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Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi
Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (born February 20, 1919) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja. He was born in Golpaygan, Iran. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi. He currently resides and teaches in the Seminary of Qom, Iran. Early life His father, the late Ayatullah Mulla Muhammad al-Jawad as-Safi was a well known “Alim” and an “Arif”. He, along with being a specialist in Islamic studies, was also a researcher, writer and a teacher in various fields of Islamic sciences such as: Fiqh, ¬sul, Kalam, Akhlaq, Hadith, and other areas. He was also well versed in poetry, and calligraphy. His Taqwa, love for the Wilayat (of the Ahlul Bayt), and his firm position of upholding the concept of “Amr bil Ma’ruf wa Nahi anil Munkar” (Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil), and taking a distinct stance against non-religious people had a tremendous effect on his son. His father died on the 25th of Rajab, in the year 1958, which corresponded to the night of the Shahadat of the 7th Imam, Musa al-Kazim. His mother was Fatima, a noble woman, poet, and a lover of the Ahlul-Bayt and the daughter of Ayatullah Akhund Mullah Muhammad ‘Ali – the roommate and study partner of the late Ayatullah al-Uzma Mirza Shirazi. Education Ayatullah al-‘Uzma as-Safi started his primary Arabic studies in the city of Gulpaygan (Iran) under the tutelage of Marhum Akhund Mullah Abul Qasim, better known as “Qutb”....
Read MoreThe Prophet of Islam
Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), the last Prophet of God was born in 570 AD in Mecca. His mother’s name was Aminah and his father was Abdullah. Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) as the last Prophet of Almighty Allah was born in 570 AD in Mecca. His mother’s name was Aminah and his father was Abdullah son of Abdul Muttalib, who had died in Medina on his return from Damascus, even before Prophet Mohammad’s birth. As was the tradition of the Arabs of the time, Prophet Mohammad was sent to wet-nurse while he was a child. For this, his grandfather and guardian Abdul Muttalib, selected an honorable lady named Halima, from the tribe of Bani Sa’d who were famous for their bravery and eloquence. When Prophet Mohammad was six years old, he was taken by his mother to Medina, where his father was buried, to visit her relatives. At a place named Abwa, the mother died suddenly, leaving the child an orphan. Prophet Mohammad was then taken into the custody of his grandfather who was also the chief of the Quraish tribe. After only two years, Abdul Mutalib died and the orphan boy was then taken into the custody of his affectionate uncle Abu Talib, a trader. While Prophet Mohammad was unlettered and did not share the polytheistic beliefs of the Meccan Quraish, his stature...
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Imam Hassan
Imam Hassan was the eldest son of Imam Ali and Hazrat Fatimah. The first phase of his life was blessed with the gracious patronage of the Holy Prophet Imam Hassan was the eldest son of Imam Ali and Hazrat Fatimah. When the Holy Prophet received the happy news of the birth of his grandson, he came to the house of his beloved daughter, took the newly born child in his arms, and in compliance with Allah’s command, named him al-Hassan. The first phase of seven years of his childhood was blessed with the gracious patronage of the Holy Prophet,...
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Shrine of Sayidda Zeinab, Damascus
The Shrine of Sayidda Zeinab is a beautiful Iranian-style mosque and shrine in southern Damascus, Syria. The Shrine of Sayidda Zeinab is a beautiful Iranian-style mosque and shrine in southern Damascus, Syria. It attracts Shia Muslim pilgrims from Iran and around the world who care far less about its blue-tiled architecture than about its sacred shrine of Sayidda Zeinab, daughter of the Shia martyr Ali and granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad. Many tourists to Damascus miss the Sayyida Zeinab Shrine, but it is well worth a visit as it is a beautiful building and the best insight into the emotion of Shia Islam outside of Karbala and Najaf in Iraq. It is a...
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