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The Comprehensiveness and Depth of Nahjul Balaaghah

August 23, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the most fascinating aspects of Nahjul Balaaghah is its amazing comprehensiveness and rarity of concepts. Any reader of Nahjul Balaaghah can never stop marveling at the fact that how can a speaker express […]

Tradition

August 9, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbdullah b. Abbas narrates from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) who proclaimed, ‘After me, my successors and vicegerents on the earth shall be twelve in number. The first among them is my brother, while the last […]

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August 1, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRegarding the 159th verse of Surah Anaam (6), ‘On the day when some of the signs of your Lord shall come, its faith shall not profit a soul, which did not believe before, or earn […]

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July 25, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJabir b. Abdullah Ansari narrates that he read the following in the tablet of Hazrat Fatimah Zahra (s.a.) regarding Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.), ‘…(Soon) through him I shall manifest Hasan, who will call towards My path […]

The Twelve Caliphs are NOT from Bani Umayyah

July 23, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is an established fact from the traditions of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that Islam will not come to an end till there are twelve caliphs amongst the Muslims. It will survive till the Day of […]

The Two Caliphs who are from the Ahle Bait of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) as per Sunni Scholars

July 23, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe tradition is that of Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Baari as narrated by Haafez Jalaaluddin Suyuti in Tarikh al-Khulafaa and is as follows: These traditions imply the existence of twelve caliphs during the entire lifespan […]

Character of Caliphs appointed by Consensus

July 23, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: 11 minutesAccording to Qazi Ayaaz., the import of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) through the tradition concerning twelve Imams (a.s.) was that the twelve Imams (a.s.) will exist only during the caliphsâ might, the strength of […]

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July 19, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRegarding the 58th verse of Surah Ahzaab (33), ‘And those who speak evil things of the believing men and the believing women…’ Ali b. Ibrahim al-Qum narrates that it (believing men and believing women) refers […]

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July 17, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIbne Abbas narrates – I was with the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) while his son Ibrahim was seated on his left lap and Husain b. Ali (a.s.) was seated on his right lap. The Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was […]

An Objection to the Usage of the term ‘Caliph’

July 12, 2010 admin 0

Reading Time: 4 minutesObjection: Why was the term âCaliphâ used for all the rulers after the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) till the recent rulers of the Ottoman Empire, although they were neither appointed by Allah nor by the […]