Imam Sajjad (AS) said: Everyday, a human being suffers 3 calamities but he/she does not take heed. If human being would have taken heed and listened, the world affairs and hardships would become easier for him/her. The first calamity is that everyday which passes, a day is deducted from a person’s life, if there is loss in wealth, a person gets worried but the wealth can be replaced whilst the loss in life is not.
The Husaini Islamic Trust UK works all year around to bring you the UK Arbaeen Procession. It is for all those Momineen who are unable to reach Karbala for Arbaeen, to come together and walk and pray in the love of the Ahlulbayt (a.s).
Arbaeen means “forty” in Arabic, or Chehlum, as it is known by Urdu-speaking Muslims, is a Shia religious observation that occurs 40 days after the Day of Ashura (, the commemoration of the martyrdom by beheading of Imam Husayn Ibn Ali (as), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) which falls on the 20th day of the second month of the Islamic Lunar Calendar called as Safar. Imam Husayn Ibn Ali (as) and 72 supporters died in the Battle of Karbala in the year 61 AH (680 CE). Forty days is the usual length of the time of mourning in many Islamic cultures.
A severe cholera outbreak in war-torn Iraq has now spread to neighboring Syria, Kuwait, and Bahrain,Reuters reports.
Chancellors of two top Iranian universities unveiled plans to sign agreements with major Russian universities for academic cooperation in different fields.
Iran’s Interior Ministry and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed an agreement on a one-year plan for cooperation in different fields.
Iranian and Malaysian research centers held the First International Workshop on Electrospinning: Research, Management & Commercialization in Malaysia, INIC reports.
The 15th IEE has provided MAPNA with excellent venue for displaying Group’s capabilities in strategic power industry and for promoting relations with its shareholders and international partners.
Polyurethane nanocomposites can now be used more efficiently thanks to the study done by Dr. Mehdi Barikani, a faculty member at Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute.
Iranian researchers produced titanium dioxide nanostructures through a simple method that eliminates the need for high pressure or complicated equipment, INIC reports.
