Parable 31: What is the meaning of the remembrance of Allahﷻ in all circumstances and why is there so much advice on this matter?
The hadeeth states that start everything by saying “بسم الله”, even when you are dinning and you change the type of food you’re eating, renew your “بسم الله”.([1]) If you [...]
Parable 30: What sins will Allahﷻ not forgive?
In the traditions we read اتقو الحقرات من الذنوب فانها لا تغفر Avoid the minor sins for they are not forgiven([1]). It may be that one does not feel shyness [...]
Parable 29: What can we do to increase our spirituality capacity (self-annihilation)?
Imam Ali peace be upon him, said to “Hammam”: عَظُمَ الْخَالِقُ فِي أنْفُسِهِمْ فَصَغُرَ مَا دُونَهُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِم When the Creator is glorified within one’s self, everything else becomes insignificant. [...]
Parable 28: Allahﷻ is “Mahram” to everyone, so why is it that in prayers men and women must cover themselves?
Clothing are not all about “Mahram and non-mahram” issues, but is sometimes from the point of view of honor and manners. Generally, when one is alone at home, you may [...]
Parable 27: Why is it that Allahﷻ will not accept any deed within which there was an atom of hypocrisy or shirk?
Allahﷻ says {انا خير شَريك فمن عَمل لِغيرى فهو لِمَن عَمله غيرى} I am the best partner, if one performs a deed where their goal is both I and something/someone [...]
Parable 26: Are people free willed, or predestined? What are the boundaries of free will?
Allahﷻ created humans free willed and gave them the ability to choose their path. Although some have said that humans in their path are predestined but think that they are [...]
Parable 25: How can we control our sexual instincts?
These sexual instincts and desires have been created by Allahﷻ and so suppressing them is not permissible, but rather the control of those instincts is what is necessary. The [...]
Parable 24: How can one say that “I will be patient with the punishment of hellfire but I do not have the patience of separation from the Lord…”?
A mother, for the sake of seeing her child who is studying or serving in a remote and distant location, will travel and suffer through hardships such as extreme weather [...]
Parable 23: How can it be said that by simply saying a single sentence: “La Illah Ila Allah”, that a person will prosper?
Although the narration states that “Say there is no God but Allahﷻ and you will prosper”([1]), it is not that the movement of the tongue that speaks those words yields [...]