Reading Time: 2 minutes Some Muslims have a peculiar view of the dead. They maintain that once a person is dead he is as lifeless as the earth under which he is buried. Therefore, respecting the dead and seeking […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Skeptics raise questions on the belief / existence of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) by criticizing reports on the Mahdi as doubtful or portraying the narrators as unreliable. Reply Traditions related to Imam Mahdi’s (a.t.f.s.) belief and […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Some skeptics cast doubt on the existence of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) and label it as a Shiite belief. They either reject completely the belief in Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) or maintain that he will be born […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Salafi view on Ziyarat of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is defined by the views of their leaders like Ibn Taymiyyah and Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhab. Ibn Taymiyyah famously said – Man cannot undertake journey specifically […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The ‘Dark Thursday’ or the ‘Calamity of Thursday’ was a turning point in the history of Islam as this widely documented incident shows: Saeed Ibn Jubair reports: It was the 11th Hijri in the final […]
Reading Time: 8 minutes The skeptics reject the notion that the Battle of Karbala was a conflict between truth and falsehood. They dismiss it as a battle between two personalities / princes over rulership. Their argument against Imam Husain […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The skeptics condemn the Shias for building structures / shrines over graves and worshipping inside these shrines. Their central argument revolves around the tradition related by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) concerning the actions of the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes While the Muslim nation goes about praying Tarawih with extreme enthusiasm in the Month of Ramazan, it is a good idea to pause and reflect over the reality of Tarawih. The inventor of Tarawih, the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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: ‘Death be on you and all your co-religionists. You Rafizis curse the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some Muslims hostile to the Shias reject specific beliefs only because they are perceived as part of Shiite ideology. One such belief is that of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) – the Promised Messiah who is prophesied […]
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