So far, we have seen that obedience to Allah is obligatory and so is the obedience to the Holy Prophet (S) and his Twelve Successors (Imams (A)), and whoever else Allah has ordered to obey. Their obedience is also a must i.e. of the Fuqaha, in case of religious matters. It is absolutely ‘Haram’ to…
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It should be known that parents are not…
“It should be known that parents are not the absolute authority upon all the affairs of Haram and Halal. Their authority is restricted by the dual dictum, that they must not prohibit a Wajib thing and nor should they order something Haram. If a situation demands, parents have to be disobeyed, when they contradict the…
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In the holy religion of Islam, obedience…
In the holy religion of Islam, obedience of the parents is Wajib except in the case when they order the children to give up one of the wajib deeds of religion or perform a religiously Haram act. It has been proven by experience that those who tease their parents do not remain happy and prosperous…
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According to Allama Majlisi (R) there are four types of ‘Taqwa’…
According to Allama Majlisi (R) there are four types of ‘Taqwa’: 1.“Wara at-Ta’bīri”, which means to abstain from the prohibited things. 2.“Wara as-Salihīn”, to abstain from doubtful things so that one may not commit a Harām act. 3.“Wara al-Muttaqīn”, to abstain from permissible things so that one is absolutely protected from ‘Harām’. 4.“Wara as-Sādiqīn”, to…
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The most famous incident is the tobacco…
The most famous incident is the tobacco controversy and the religious edict issued by the late Mirza Shirazi. All the Shiah at that time believed that the ‘ulama’ and mujtahidun are the successors of the Imam of the Age (A) and if the successor of the Imam (A) says something he has to be obeyed….
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