Reading Time: 3 minutes Among the objections of the skeptics is that an Imam is one who leads the people. So how can Shias consider their leaders as Imams when they never led the Muslims in a formal government. […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Muslim majority rejects the leadership (Imamat) of the infallible Imams (a.s.). They maintain that the Imams (a.s.) although virtuous never claimed Imamat. It is only the Shias in their zeal who have elevated them […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes The opponents advance a tradition of Ameerul Momineen, Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.), consuming alcohol (Allah forbid) in a bid to show that he (a.s.) was just like the other companions and sins and errors […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Muslim scholars have widely reported narrations from Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) on these lines: علماء امّتي كأنبياء بني إسرائيل The scholars of my nation are like the prophets of Bani Israel. علماء أمتي أفضل من أنبياء […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes The companions including the future rulers were truly tested by the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah. While in the battles (Uhud, Khyber, Hunain), they were for fleeing, in the peace treaty of Hudaibiyyah, they were for battle! […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Muslims have advanced various parameters and qualifications for leadership of the nation after the Prophet (s.a.w.a.). These are some of the qualifications cited by various groups for Imamat / Caliphate companionship of Prophet (s.a.w.a.) seniority […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) are the two most important personalities of the Muslim nation. They hold the position of benevolent fathers to the Muslims and the Muslims are expected to honour […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the key factors separating the Muslims is in the selection of guides (Imams). The majority believes that people have the capacity, as also the authority, to select an Imam / caliph for their […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes The critics of Shiites and their Imams (a.s.) often object as to why Imam Ali Ibn Moosa al-Reza (a.s.) accepted to become the heir-apparent of the Abbaside Emperor Mamoon? Is this not opportunism? On the […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Some Muslims accuse the Shias of fostering ill-will and animosity towards the companions and wives. They maintain the Shiite practice of tabarra from the companions and wives has no place in Islam. Also in their […]
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