Islamic Laws
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The Present Society Wrongly Imposes to Obstruction Matrimony
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Shaykh Husain Mazaheri Today’s discussion will focus on the impediments that the present society wrongly imposes to obstruct matrimony. I shall dwell on these very briefly. Removing these impediments by delivering one or several talks on the…
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The Custom of Huge Dowries
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Shaykh Husain Mazaheri One of the worst practices of our times is the custom of huge dowries. By this I mean the dowry which is against the shariah, the dowry which amounts to extravagance, the dowry which…
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Formation of a Household
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Shaykh Husain Mazaheri Today’s discussion is concerning the formation of the family and the importance that Islam gives to it. This is a very useful topic for discussion and I do hope that we shall be able…
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The Benefits of Matrimony
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Shaykh Husain Mazaheri In the previous talk we discussed the advantages of forming families. One very significant advantage for the partners to establish a family is the natural satisfaction of the sex instinct. The other, and very…
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In Islam divorce is the most detested of the legitimate acts
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Shaykh Husain Mazaheri Today’s topic of discussion is divorce. In Islam divorce is the most detested of the legitimate acts. It is well known that the Prophet of Islam (s)has said: In my view the most undesirable…
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Philosophy Behind Some of the Prohibited Acts of Islam
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Nasir Makarim Shirazi What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of gambling? It is very rare to find someone who is not acquainted with the various harms of gambling, and in order to further explain this fact,…
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What is the secret and philosophy of Hajj?
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Nasir Makarim Shirazi There are four dimensions associated with this great act of worship – each one more deep-rooted and beneficial than the other. The Ethical Dimension The most important philosophy of Hajj is the ethical transformation…
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What is the philosophy behind (the payment) of Zakat?
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Nasir Makarim Shirazi It is obvious for three reasons that the role of the public treasury and zakat (which is one of the sources of income for it), is of extreme importance. Firstly, Islam did not manifest…
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Is allocation of one half of Khums for the Bani Hashim not favouritism?
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Nasir Makarim Shirazi Some people are of the impression that this Islamic tax, which covers twenty percent of most wealth and one half of which has been apportioned for the sadat[44], is a kind of familial distinction…
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What is the philosophy of fasting?
By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Nasir Makarim Shirazi There are various aspects associated with fasts and they also possess numerous physical and spiritual benefits. These tend to have a great impact upon man – the most important of them being their ethical…