Reading Time: 10 minutes Sceptics, unity-seekers and so-called Muslim reformists attempt to create a more ‘acceptable’ version of Imamate by showing the Twelve Infallible Imams (a.s.) to be pious, god-fearing, righteous individuals without any special gifts like Ilm-e-Ghaib or […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The days commemorating the martyrdom of Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.) – the beloved daughter of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) – are known as ‘Ayyam-e-Fatimiyyah’. The Ayyam are observed from 13th/14th Jamadi al-Awwal to 3rd Jamadi […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are many conditions for being a divine proof – be it a prophet or a successor of prophet. Among these prerequisites is perfect tauheed – which means that the divine proof should never have […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In order to please Allah with regards His Friends (Tawalla) and to distance oneself from His Enemies (Tabarra), it is first necessary to identity His Friends and Enemies. In an interesting incident, we learn how […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The illustrious narrator of traditions and confidante of the Ahle Bait (a.s.), Saad Ibn Abdillah al-Ashari al-Qummi (r.a.) narrates: Once I got into a debate with a deeply bigoted Nasibi. During the debate he said: […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The enemies of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) used to mock him (a.s.) by referring him as Abu Turab. Perhaps calling Imam (a.s.) as dust (Turab) was their idea of getting back at him (a.s.) for possessing […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ever so frequently Ameerul Momineen, Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) engaged in lengthy confidential talks with the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). This became a subject of much envy and even suspicion on the part of companions […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Critics of mourning (azadari) claim that once dead, all Muslims, including the martyrs, are as lifeless as stones and do not retain any hearing, sight or capability for that matter. Hence, they allege that to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Critics of mourning (azadari) level the following charges in support of their claims: Weeping over dead is bidah (innovation) and there is no evidence of mourning from the Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) Sunnah Weeping is the cause […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The subject of Imamat counts among the biggest conflicts between the two major sects of Islam. And related to this discussion is the all-important question – where is the Imam mentioned in the Holy Quran? […]
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