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 […]
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 […]
The skeptics do not consider Hazrat 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Muslim majority are constantly finding ways to defend the companions from blemishes. For this they mount vague defences like ‘Adalat-e-Sahabah’ i.e. the Companions can do no wrong. However, when very obvious wrongs like fleeing […]
Shaikh Tusi (r.a.) records in Misbaah al-Anwaar that Mufazzal Ibn Umar informed – One day I entered in the presence of Imam Sadiq (a.s.) when he (a.s.) asked me: O Mufazzal! Do you recognize Prophet […]
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