by Dr. Syed Rizvi | Nov 28, 2017 | Prophethood
It is narrated through a reliable chain of narrators that an atheist came to Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq and presented a few queries. One of his questions concerned the logic behind the sending of Prophets. The Imam said, “When we have agreed that we have a Maker...
by Dr. Syed Rizvi | Jul 28, 2012 | Islamic Practices
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ “Oh you who believe! Fasting is prescribed on you as it was prescribed on those before you, so that you may guard (against evil...
by Dr. Syed Rizvi | Jul 20, 2012 | God
Jafar as-Sadiq (A. S.) was one of the most patient and tolerant teachers of his time. He used to give lectures on Islamic theology every day. After his lectures, he would listen and reply to the objections of his students and critics. He had asked his students and...
by Dr. Syed Rizvi | Dec 13, 2009 | Imamat
The event of Karbala marks the greatest sacrifice for the sake of God in the human history. The minute and stunning details of this great event have been written and survived from the very first day by the eye witnesses. For the last fourteen hundred centuries, the...
