SHAFAQNA – Within days of shaming Saudi Arabia for its atrocious war abuses against Yemen – most specifically Yemeni children, the United Nations was forced to back paddle on its decision, in order to assuage Riyadh’s wrath. What a “brave” new world we live in! It all began with the publication of a...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered questions about fasting for those people who are always travelling. Question: How does a person like a driver fasts when he is always travelling? And who is considered as a person who travels a lot? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: As for drivers and simil...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi Zanjani answered a question about obedience of a woman from her husband who does not fast without any religious reason. Question: When the husband does not fast and the wife not fasting due to breastfeeding, is their sexual intercourse Haram? The Grand Ayatoll...

SHAFAQNA- [embedded content] Dua Iftitah was taught by the twelth Imam (a) for Shi’as to recite every night during the month Ramadhan, The Dua is excellent for molding man’s attitude towards his Creator as it discusses many aspects of the wretchedness of the human being, and the grace of Allah.The f...

SHAFAQNA- Officials are slated to gather Friday at the Islamic Center of America in Dearbo to mark the US Postal Service release of stamps commemorating Muslim holidays. A “First-Day-of-Issue” ceremony is pla ed for noon at the mosque on Ford Road. It coincides with the Postal Service’s issue of an ...

SHAFAQNA- The 9th edition of the inte ational Quran recitation by Al-Kawthar TV network started on June 6. According to the relations and inte ational cooperation office of the network, the Quranic event titled “I a lil-Muttaqina Mafaza” (Indeed, for the righteous is attainment- Holy Quran, 78:31) b...

SHAFAQNA – Police Scotland is to introduce a hijab to its uniform in an effort to attract more Muslim women to a force which is failing to reflect the diversity in the country’s population. Currently, only 1 percent of Scotland’s police officers come from a black or minority background, compared wit...

SHAFAQNA – France has deployed its special forces on the ground in northe Syria to advise rebels and help them fight the so-called Islamic State, a French Defense Ministry official has revealed to AFP. “The offensive at Manbij is clearly being backed by a certain number of states including France. I...

SHAFAQNA – A millions of Muslims across the world have pulled together to mark the holy of Ramadan Daesh militants have worked to desecrate and sully the sacred month – hoping to pervert Islam’s holiest fasting ritual to score political points. A month of reflection, Ramadan was prescribed to Muslim...

SHAFAQNA – UK police plan to train Saudis in hi-tech crime detection techniques despite fears they could be used to find people, who might then be tortured. Senior British MPs called Tuesday for the suspension of the controversial program by the College of Policing. The college has reportedly been t...

SHAFAQNA – Fasting during the daylight hours during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and therefore considered to be of great importance. In addition, Islam promises exceptional rewards to Muslims who also observe optional fasts on Monday and Thursday of each week, the three ...

SHAFAQNA – On the eve of the month of Ramadan King Salman broke away from his usual silence to deliver his good wishes … or so did the Saudi gove ment stage the affair. Actually not really since the king speech was delivered by an emissary of his royal highness. Regardless of what many may think of ...

SHAFAQNA – The Home Office plans to commission a series of telephone polls to survey British Muslims’ attitudes towards extremist ideas and ideologies, BuzzFeed News has lea ed. Ministers hope that the polling will not only measure respondents’ existing views but also allow them to track the effecti...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Sadeq (AS) narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: In the month of Ramadhan ask (Allah (SWT)) a lot for forgiveness. But with Dua (supplication) the calamities will be removed and asking for forgiveness (from God) will eradicate your sins [1]. [1] Alkafi, Vol. 4, page 88. SHARE Faceboo...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Ali (AS) said: Lea the holy Quran which is the best of sayings and understand it well because it is the spring of the hearts. Request cure and wellness from its light, as it is the cure of the ill chests; and recite the holy Quran well because it is the most beneficial of the stories...

[embedded content] SHAFAQNA- This is a supplication of high eminence which is reported to have been brought by Jibreel for the Holy Prophet (pbuh) when he was engrossed in prayers in Maqam-e-Ibrahim. Kafa’ami has reported this supplication in Baladul Amin and in Misbah.It is mentioned by him that th...

SHAFAQNA-Imam Reza (AS) said: One who recites one verse from the Book of Allah, The Almighty, The Glorious, in the month of Ramadan, is like one who has recited the entire Holy Quran in the other months.(Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 93, p 344) SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleDua Mujeer / The Supplica...

SHAFAQNA – For a second year in a row, Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti has exempted troops participating in the war on Yemen from observing the religious obligation of fasting during Ramadan. Last year, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah al-Sheikh had issued a fatwa excluding the soldiers stationed on the border wi...

MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 12: Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir (C), Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrives for the 2016 Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel on February 12, 2016 in Munich, Germany. The a ual event brings together gove ment representatives an...

SHAFAQNA – Expressing acts of worship soothe human kinds, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said, “There are times when humans face challenges in their lives and may experience the feeling of hopelessness and disappointment, then they walk towards God and worship him with the aim of reaching the state...