Reading Time: 4 minutes In their bid to defend the second ‘caliph’ in the incident of the Pen and Paper, the skeptics try to shift the blame towards Ali (a.s.). They argue:Why didn’t Ali (a.s.) speak up when the […]
Reading Time: 17 minutes The defenders of the Saqifa system of rulership, which they mistakenly refer as Caliphate, go all out to protect Yazid and absolve him of the crime of killing Imam Husain (a.s.). They point to others […]
Reading Time: 10 minutes Is it permissible to build monuments on graves in the school of Ahle Bait (a.s.)? There are reports in the books of Shias wherein Ahle Bait (a.s.) have seemingly prohibited building monuments on graves. These […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes One of the questions raised by the skeptics regarding the occultation of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) is – if he is brave and courageous like his forefathers Imam Ali (a.s.) and Imam Husain (a.s.) who never […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes The role of certain wives and ‘companions’ in the Holy Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) death cannot be ruled out. Listed here are FIVE unmistakable signs for the intelligent on the part played by these wives and companions […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes History shows that the Bani Umayya, led by the likes of Muawiyah and Marwan, tried to arouse the passions of the lay Muslims against Aal Muhammad (a.s.) through some means or the other. One of […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Muslim majority rejects the leadership (Imamat) of the infallible Imams (a.s.). They maintain that the Imams (a.s.) although virtuous never claimed Imamat. It is only the Shias in their zeal who have elevated them […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes While the Muslim community is divided on the caliph / successor of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) after him, they have ignored an equally important issue – the caliph / successor of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Muslim scholars and historians lavished fulsome praise and adulation on Imam Muhammad Ibn Ali al-Taqi al-Jawad (a.s.). While all infallibles from the lineage of Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) were referred as ‘Ibno Reza’ by scholars, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is widely recorded by Muslim scholars that in the 9th Hijri, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) replaced Abu Bakr with Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) for the propagation of the first nine (ten) verses of Surah Baraat […]
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