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 […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Fans of the Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) wives will not settle for anything less than absolute infallibility for the wives. For them, the ‘pure’ wives of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) can do no wrong and must be […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Muslim majority advance some arguments for taking Abu Bakr as the successor of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). The arguments revolve around four main points, which have been the subject of much debate over the […]
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