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In the Name of God, the Compassionate & the Merciful I am a first-term MD student in university of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran. I thought that a must-have for the Shi'a and Sunni, and other sects of Islam, is a cooperative community in which every college, undergraduate and graduate student can get together and establish a powerful organization, a flexible and effective one, resembling the Network of Wokala during the time of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq. So, I started this topic to talk with other brothers and sisters about it. There are some cores and other more special things to discuss. 1. the ultimate Goal and Niyah (based on Tawhheed & Imamah, requiring full comprehension of Islam in depth), 2. the status of it regarding others (regarding law, the public, being global, national or local, secret or not, non-profit or not, etc, which is determined by the ultimate goal), 3. Its structure and intra-relations (the hierarchy and the criteria for organizing the people, democratic or not, or democratic in special branches, criteria for choosing and/or accepting members), 4. Communication channels, like shiachat, telegram, other apps, etc, 5. Its resources, funding and facilities, and maybe infrastructure, both physical, virtual, and metaphysical. 6. Its concrete achievement plans and missions, 7. Its laws and policies, etc ... For this, we should fully "solve" the 1st question and truly answer any fundamental question and reach certainty and confidence. For this, we must know how we know and what we know and communicate. We must understand what is the truth value of human cognition, how to improve it, how come that some people go wrong, etc. Or, if possible, go beyond ordinary human cognition. So, It requires to solve intellectual problems and know ourselves. Without it, no one knows what is his/her true position and what to do. That is: من عرف نفسه، فقد عرف ربّه. Is there anyone who may want to take part in it? Here, do not try to answer the questions, but I appreciate opinions on "this project to start" and if anybody could firmly help with starting it.

are there any shia datawebs were you can surf on to search for extensive information which you cant find easily only at google. i only know wikishia please help me out

As salamu aleikoum, As a law student, I would like to know if there is any hadith (shia if possible) about acquiring secular knowledge. I know there are a lot of hadiths about acquiring knowledge but I wonder if these hadiths only speak about religious knowledge. I recall a mollah talking about one of our Imams (as) giving a long chemistry lesson to someone though. Also, I heard that one is not considered a true shia if there is anyone better/more successful in their village. Again, I don't know what exactly this hadith means. The mollah stressed that as a muslim/shia you should be the best at everything you do, although he didn't mention any narration about that (starting from 7:30).

salam, I am a convert from canada and i was looking to expand my knowledge and going to study in a hawza. i only speak english, french and really basic arabic, would the hawza still be suitable for me? where could i develop my knowledge better najaf, qom? would other hawza be more suitable for me? Thank you

Whenever I sit down to study/revise, I always feel sleepy within 10 minutes! This has been going on for some time now, it's never happened to me before. Even if I am well rested, I will still feel this way. It's not anything to do with any of the subjects I take, I quite enjoy the subjects, I just always feel sleepy. What should I do to get rid of this? Is there any dua's/surah's that I can read that can help?

Is it haram to listen to Quran while you are studying for an exam?? thanks Hamza