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SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about smoking at the place with a “smoking is forbidden” sign. Question: In some buses and other vehicles is written “smoking is forbidden”, is smoking allowed in such places? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: if this case is depending on the implicit condition that the passenger in that vehicle has accepted, and/or such a thing is the govemental rule which after entering the country must be observed, it is necessary to act accordingly and doing the opposite is not allowed. Source: PERSIAN SHAFAQNA SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleSouth Sudan agrees to 4,000 more UN peacekeepers Next articleHouthi forces captur...

SHAFAQNA –The Houthi forces, backed by the Yemeni Republican Guard, seized a number of points inside the Midi Desert near the Saudi-Yemeni border today, advancing as far north as the Jizan Region of Saudi Arabia. According to Al-Masdar’s Yemen War correspondent, Tony Toh, the Houthi forces and their allies killed 41 fighters from the Saudi-led Coalition on Monday after seizing a number of sites from the latter. Making matters worse for the Saudi-led Coalition, the Houthi forces continued their advance in the Najran Valley, as they capturednew points near the provincial capital. The Saudi-led Coalition’s recent losses in the Jizan and Najran regions has taken a toll on their morale, as they ...

SHAFAQNA- It is clear from the Holy Qur’an and the traditions that performance of Hajj (Pilgrimage) is obligatory on every person who has attained puberty and has the means mentioned below.Hajj is one of the basic principles of Islam; its performance is one of its essentials, and its non-performance is a grave sin. Denial of the obligatory nature of Hajj is blasphemy (kufr). Allah states in the Holy Qur’an, “.. and pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon men for the sake of Allah, (upon) every one who is able to undertake the jouey to it; and whoever disbelieves, surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above any need of the worlds”. (3/97).Sheikh Kulayni has reported that Imam as-Sadiq (a.s.) h...

SHAFAQNA –The Saudi women who need their fathers, husbands and brothers’ permission to benefit their legal rights of working, studying and traveling, are now using social media in a bid to end males’ rule over their life. The Saudi women have created #سعودیات_نطالب_باسقاط_الولایة (#StopEnslavingSaudiWomen ) to emphasize that the govement should hear the women’s voice and respect their rights, adding that the progress of any society is evaluated by the situation of women. They have also reminded the Saudi rulers of regional women’s freedom to do whatever the Saudi females are baed. On the opposite side, the make opponents of the demand insist the necessity for respecting Saudi Arabia’s laws,...

SHAFAQNA –Muslims from across Norway gathered on the island of Utøya to pray for victims of the Norway attacks. Six years ago in 2011 34-year-old Anders Breivik shot and killed 69 people on the very same island. The Island is owned by Norway’s Labour party and most of Breivik’s victims were members of the Labour party’s youth wing. On August 19, 2016, the country’s oldest Muslim Youth association hosted their aual youth retreat in union with the Labour party’s youth wing. During the retreat, the Muslim youth held a special prayer service in remembrance of the Norway attack victims and pledged to be law abiding and loyal Norwegians. The three days event was attended by representatives of the...

SHAFAQNA –If they know what is good for them, German Muslims should be stoutly, if silently, supporting the partial burqa ban aounced by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s govement. And French Muslims should be agreeing, even if only sotto voce, with Jean-Pierre Chevènement’s call for “discretion” in public spaces “at this difficult time”. Chevènement, a former Interior minister, has been appointed head of the Foundation of French Islam. The organisation, created to better integrate France’s Muslim population, is to oversee aspects of mosque operations, including domestic financing and imam training. It is likely to be an influential body. There is a simple reason to support Merkel’s partial burqa ...

SHAFAQNA –If the world has become desensitise to human suffering, there are still crimes so tragic and uecessary, so violent in nature and abominable in the tragedy they carry, that we caot help but pause. Should you have missed it somehow War has held Yemen hostage since March 25th, 2015, a day which saw Saudi Arabia unilaterally move against its impoverished neighbour in the name of “democracy building.” Yemen’s war you were told then, was a necessary evil, a democratic mean to end a popular movement Riyadh cared little for, since it spoke in negation of its religious extremism – Wahhabism. As Riyadh weaved its narrative the world sat back, gleefully deaf to the cries Yemen let out in its...

SHAFAQNA – In an interview conducted in the sidelines of Yemen conference this August 20-21, 2016Andrew Smith slammed the UK govement for providing the Saudi regime with military equipment, training, and intelligence against Yemen. “The UK has been absolutely central to bombing of Yemen. It has provided training, weaponry and uncritical political support to Saudi regime. It supported this war on Yemen in every possible way – it has even stood by as Saudi Arabia organized a humanitarian blockade. That humanitarian catastrophe has been supported and fuelled with British weapons and political support. Since the bombing began the UK has sold £3.3 billion worth of weapons to the kingdom.This inc...

SHAFAQNA – The ups and downs of the world pass quickly and all of us will be shattered under the wheels of the time. What I have noticed when studied the conditions of various sections of the society, lead me to this conclusion that the rich and powerful suffer from inteal, mental and spiritual sufferings more than other sections, and because they have not fulfilled many of their wishes and desires, their sufferings are more painful and heart-rending [1]. [1] Sahifeyeh Imam, Vol. 18, page 510, Farazy az Nameye Imam be Farzandash Seyyed Ahmad. SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleThree groups which their deeds last after death Next articleEvidence of the war on children o...

SHAFAQNA –The War on Children [Yemen], broadcasted on August 23 2016, on ABC’s television programForeign Corespondent, shed a long awaited light on the silent and deadly war on the children of Yemen. Yemen’s war, which has been inaccurately painted as civil war by mainstream media is actually a war of democratic restoration and rebuttal of foreign diktat – and more particularly Saudi influence. It all began in early 2015 when the Ansarallah movement, also known as the Houthis enacted popular will by assuming authority over Sana’a govement. It is following calls for reforms, and the enactment of the National Dialogue that President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi chose to resign not once but twice, ...

SHAFAQNA-Reporting his father, Imam al-Sadiq (A.S) says, “A needy came to the Holy Prophet asking for help. The Holy Prophets asked, “Is there anyone here to give an interest-free loan?” a man from the Ansar rose up saying, “I have such a loan.” The Holy Prophet said, “Give four vessels of date to this man.” the man did so and came to the Holy Prophet after sometime asking for the payment of his loan. The Holy Prophet said, “We will pay it in the coming days.” the man came another time, hearing the same words. But when he came for the third time, the Holy Prophet smiled and said, “Is there anyone here to give an interest-free loan?” a man rose up saying, “O Allah’s Messenger! I have it.” Th...

SHAFAQNA –If Saudi Arabia’s many grave human rights violations remain largely unaddressed by state officials for facing the kingdom equates those days to political and/or financial suicide, activists have relentlessly exposed and spoken against the brutality of the regime – the voices of truth in an ocean of hypocrisy. The oppressed are no longer standing alone – their voices are being carried by a loyal army of volunteers, and activists. For all the violence and abject humiliations al-Saud has imposed on communities on account of their faith, their ethnicities, or their political persuasions, a movement is being risen, a resistance is being organized – one which could soon wash away Riyadh...

Commentary of the Quran (Chapter 2:60)By: Mohammad Sobhanie The Miracle of Water Gushing Forth in the Desert! بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِوَإِذِ اسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۖ فَانفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًاۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْۖ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِن رِّزْقِ اللَّـهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾ Translation: And when Moses prayed for water for his people, We said, ‘Strike the rock with your staff.’ Thereat twelve fountains gushed forth from it; every tribe came to know its drinking-place. ‘Eat and drink of Allah’...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Khomeini wrote to his son: My son, if you are not spiritual, try not to deny spiritual and Gnostic positions. This is one of the biggest tricks of Satan and the corrupt soul, which discourages a person from all the ranks of the humanity and spiritual positions. And this compulsion to deny and sometimes mocking pure behaviours (deeds) for the sake of Allah (SWT) lead to enmity towards it, in order to nip in the bud for whatever purpose the prophets, Imams, Divine Books especially the holy Quran have come to existence for [1]. [1] Va’adeyeh Didaar, Namehayeh Imam Khomeini (RA) be Haj Seyyed Ahmad, Page 103. SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleThe Miracle of W...

SHAFAQNA-An experimental cancer treatment based on rainforest berries has been successfully shown to destroy tumours in a matter of days. A drugbased on the fruit of the Australian blushwood tree is currently undergoing trials in Queensland. Denise Powell, a cancer patient who is part of the trial, said the treatment had a radical effect on a tumour in her armpit. “My cancer surgeon said, ‘I can take that one out, if you get any more you might lose an arm.” The blushwood tree, a rare species which grows in the Australian rainforest Denise said the drug had a visible and dramatic effect on her tumour The chemical inside the berries is calledEBC-46 and has already been shown to shrink tum...

SHAFAQNA –Our times are times of great upheaval and injustice! Regardless of what faith, if any, anyone holds I don’t think that anyone will disagree with my statement. And while humanity has faced many periods of great hardship, I don’t think any period of our History has been more absolutely violent, and bent on crushing the human spirit. Our times are times of labelling, shaming, and aihilating … Society today has a desperate need to categorize and arrange people, communities and faiths according to a very strict set of rules – one which screams of bigotry, ignorance and arrogant ego-centrism. Muslims in this sick equation have suffered most of all I would say – often by their own hands,...

SHAFAQNA – The crowd is chanting “We won’t bow down” as Saudi jets circle over head #Sanaa#Yemen – @omeisypic.twitter.com/xxB5xfhwWx — Gissur Simonarson (@GissiSim) August 20, 2016 Millions flocked to the Yemeni capital, Sana’a this Saturday to publicly declare their support and allegiance to the Resistance – as fronted by the Ansarallah movement. As the crowd roared its determination to withstood foreign aggression, Saudi jets flew low in the sky – yet another attempt to bully a people into compliance. Undeterred men, women, and children stood in the capital, defiant in their determination to push against Wahhabi imperialism – a nation united in its Freedom, its faith, and its pluralism....

SHAFAQNA –Austrian conservative politicians called for a ban on full body veils on Thursday, saying the veils would hinder women to integrate into the mainly Catholic Austrian society. Public debate about a ban on full body veils was ignited in several European countries after three French Mediterranean cities baed body-covering Muslim burkini swimwear, saying the burkini defies French laws on secularism. France, which has the largest Muslim minority in Europe, estimated at 5 million, in 2010 introduced a ban on full-face niqab and burqa veils in public. Austria’s Foreign and Integration Minister Sebastian Kurz from the centrist People’s Party, who plans to introduce a new integration law n...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about the conditions that a person must have to be eligible to be in charge of public property. Question: Who is in charge of public property? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: It is the responsibility of the fully qualified Mujtahid, who is trusted by general public, and according to Wajeb precaution must also be the most leaed. Source: PERSIAN SHAFAQNA SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleThe ruling about the temporary or permanent marriage of a Muslim man or woman with Baha’is/The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi’s answer Let's block ads! بخوانید...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Ali (AS) said: Request your cure from the Quran, and when suffering, ask the Quran for help because the Quran is the cure for the most severe illnesses such as disbelief, hypocrisy, rebellion and being misled [1]. [1] Nahjul Balaghah, Sermon 176. SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleWhy a believer must not pursue the world? Let's block ads! بخوانید...