Reading Time: 4 minutes In their bid to defend the second ‘caliph’ in the incident of the Pen and Paper, the skeptics try to shift the blame towards Ali (a.s.). They argue:Why didn’t Ali (a.s.) speak up when the […]
Reading Time: 17 minutes The defenders of the Saqifa system of rulership, which they mistakenly refer as Caliphate, go all out to protect Yazid and absolve him of the crime of killing Imam Husain (a.s.). They point to others […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.) advanced Quranic verses in support of her claim to Fadak proving that prophets passed on inheritance to their descendants. However, regarding the noble verse ‘And Sulaiman was Dawood’s heir’ (Surah Naml […]
Reading Time: 10 minutes Is it permissible to build monuments on graves in the school of Ahle Bait (a.s.)? There are reports in the books of Shias wherein Ahle Bait (a.s.) have seemingly prohibited building monuments on graves. These […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Muslims globally celebrate Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha on the sighting of the moon crescent, with necessary rituals and recommended acts of worship. However, mere moon sighting and observing acts of worship on Eid does […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes Muslims defend the companions of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) (Sahabah) and wives of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) under the pretext that criticizing them amounts to criticizing Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) for having such companions and wives. By showing […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Muslim majority claim that the Holy Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) meraj (ascent to the heavens) was spiritual, not physical – his body was on the earth all the time even as the Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) soul was […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes One of the questions raised by the skeptics against belief in Imamat is that it violates the belief of the Muslims in ‘Finality of Prophethood’ (Khatm Nubuwwat). They maintain that the traits, signs, and titles […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Muslim majority is aghast at suggestions that their beloved leaders / Sahabah could have attacked the house of Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.), the Holy Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) beloved daughter. They dismiss the attack as Shiite […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are some who doubt the attack on Lady Fatima Zahra’s (s.a.) house by the rulers for seeking Ali’s (a.s.) allegiance. The ownership of Fadak is another contentious issue with the skeptics claiming that the […]
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