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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" So why did not the Prophet or the Imams use the ilmu 'l-ghayb to avert tragedies in their personal lives? This is a very commonly asked question in regard to the ilmu...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" Imam Ali was also blessed with the ilmu 'l-ghayb as attested by verse 13 : 43 discussed in the last chapter on wilayat. It was on the basis of the knowledge of the Bo...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" The Qur'an not only talks about the possibility of others having access to the ilmu 'l-ghayb, it actually gives vrious examples of those who had been given the ilmu l...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" Referring to the controversy surrounding his article in the Bio Ethics Encyclopeadia, the learned sholar made the following comment in his 4th speech of Muharram 1419...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" Then in the 9th speech, the learned scholar again dwells upon the spiritual vs political role of the Prophet and the Imams. And now surprisingly he claims that even g...

Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wila...

Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" In the same speech, the learned scholar further explains the meaning of Imamate by saying : "The belief system says anybody who had any right to claim obedience after...

Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wila...

Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" The learned sholar's article in the Bio-Ethics Encyclopaedia (in which he wrote that the Prophet Muhammad "had left no explicit instruction regarding sucession to his...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" It seems necessary to explain the fouth demension of the wilayat in more detail for the benefit of the readers. The fourth dimension is the universal authority that t...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" "Wilayat," derived from wila,' means power authority or a right of certain kind. In Shi'a theology, "wilayat" is the authority invested in the Prophet and the Ahlul B...

Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wila...

Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" What I have stated above is not a new interpretation; I have just summarized the arguments of the Shi'a faith supported by reports from the Sunnis that have existed f...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" "Ahlul Bayt" literally means people of the house and it refers to the family or children of a person. In Islamic terminology, it refers to the family of the Prophet M...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" According to the Qur'an, the only independent source of 'ilmu 'l-ghayb is Allah. "And with Him are the keys of ghayb, no one knows it except Him ..." (6:59) "Say, Tho...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" Islam began when the Prophet became 40 years old, Initially, the mission was kept a secret. Then three years after the advent of Islam, the Prophet was ordered to com...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" First let us see whether or not this division of appointment of caliphate into "implicit" and "explicit" has any historical precedence in the history of Islamic theol...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" The event of Ghadir Khumm is a very good example to trace the Sunni bias that found its way unto the mental state of Orientalists. Those who are well-versed with the ...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" When the Egyptian writer, Muhammad Qutb, named his book as Islam; The Misunderstood Religion, he was politely experessing the Muslim sentiment about the way Orientali...

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Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" The Origin of Shi'ism is not separated from the origin of Islam since the Prophet himself sowed its seed by Proclaiming the wisaya (succussorship) and khilafat (calip...

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Adopted from the Book : "Music and its Effects" by : "A. H. Sheriff" Influence of Music Often people are heard to say: "But music has so much influence upon our feelings; so why such a thing should be forbidden?" But it is precisely because of its gr...

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Adopted from the Book : "Music and its Effects" by : "A. H. Sheriff" Musicians Fate The Holy Prophet (s.a.w) said," The person possessing aguiler WILL be brought on the Day of Judgement with a black face he would have a guitar of fire in his hand, an...

Adopted from the Book : "Music and its Effects" by...

Adopted from the Book : "Music and its Effects" by : "A. H. Sheriff" Effects of Music Imam Jafar Sadqiue (a.s) said, "One who plays music in the house for forty days, will be beset by a satan named Fogander. Allah will cause that satan to occupy each...

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Adopted from the Book : "Music and its Effects" by : "A. H. Sheriff" Some Traditions on Music After Ayats of the Qur'an, I mention here some of the traditions of the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.) and Imams (a.s.) about musical sound, musical instrum...

Adopted from the Book : "Music and its Effects" by...