Islamic Laws

  • Selecting the Best Friend in Islam

    There are friends who remain true and trustful under all circumstances and there are friends who remain with you only desiring the good. Islam urges to have cordial relations with others and to avoid corruption and the harmful effects of…

  • Respectable Interaction or Mixed Gathering

    By: Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi Introduction The topic of “mixed gathering” has been a very controversial issue among the South Asian Shi‘as. Almost all Shi’a organizations and centers in the West, at one time or another, have gone through debates and…

  • Dangers of Coeducation

    By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlullah What is the view of Islam on mixed education? The basic principle in Islam is against mixed education, despite its proponents’ claim that separation may lead to negative mental or social consequences, probably…

  • Punishment and Reward in Islam

    By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlullah How does Islam view punishment as a means of discipline, and reward or allowance as a means of encouragement? How do we correct the mistakes of our sons and daughters? Nurturing aims at…

  • The Major Forbidden Acts in Islam

    If we study the forbidden things in Islam deeply and in detail, we will find that proscribing them is a step taken by Islam to protect humanity from perverse conduct and keep it away from dangers and evils. Through these…

  • The Punishment for the Illegal Relationship in Islam

    The punishment for illegal sexual act with a woman is hundred lashes. The penalty of illicit sexual intercourse between a married woman and married man is stoning to death. Hazrat Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (a.s.) says:- “There are three types of…

  • The Mutual Conjugal Rights

    Just as men have religious rights in regards to women, so do women have legal and religious rights in regards to men. If the management and finance of the family is one of the mans duties, providing for the peace…

  • Employment Contract in Islam

    It is we who divide among them their livelihood in the life of this world, and We exalt some of them above others in rank, so that some of them may command work from the others (Qur’an, 43:32) The apparent…

  • Five Categories of Laws in Islam

    Should we track man’s daily conduct and his activities and attitudes, we will find it most difficult to count them. Every man produces hundreds of quotes and does hundreds of deeds. Within himself countless thoughts, ideas and feelings flow. For…

  • Social Obligations in Islam

    Man’s daily activities are numerous. He can eat, drink, sleep, get married, steal, commit adultery, kill, cheat, lie, offer prayers, worship God, monopolize, show kindness to the poor and orphans, laugh, become desperate, be optimistic, produce medicines, make tools for…

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