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Salam
Salām (Arabic: سلام) is an Islamic greeting and salutation. It literally means health, safety, or peace. The Qur’an and hadiths have emphasized on saying Salam and…
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Recommended Prayers
Recommended Prayers (Arabic: الصلوات المستحبة) or Nawāfil (Arabic: النَوافِل) are prayers legislated in jurisprudence and great rewards are mentioned for performing them. The rules of recommended prayers are different from the…
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Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fiṭr (Arabic: عيد الفِطر) is the first day of the month of Shawwal and one of the greatest religious holidays in Islamic tradition.…
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Al-Ikmal Verse
Al-Ikmal verse (Arabic: آية الإكمال) is the third verse of Chapter 5 of the Qur’an (Sura al-Ma’ida) which was revealed to the Prophet (s) during the event of Ghadir.…
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Fasting
Fasting or Ṣawm (Arabic: صوم) ranks amongst the most significant obligatory rituals in Islam. Muslims must abstain from several activities, including eating and drinking from dawn to dusk, to obey God’s command.…
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Ramadan
Ramaḍān (Arabic: رَمَضان) or Ramaḍān al-Mubārak (Arabic:رَمَضان المُبارَک) is the ninth month of the Hijri calendar. It is obligatory for every Muslim to fast all the days of this month. Ramadan…
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Al-Simat Supplication
Al-Simāt Supplication or duʿā al-Simāt (Arabic:دعاء السمات) is a supplication narrated from Imam al-Baqir (a) which is recommended to be recited in the last hours of Friday. According to a…
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Tasbih of Lady Fatima (a)
Tasbīḥ of Lady Fāṭīma (a) (Arabic: تسبيح الزهراء عليها السلام) is a special dhikr consisted of thirty-four times Allah Akbar (Arabic: الله أكبر lit: God is…
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Umm Abiha
Umm ʾAbīhā (Arabic: أمّ أبیها) is an epithet of Lady Fatima (a) which literally means the mother of her father. Umm Abiha is an…
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Faith
‘Imān (Arabic: إيمان) or faith is a heartfelt belief in the teachings of the Prophet of Islam (s) and the Twelve infallible Imams (a). Shia jurists take faith to be…
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