February, 2014 | Serat Online

Was Iblis worthier of caliphate than Abu Bakr?

February 28, 2014 admin 1

Reading Time: < 1 minute The opponents debate endlessly with the Shias on the matter of caliphate and claim the caliphs were most deserving of the position, which they had actually usurped. They ignore all arguments and references to the […]

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February 25, 2014 admin 0

Reading Time: < 1 minute A 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 minute Abu 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 minutes The 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 minute Fatima 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 minutes Atiya 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 minutes There 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 […]