pilgrimage
Hajj Is A Manifestation Of Combining Religion And Politics
What I want to say today is that as well as all the characteristics that exist in Hajj- this great obligation- Hajj also enjoys the characteristic of combining spirituality and politics, spirituality and material attributes, this world [Dunya] and the hereafter. It is the manifestation of such things. And there are men who say: “Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the fire” [The Holy Quran, 2: 201]. Those who say this prayer in Hajj and whoRead More
Today We Need Cultural Jihad
As reported by the public relations of Xorasan Seminary, in the conference of “the vitality of enriching cultural issues in the holy Mashhad suburbs”, ayatollah Makarem called jihad one of the important bases of Islam and considered it containing cultural, martial, economical, and self-refinement fields. He said that cultural jihad is more important and higher than martial jihad, and today, we need it more than anything else. This marja emphasized that as any boundary gets attacked by the enemy, it must be checked where in the cultural field is attacked.Read More
Pilgrimage Light
After different narratives about the reward of going on pilgrimage to Sayyid-ashohada’s holy shrine, the narratives about the reward of going on pilgrimage to Imam Reza’s holy shrine are in the second place one of the reasons of which is annulling thoughts of wrong cults. About the birth of the eighth Imam, the more reliable narrative is that of Zilqa’de eleventh of 148 AH in Medina which is mentioned in various texts such as “Mesbah Kaf’ami” and “Tarix-al-Mavalid fel-Mavalid Aemma va Vafayatehem” and expatiated in “Mer’at-ol-haq” and “Avalem-ol-Qeib”. Of courseRead More