Reading Time: 2 minutes Safeguarding Prophethood and Imamate and protecting the Ahle Bait (a.s.) from attacks on their person and personality is among the foremost duties of the Muslim community. Regarding the rights of Ahle Bait (a.s.) it is […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes The supporters of Yazid and critics of Shias claim that Kufa was a Shiite centre / stronghold, and its residents are accountable for Imam Husain’s (a.s.) killing in Karbala. Reply Kufa cannot be called a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The skeptics claim that the Imams (a.s.) so long as they knew the result of their actions (martyrdom in Karbala, death through poisonous grapes, etc) could be guilty of suicide (self-destruction) which Allah has forbidden […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes With regards the Hudaibiyya peace treaty the opponents and critics of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) level the following allegation against him (a.s.): In the peace treaty of Hudaibiyya, Ali (a.s.) being the secretary (Katib) of Holy […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes According to some Muslims, Imamate is divided in two parts. There is Imamate in spiritual meaning and matters and esoteric affairs, and Ali (a.s.) is the Imam of the Muslims and the undisputed Caliph of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A rather surprising and amusing doubt created by some sections of Muslims is that Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) was in Yemen during the farewell pilgrimage and did not accompany the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Regarding the appointment of leaders (caliphs / Imams) of the Muslim nation in Saqifa, the Third Martyr (Al-Shaheed al-Thalith) Qazi Nurullah Shustari (r.a.) records in his book Al-Sawarim al-Muhriqah fi Naqd Al-Sawaiq al-Muhriqah: There are […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Among the qualifications for leadership of the Muslim nation is divine knowledge of all things necessary for the guidance of the nation. In several places the Noble Quran has highlighted this reality. From the many […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are many reports direct and indirect which point towards an Imam / divine proof in every page. Many of these reports are documented in source books of all Muslim sects. Necessity to recognize the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is the objection of sceptics like Ibn Taymiyyah who ridicule the Shias for believing in an Imam who does not live among them (as a known face) and apparently offers no benefit to his […]
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