Reading Time: 6 minutes Having advanced irrefutable evidences from the Noble Quran and the reliable Sunnah on the subject, the discussion on building mosques or domes over graves is already concluded and further evidences cannot add to the certainty […]
Reading Time: 10 minutes After establishing the permissibility of building mosques over graves from the Noble Quran, we turn to the reliable Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). It must be noted that when a matter has been established […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the most hotly debated issues of Islam over the last 80 years or so that precipitated quite suddenly and one might say even conveniently in the beginning of the 20th century, with the […]
Reading Time: 12 minutes Is the building of mosques upon or near the graves of the righteous permissible or not? If it is permissible, what is the meaning of the tradition related by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) concerning the […]
Reading Time: 10 minutes Visitation of graves and respecting them has been an age-old tradition, an act revered and considered absolutely important. The visitation of a pilgrim is widely accepted among the people and due to this they respect […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Holy Quran has clearly ruled in favour of building graves over mosques as documented in Surah Kahf (18): Verse 21: فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَانًا ۖرَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا And […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Skeptics accuse Shias of ‘worshipping’ shrines. They take visitation of shrines of holy personalities (a.s.) i.e. Ziyarat, as polytheism and are quick to brand Shias as polytheists (mushrik). Reply The charge of these so-called Muslims […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is common to hear certain Muslims denounce well-established Islamic practices such as Tawassul, building graves, Ziyaarah of graves as Shirk. While this is not the occasion to delve into the permissibility of these practices […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes We have already seen the concept of Waseelah and Tawassul finding explicit mention in the Holy Quran to the extent that in Surah Maaedah (5): Verse 35 Allah has exhorted the believers to adopt a […]
Reading Time: 10 minutes There are several verses in the Holy Quran that establish the legality of seeking medium (waseelah) to gain divine proximity. These verses clearly reject the belief of the skeptics who reject all waseelah and term […]
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