al-Sidrah: An Introduction

Sayyid Sulayman Hassan, President of the Ahl al-Bayt Islamic Seminary, introduces the foundations and purposes of al-Sidrah.

Imāmic and Scholastic Knowledge: An Interview with Sayyid Sulayman Hassan

Azhar Sheraze conducts an interview with Sayyid Sulayman Hassan on the role of scholarship in relation to the knowledge and authority of a divinely appointed Imām.

The Roots of Taqlīd in the Shīʿī Community

This is the first installment in a series of translations of Sayyid Saʿīd al-Ḥakīm's work on taqlīd—referring to a jurist for legal issues. This article deals with the origins of the practice of taqlīd in the Shīʿī community.

God’s Emissaries: An Excerpt on The Creation of Adam and the...

An excerpt from the book, God’s Emissaries: Adam to Jesus, penned by Shaykh Rizwan Arastu, on the cosmic events surrounding the creation of Adam (a).

Shīʿī Institutions of North America: An American Ḥawzah – An Interview...

This is the first in an installment of Occasional Papers that will explore the roots and developments of some of the community’s important institutions. In this issue, we begin the series with the ḥawzah in Medina, NY, as remembered by its head from 1988-1997, Shaykh Amir Mukhtar Faezi.