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The Ninth Spurious Argument: WHO IS THE FAMILY OF THE PROPHET? Some people criticize the Shias for limiting the Prophet's family to Imam Ali, Fatima and their sons Hasan and...

The Ninth Spurious Argument: WHO IS THE FAMILY OF...

SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE SHIA PREFACE 7 THE FIRST SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: SEEING ALLAH 9 The answer 9 Proof of Application: 12 THE SECOND SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: CONSTRAINT AND FREE WILL 17......

SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE SHIA PREFACE 7 TH...

The Twenty-first Spurious Argument: JOINING THE PRAYERS Some people criticize the Shia for combining the five prayers offering them at only three times. They combine the Zhuhr and Asr Prayers...

The Twenty-first Spurious Argument: JOINING THE P...

203) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p.142 by Abdullah bin Bashir al-Mazini. 204) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p. 141 by Abdullah bin Ja'far. 205) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p. 141 by Uthman bin Affan....

203) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p.142 by Abdullah bin Bash...

The Seventeenth Spurious Argument: THE PEACE TREATY BETWEEN IMAM HASAN AND MU'AWIYA Some criticize the Shias saying that Imam Hasan had made peace with Mu'awiya (the first Umayyad caliph) and...

The Seventeenth Spurious Argument: THE PEACE TREA...

The Sixth Spurious Argument: INHERITING FROM THE PROPHETS The Shias are suspected of believing that the prophets bequeath what they possess to their inheritors like the rest of Muslims and...

The Sixth Spurious Argument: INHERITING FROM THE ...

The Second Spurious Argument: CONSTRAINT AND FREE WILL Some people find a problem with the Shias in that they believe neither in constraint nor in free will but that they...

The Second Spurious Argument: CONSTRAINT AND FREE...

The Third Spurious Argument: VISITING THE SHRINES OF THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS Some people accuse the Shias of believing that it is permissible to visit the shrines of the...

The Third Spurious Argument: VISITING THE SHRINES...

Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat Preface I. Origin of Shi'sim: Political or Religious? 1 1. Introduction 1 2. The Beginning of Islam 5 3. The Origin of Shi'ism 6 4. The...

Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat Preface I. Origin ...

SIMPLIFIED ISLAMIC LAWS FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS A Summary of the life of Marja' Taqlid of the Shi'i World 1 Introduction to Islamic Principles 5 Ijtihad and Taqlid 7...

SIMPLIFIED ISLAMIC LAWS FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT...

Chapter Six Wilayat & Its Scope 1. What is Wilayat? "Wilayat," derived from wila,' means power authority or a right of certain kind. In Shi'a theology, "wilayat" is the...

Chapter Six Wilayat & Its Scope 1. What is Wilay...

Chapter Seven Knowledge of the Ahlul Bayt 1. Introduction The universal wilayat is in a way linked to he knowledge that Almighty Allah has bestowed upon the person holding...

Chapter Seven Knowledge of the Ahlul Bayt 1. Int...

Shi'ah by: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i Translated by: Sayyid Husayn Nasr The Publisher's Foreword 11 Preface 15 The Study of Shi ism 15 Fundamental Elements of Shi ism 21...

Shi'ah by: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabata...

The Fourth Imam Imam Sajjad ('Ali ibn Husayn entitled Zayn al-'Abidin and Sajjad) was the son of the third Imam and his wife, the queen among women, the daughter of...

The Fourth Imam Imam Sajjad ('Ali ibn Husayn enti...

Hadith Haqq Umm-Salamah has said, "I heard from the Prophet of God who said, 'All is with the Truth (haqq) and the Qur'an, and the ( 202 ) Truth and...

Hadith Haqq Umm-Salamah has said, "I heard from t...

A Brief History Of The Lives Of The Twelve Imams The First Imam Amir al-mu'minin 'Ali 1 —upon whom be peace— was the son of Abu-Talib, the Shaykh of the...

A Brief History Of The Lives Of The Twelve Imams ...

The Spiritual Message of Shi'ism The message of Shi'ism to the world can be summarized in one sentence: "To know God." Or in other words, it is to instruct man...

The Spiritual Message of Shi'ism The message of...

Destiny and Providence The law of causality reigns throughout the world of existence without any breach or exception. 1 According to this law, each phenomenon in this world depends for...

Destiny and Providence The law of causality reign...

Another Explanation In discussing the outward and inward meaning of the Qur'an, we pointed out that the Islamic sciences are explained in the Qur'an through different means and that these...

Another Explanation In discussing the outward a...

The Prophets and Revealed Religion What the prophets of God received through revelation and as a message from God and conveyed to mankind was religion (Din), 3 that is, a...

The Prophets and Revealed Religion What the proph...

The Prophet and the Qur'an It was demanded of the Prophet, as it had been of other prophets, that he produce a miracle. The Prophet himself also confirmed the power...

The Prophet and the Qur'an It was demanded of t...