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first of all, all this celebration of marriage included pithi, mehndi and others are accultured from Hindu practices and we continue what our forefathers did before embracing Ismaili faith. regarding pithi dress, it common to hear that it gives to sis or any other family member who is unmarried beca...

well its better first to read Quran where the root word of irshad is rushd. and secondly, persian tradition came after post-alamut in our tradition and moreover, also read HRE topic, 'Farman understanding' it further clear. lastly, i never meant any arabic word is islamic, i just say, the connotatio...

regarding farman and irshad..i want to share some views of mine. first of all, these both words are not persian. Irshad is Arabic word,derived from 'Rushd' which means to guide or hidayat. if we see, for Prophet Mohammad, we used Irshad. during every era, we used different words for sayings of Imam ...