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Rulings
Advice to the youth on mysticism – Grand Ayatollah Sistani
Question: Respected Marjaʼ Ayatullāh al-Udhmā Sayyid Ali al-Sistani Dāma Dhilluh, As-Salāmu ʿalaykum wa Rahmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. From time to time…
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Ibn-e-Arabi was a heretic – Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Ishaq Fayadh
We have heard that in this blessed seminary (of Najaf), mysticism courses are being introduced which follow the books of…
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Articles
Allama Tafazzul Hussain Khan Kashmiri’s attempt to revive science in muslim societies
Allama Tafazzul Hussain Khan Kashmiri (1727 – 1801), also known as Khan-e-Allama, was a Twelver Shia scholar, scientist, and theologian…
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Theology
Ghufran Ma’ab’s opinions about Sufis – Prof. Sayyid Athar Abbas Rizvi
Introducing Sayyid Dildar Ali’s critique of mysticism, al-shihab al-thaqib (الشهاب الثاقب), Dr. Athar Abbas Rizvi writes: “Mawlānā Dildar Ali (1753…
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Articles
A critique of the hypothesis of knowledge by presence – Dr. Seyed Ali Taheri Khorram Abadi
Some of the contemporary advocates of mystical Muslim Philosophy believe that the view of the modern Muslim philosophers regarding knowledge…
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Books
The debate between Mulla Tahir Qummi and Mulla Taqi Majlisi on sufism – Dr. Ata Anzali
Mulla Muhammad-Tahir Shirazi Najafi Qummi (d. 1689) was one of the most prominent religious scholars at the forefront of the…
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Theology
Material resurrection and return of the extinct – Grand Ayatollah Nasir Makarem Shirazi
Resurrection: spiritual or material? Resurrection of physical body does not mean that only the body will be restored on the…
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Articles
Mulla Sadra and dehumanisation of women
Romantic attraction to people of one’s own sex is often accompanied by aversion to the opposite sex. Mulla Sadra (d.…
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Mulla Sadra on love for adolescent boys
Prior to the emergence of Islam, a vibrant maritime trade existed between Indus Valley and Alexandria, where Plotinus (d. 270…
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Rulings
Was Ibn Arabi a devotee of Ahlulbayt (PBUT)? – Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Sadiq Rouhani
Question: What is opinion of your Eminence regarding the path of Ibn Arabi? Was he a devotee of Ahlulbayt or…
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