “the fallen martyrs” of Hezbollah and…

The UN child rights committee warned of the grave human rights violations against children in the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, strongly condemning the Tel Aviv regime’s killing of children in the brutal war. The Geneva-based…