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SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- Regarding what teyyul-ard truly is, and to present an explanation for the concept and an intellectual analysis of it, there have been efforts made by different scholars. One of the theories for it is the theory of “اعدام و ایجاد” or “Existentiation and Elimination” presented by Ibn Arabi and accepted by some great scholars. According to it, the person practicing teyyul-ard eliminates his existence in one point and existentiates it in another. This theory is…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- There are hints in Sunni and ShÐÝÐ sources of hadith about twelve caliphs or successors after the Prophet. All the five, al-Bukhari, al-Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawood, and Ahmad b. Hanbal, have reported through various chains of transmissions from Jabir b. Samurah[1] that he heard the Prophet saying “Islam continues with its dignity until twelve successors” (or “there will be twelve princes,” in the words of al-Bukhari); then he heard something, he says, that he could…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- The word Imamah means to lead and an Imam is anything that is followed, whether it is a person and individual or something else, and whether it leads to the right path or the wrong path. But in Islamic terms, it denotes the leading of people by Allah that covers all aspects of human life, even those which are related to the hereafter, and is carried out by a complete person as successor of the…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- Wilayah is an Arabic word derived from the word (ولی). In Arabic Wilayah means the coming of something right after another, without any space existing in between them. This calls for the closeness and nearness of these two to each other. Wilayah has been used to denote love and friendship, victory and assistance, following and submission, as well as guardianship and leadership. In regards to Wilayah Takwini the last meaning that we mentioned (that of…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – The oppression dealt to the highest ranked woman in Islam has been carried out by a dual force. Following the death of her father and God's Last Messenger (peace be upon him and his progeny), the sect of the hypocrites usurped her entitlement to Fadak and carried out an attack on the home of Lady Fatima (peace be upon her). However, the historical context of these individuals allows observers to accept their actions because…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- The hereafter is an unknown world, we know very little about it because those who have had the chance of witnessing it have not been given the opportunity to return and reveal its mysteries. Hence the only way to understand what death truly is, is by listening to what God and the leaders in which are trustworthy (the infallibles), have disclosed. Regarding man’s condition after death and the feeling he has when he is being…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- Allah (swt) introduces sleep as a blessing that is the remedy for tiredness and sorrow without which life is not possible.[1] In our material world, sleeping is to remove any fatigue, sorrow and fear thus it should only be used as much as needed and not more, because time that passes in sleep is in reality lost and wasted time [of course, sleep that is needed is somewhat an investment; it is time that is…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- There are Quranic verses that imply that the creation of the woman was after the creation of man and some imply that Allah created the woman from a part of man’s body. The verses are as follows: 1- " یا أَیُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّکُمُ الَّذی خَلَقَکُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ واحِدَةٍ وَ خَلَقَ مِنْها زَوْجَها " [1] 2- " هُوَ الَّذی خَلَقَکُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ واحِدَةٍ وَ جَعَلَ مِنْها زَوْجَها لِیَسْکُنَ إِلَیْها " [2] 3- " خَلَقَکُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ واحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْها…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- The nature and existential essence of this world is in a way that no one living in it, kafir or mu’min, is free from sorrow and pain; even the wealthiest may suffer from problems that the poor may never experience. The reason for all this being that this world is a world of interference and clash between things, pain, hardship, restriction and transience. This leads to it being a mix of the causes of tragedy,…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- The term “God” is one of the most general and simplest concepts that everyone, even atheists that deny His existence, definitely have some kind of perception of, although comprehending the true nature of his essence is out of our reach. The ways to knowing and comprehending God can be summed up in the following ways: 1. Reason and intellect, like the argument of the necessary and possible being. 2. Through experimentation and sensation, such as…