Reading Time: 7 minutes For some Muslims, guidance means to spread lies, misinformation and creating differences within the community. One of their attempts is aimed at transferring virtues from one individual to another based on some fabricated reports and traditions. One such virtue relates to closing the doors of the Mosque of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) for all companions save […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari narrates – Once I had gone on a journey to Syria. There I met both sons of Muawiyah – Khalid and Yazid as also Amr Aas. While I was there, I saw an old man coming from Iraq. He was very weak and feeble, wearing a belt made of date palm […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Continued from part I …. Third Tradition Muwaffaq b. Ahmad records the correspondence between Muawiyah and Amr-e-Aas regarding Ameerul Momineen (a.s.). Amr-e-Aas responded to Muawiyah (when he invited Amr to join forces with him to rebel against Ameerul Momineen (a.s.)) – O Muawiyah you are fully aware that there are numerous virtues of Ali (a.s.) […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are numerous Quranic verses proclaiming the guardianship and Imamat of our Master – Ameerul Momineen (a.s.). Of these, some verses allude to his mastership in a manner that makes his Imamat more evident for the Muslims than the splitting of the moon which Allah effected to establish the Prophethood of His Beloved – Hazrat […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Continued from part I Imam Ali’s (a.s.) Imamat Imam Ali’s (a.s.) unparalleled knowledge and worship are adequate proof that Imamat and Caliphate were his by right. Apart from this, there are several traditions in the books of the Ahle Sunnah that categorically state this fact. Among these, the most noteworthy are Hadis-e-Saqalain, Hadis-e-Manzelat, Hadis-e-Yaumud Daar […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes At first, chronicling Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib’s (a.s.) excellence and merits seems like an achievable task. In reality, this is an ocean so vast and deep that it is impossible to define its depths. Indeed, to describe Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib’s (a.s.) amazing merits is beyond any mortal. The more one tries to […]
Reading Time: 8 minutes Hajjaaj Ibn Yusuf, a tyrant and blood-sucking butcher, was the representative of Abdul Malik b. Marwaan (the fifth caliph of the Umayyid dynasty) and the governor of Iraq. His hands were stained with the blood of respected taabe’een and companions of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) like Kumayl b. Ziyaad, Qanbar and Saeed b. Jubair. In addition […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nasir al-Deen Albaani is counted among the prominent Salafi scholars of the present era. He has authored numerous books. He was deeply concerned with the prevalence of weak and unreliable traditions. To filter the unreliable narrations, he compiled an encyclopedia of traditions called ‘Silsilah al-Ahaadeeth al-Saheehah’. According to him, all traditions mentioned therein are reliable. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some Muslims accuse the Shias, baselessly and absurdly, of exaggerating the position of the infallible Imams (a.s.), particularly Ameerul Momineen Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.). Among other allegations, they claim that the Shias elevate Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) to a position higher than that of the companions, even the Prophets (a.s.) and some extremists […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Shiite view on infallibility is challenged by the Muslim majority under the pretext of exaggeration (ghuluv). Shias consider the Imams (a.s.) as infallible i.e. individuals who do not err in any religious or worldly aspect from their birth till they depart from this world. Some Muslims claim that the belief of infallibility has […]