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February 25, 2014 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA person addressed Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s.) Al-Salaam alaikum Ya Ameeral Momineen As soon as Imam (a.s.) heard this he rose immediately Stop it, this name is exclusively for Ali b. Abi Talib […]

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February 23, 2014 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Talib (a.s.) never approached the idols and that is why the Quraish was always quarrelling with him and insisting that he too should, like them all, resort to idol worship but he said: I […]

Excellence of the Aale Muhammad (a.s.): Fakhre Raazi’s view

February 17, 2014 admin 0

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe excellence of آل محمد (a.s.) is higher than most Muslims realize or care to admit. Scores of Muslim scholars have confessed to this reality. One such scholar was Abu Abdillah Muhammad b. Umar b. […]

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February 16, 2014 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFatima binte Asad (s.a.) is reported to have said: There was a tree in the compound of our house which had dried up for long. One day when the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) came near it […]

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February 14, 2014 admin 0

Reading Time: 3 minutesAtiya aI-Awfi narrates: Jabir b. Abdullah Ansari and I went to the Ziyarat of the grave of Husain b. Ali b. Abi Talib (a.s.). When we entered Karbala, Jabir washed himself in the water of […]

Should Muslims unite on falsehood?

February 5, 2014 admin 0

Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are strange and even absurd demands from some quarters of our society demanding that the only way forward is by forging unity among Muslims. How far are these slogans for unity justified? Reply While […]

Did Abu Bakr have the ijma of Muslims?

January 22, 2014 admin 1

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe most important reason which the Sunnis bring forth in support of Abu Bakr’s caliphate is that of the ‘so-called’ ijma (consensus) of the Sahabah (companions of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). We will examine in […]

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January 5, 2014 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteShaikh Sadooq (r.a.) relates an extensive report from Ibne Abbas that the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) informed us regarding the oppression that will be meted out upon his Ahle Bait (a.s.) after his demise – some of […]

Relevance of narrating traditions in the present times.

December 26, 2013 admin 0

Reading Time: 6 minutesIntroduction: The period after the martyrdom of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) saw an era when narration of traditions was prohibited by the usurpers of caliphate. They feared that the words of the Ahle Bait(a.s.) will […]

Islam of Abu Talib (a.s) – Part 2 – Hadith-e-Nur

December 26, 2013 admin 0

Reading Time: 2 minutesContinued from Part 1 Some so-called Muslims claim that Abu Talib (a.s.) was not a Muslim. They doubt his faith only because of their malice against Ameerul Momineen Ali b. Abi Talib (a.s.). There are […]