Reading Time: 5 minutes Continued from part I The Misinterpretation of Fakhre Raazi Regarding this verse, Fakhre Raazi claims that in the first instance Allah has ordered the believers to acquire piety and this order includes all those people for whom there is a possibility that they are not pious. This means the ones who are addressed are […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The most important difference between the two leading Muslim schools of thought is regarding the religious and worldly guidance after the demise of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). According to the Ahle Tasunnan, the matter of leadership and caliphate is delegated to the elite of the nation – the Ahle Hall-o-Aqd. Their decision favouring a particular […]
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 […]