Beliefs

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" The meaning of bada' for a man is this: the appearance (bada' literally means' appearance') of an idea about some action which the man did not have previously...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" The sect of the Mujabbirah maintained that Allah was entirely responsible for the actions of His creatures: that he forced them to do evil and then punished t...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" We believe the Allah does not command His servants without there being evidence for the command, nor dose He require them to do that which they cannot endure ...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" We believe that one of Allah's positive attributes is that He is Just beyond all injustice ('adil ghayr zalim). He does not treat His creatures without justic...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" We believe that Allah's primary, positive attributes (as-sifat athubutiyyah al-haqiqiyyah), which we call the attributes of Beauty and perfection (al-jamal wa...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" We believe that Unity of Allah (tawhid) must be in all respects, just as for His Unity of Essence (tawhid dhati) we believe that Allah must be One in His Esse...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" We believe that a fully qualified mujtahid is a representative of the Imam, in the case of the latter's absence. Thus he is an authority over Muslims and he p...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" By the branches of the religion we mean those religious laws which govern our actions (shari'ah), but concerning which not everyone is required to exercise ju...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" We believe that ijtihad in matters of religion is a sufficient necessity (wajib al-kifa'i) for all Muslims in the absence of the Imam. that is to say that sho...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar" We believe that Allah has endowed us with the faculty of the intellect ('aql), and that He has ordered us to ponder over His Creation, nothing with care the s...

Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam"...

Adopted from the Book : "Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat" by : "Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi" "Al-Qur'an an-natiq" means the "speaking Qur'an." This is a famous title given to the Shi'a Imams to describe their proximity to the Qur'an; they are the custidians o...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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