Question: I want to know the status of beating backs with knives (Zanjeer) on the day of Ashura? What is it status in Shia Fiqh?
Answer by Board of Istifa, Office of Grand Ayatollah Sistani: The philosophy of mourning during ‘Ashura’, is to respect the symbols of religion and remember the suffering of Imam Hussain (as), [...]
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Highest Ranking Shi’ite Marja’ Scholars Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Grand Ayatollah Khamenei’s Ruling on Shi’ites Beating Backs with Knives on 10th of Muharram
Posted in Ahmed Amiruddin, Articles, Fatawa, tagged 10th Muharram, Ashura, Haram, Matam, Shia, Shiite, Ulema, Zanjeer on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Belief in the Twelve Veils By Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin
Posted in Ahmed Amiruddin, Articles, Fatawa, tagged Adil, Ahmed Amiruddin, Arabs, Canada, Dr. GF Haddad, Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, Haqqani, Ishmaelites, islam, Light of the Prophet, Muhammad, Muslim, naqshbandi, nazim, Prophet Muhammad, Quraish, Quraysh, Sayyid, shaikh nazim, shaykh ahmed, shaykh nazim, Sheikh, sufi, sufism, Syed, Twelve Imams, Twelve Veils on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a post on yanabi.com, Dr. GF Haddad dismisses the hadith about the creation of twelve veils as a “Shia forgery” (see his critique of Shaykh al-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri posted at http://www.yanabi.com/forum/Topic333186-24-1.aspx wherein GF Haddad states, “This is yet another forgery which unknowns threw on Sufyan and Ibn al-Mubarak’s doors just as [...]
Fatwa on Bank Interest by H.E. Mohammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qadiri al-Azhari; Grand Mufti of India
Posted in Ahmed Amiruddin, Fatawa, Political Leaders, Spiritual Experiences, tagged Ahmed Amiruddin, al-Qadiri, Allama Mufti Mohammed Akhtar Raza Khan, Azharul Fatawa, Bank Interest, Canada, Grand, Imam Ahmed Raza Khan, India, Mufti, Muslims, peace, policy, Sayyid, shaikh nazim, shaykh nazim on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpted from Azharul Fatawa by H.E the Grand Mufti of India Hadrat Allama Mufti Mohammed Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari al-Qadiri, Grandson of Hadrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan al-Qadiri (rad)
Your holiness Mufti Saheb, I request your honor to give the verdict on the following questions, may Allah Ta’ala reward you.
Question 1: Is interest totally unlawful? [...]
