Shia Studies

  • Shia Islam: Fāṭima, daughter of the Prophet /22

    by Abbas Adil

    Shīʿa Islam: History and Doctrines / Ayatullāh Jaʿfar Subḥānī Fāṭima, daughter of the Prophet Fāṭima may not be an Imam but she is the mother of eleven infallible Imams and,…

  • Fatimah (AS) in Surat Al-Insaan (76)

    by Abbas Adil

    Allah the Exalted has said: “Verily the Good shall drink of a Cup (of wine) mixed with Kafur. A fountain where the Devotees of God do drink, making it flow…

  • Hazrat-e-Fatima (S.A.)

    by Abbas Adil

    The great lady, Hazart-e Fatemeh Zahra (S.A) was the dear daughter of the Prophet, Mohammad (S.W). Some Shiite scholars believed that she was born on 20th of Jamadi-ul-Sani, 5 th…

  • Sayeda Fatimah – The Perfect Lady

    by Abbas Adil

    She was not only the most virtuous and greatest woman of all time but one of the most perfect human beings. She was however not destined to live more than…

  • Sayeda Fatimah Al-Zahra & the Holy Quran

    by Abbas Adil

    HER VIEWS ABOUT THE HOLY QURAN: When Fadak, the property which the Holy Prophet (saww) had gifted to his one and only daughter Fatimah (a.s.) was snatched away from her,…

  • Fatimah Al-Mardhiya

    by Abbas Adil

    Fatima, was a special person even before she was born because she was conceived from the fruits of paradise. The Prophet (S.A.W) says: “that before she was conceived the Arch-Angel…

  • Hadrat Fatimah (A.S.)

    by Abbas Adil

    SHAFAQNA-The great lady, Hazart-e Fatemeh Zahra (SA) was the dear daughter of the Prophet, Mohammad (SW). Some Shiite scholars believed that she was born on 20th of Jamadi-ul-Sani, 5 th…

  • Fatima’s House Attacked

    by Abbas Adil

    SHAFAQNA-In compliance with God’s command Baligh maa onzila ilaik-‘ (5:67) the Holy Prophet had inaugurated the serial of Irnamate’ (Divine guidance in succession to the Final apostleship) and had placed…

  • Fatema martyred: succumbing to the Wound

    by Abbas Adil

    SHAFAQNA-Thus after seventy-five or ninety days after the departure of the Holy Prophet, as prophesied, the Holy Lady passed away. But before breathing her last, she called Ali and desired…

  • Az-Zahra

    by Abbas Adil

    SHAFAQNA-As it was reported in v. 10 of Bihar al-Anwar, Ibn Abbas narrated that Allah’s Messenger said: “Surely my daughter Fatima is: The Mistress of all women from the beginning…

  • Az-Zakiyya (The Chaste)

    by Abbas Adil

    SHAFAQNA-The word “Tazkiah” has been mentioned several times and in different forms in the Holy Quran. It means the attestation of someone’s honorable record, or to purify one’s self. For…

  • Succession to the Prophet SAWW

    by Abbas Adil

    Shafaqna – With the exclusion of the ʿAjārida sect of the Khawārij and Ḥatim al-ʿĀsamm of the Muʿtazila, all Muslims agree that after the Prophet there must be a leader manage the affairs of the Umma.…