Reading Time: 4 minutes While Allah has honoured the Ahle Bait (a.s.) on various occasions, we see this trend accentuated in the month of Zilhajj. Also evident is Allah’s disgust for the enemies, opponents and imposters who challenged the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sceptics accuse Shias of innovating taqayya which in their view has no place in Islam. They maintain hiding one’s faith out of caution / fear has no basis in Quran or Sunnah. Reply We have […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The announcement of Ghadeer expectedly ruffled a lot of feathers among the companions. While many of them secretly rejected appointment of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) as Master on the Day of Ghadeer, there were some who […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) are the two most important personalities of the Muslim nation. They hold the position of benevolent fathers to the Muslims and the Muslims are expected to honour […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The skeptics do not consider Abu Talib (a.s.) a Muslim despite his tireless service in the way of Islam and in the defence of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). If only the skeptics had paid attention […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When it comes to caliphate / successorship of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) we hear all kinds of arguments like companionship in the cave, seniority in age, father of the Prophet’s wife and so on. Are […]
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: 3 minutes There is a view that Tawalla i.e. love for Aal-e-Muhammad (a.s.) is sufficient for one’s salvation. Tabarra i.e. enmity with enemies of Aal-e-Muhammad (a.s.) must be avoided to avoid conflicts with other Muslims. However, the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are those who claim that Tabarra must be avoided and advance one pretext or another as justification. Such an attitude towards tabarra is at odds with the categorical verses of the Holy Quran and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The skeptics find it hard to digest that the skies wept over Imam Husain’s (عليه السلام) martyrdom. They find this particularly astonishing, since they don’t even endorse weeping by humans, leave alone the skies and […]
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