This chapter deals with those things which render necessary wudu’ and ghusl. Wudu’ designates the action and wadu’ designates the water. Lingusistically it means cleaniness and excellence, and in the Shari’a it means to purify certain parts of the body with water to make them clean and to remove the judgement of ‘minor impurity” (hadath) from them to… Read More »
Jashoda Mohanta, Rashmi Rekha Mohanta, and Jayanti Mohanta led the charge to prioritise women’s needs, safety, and health of their community and get piped water supply to every household in their village. Jashoda Mohanta arrived at the village Ghodaghaguri as a new bride in 2012. She was shocked when she realised there were no toilets in her new… Read More »
The five pillars of Islam form the foundation for which a Muslim’s routine and life should be based around. The second pillar is prayer, in Arabic صلاة pronounced as Salah or Salat. An Introduction to Salah: Salah is not intended to just be a mandatory enactment. Rather it is the first and a continuing sign of the believer’s… Read More »
Mary Ellen Handy had a painful crash course in the dangers of the Internet. The trouble started in her freshman year of high school after a dispute over a boy’s affections. Once she began dating him, a jealous girl flooded her computer with a stream of nasty messages. “She’d say, ‘I hate you; leave the school,’ and she… Read More »
For many of us, the fundamental question of ethics is, “What should I do?” or “How should I act?” Ethics is supposed to provide us with “moral principles” or universal rules that tell us what to do. Many people, for example, read passionate adherents of the moral principle of utilitarianism: “Everyone is obligated to do whatever will achieve… Read More »
In the United States, the Golden Age of Television (also known as Peak TV or Prestige TV) is a period widely regarded for its high number of “high quality”, internationally acclaimed television programs. Named in reference to the original Golden Age of Television of the 1950s,the period has also been referred to as the “New“, “Second“, or “Third Golden Age of Television“ The various names reflect disagreement over whether… Read More »
Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk has auctioned off her Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medal to fund urgent heart surgery for an eight-month-old baby. The 25-year-old finished first in qualifying for the final at the Summer Games but was outthrown by just under two meters by China’s Liu Shiying to earn the silver – her first Olympic medal. However, in a Facebook post… Read More »
We all need a break sometimes, whether it’s from our kids, boss, even our furry little friends… So why not take a little respite from it all? And where else, other than behind the sweet, sweet lock of the bathroom door? Let that lock cliiiiick into place and ta-dah: you have peace. And while you’re in there, you… Read More »
This cemetery contains the Graves of the Prophets Grandson IMAM HASAN ibn. ALI(as), his son IMAM ALI ibn. AL-HUSAYN Zainal abidin(as) , & His son IMAM MUHAMMAD BAQER ibn. AI(as)I & IMAM JA’FAR E SADIQ -( PEACE BE UPON THEM) , aunt Fatima bint al-Asad, & many other prominent personalities On 8th Shawwal, Wednesday, in the year 1345 AH (April 21, 1925), mausoleums in Jannatul al-Baqi… Read More »
René Descartes argued that each of us is, fundamentally, a thinking thing. Thought is our defining activity, setting us aside from animals, trees, rocks. I suspect this has helped market philosophy as the life of the mind, conjuring up philosophers lost in reverie, snuggled in armchairs. But human beings do not, in fact, live purely in the mind.… Read More »