Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Muslim majority are constantly finding ways to defend the companions from blemishes. For this they mount vague defences like ‘Adalat-e-Sahabah’ which basically frees companions from all blemishes. However, when obvious wrongs like fleeing from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesShaikh Tusi (r.a.) records in Misbaah al-Anwaar that Mufazzal Ibn Umar informed – One day I entered in the presence of Imam Sadiq (a.s.) when he (a.s.) asked me: O Mufazzal! Do you recognize Prophet […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe subject of Imamat counts among the biggest conflicts between the two major sects of Islam. And related to this discussion is the all-important question – where is the Imam mentioned in the Holy Quran? […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Muslim majority has adopted the Tarawih prayers based on the whims and fancies of companions turned caliphs. The Tarawih has no basis in the Holy Quran or even the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesFans of the Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) wives will not settle for anything less than absolute infallibility for the wives. For them, the ‘pure’ wives of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) can do no wrong and must be […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe recommended congregational prayers of the Month of Ramzan, better known as Tarawih, is deemed highly recommended in the Sunnah. In fact, it is labelled as Sunnah Muakkadah i.e. highly recommended to the point of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the merits of the Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) wives are discussed, there can be no competition for Ummul Momineen Hazrat Khadijah (s.a.). She has innumerable merits to her name with priority in accepting Islam being the […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe prayer of Tarawih is among the recommended prayers of the Sunnis performed in congregation in the nights of month of Ramadan at an estimated twenty units daily. There exists a divergence of views between […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesRegarding Tarawih, it is recorded that one day, Umar Ibn Khattaab, visited the mosque in the second year of his caliphate during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramazan. (It should be […]
Reading Time: 23 minutesThere are numerous reports in the books of traditions, narrations and Sunnat quoted from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and the infallible Imams (a.s.) regarding the legality of the recommended prayers of the Ramazan month. Legality here means the governing laws, the number of units and the way of reciting these prayers. It can be concluded that these prayers are allowed.
The point of contention however, is, whether these prayers must be recited individually or in congregation? What is the opinion of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) on this subject? What is the opinion of the Second Caliph – Umar on this subject? Of the two, whose opinion forms the Sunnat and whose opinion leads to innovation and deviation? These and other issues have been discussed threadbare in this article. […]
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