Reading Time: 2 minutes One who is unfit for warfare is unfit for caliphate History is witness that companions fled from battles of Uhud, Khaybar and Hunain. Some of these companions went on to rule the Muslims after the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the rulers demanded that Fatima Zahra (s.a.) produce witnesses in support of her claim on Fadak, she advanced Umm Ayman as a witness, among others. Before we venture into the Fadak testimony, it is […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fakhr al-Deen al-Raazi (exp 605 AH), the famous Ahle Tasannun theologian and philosopher, has countered the Shias on various points related to infallibility of the Imams (a.s.) and virtues of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.). He was […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Critics of tabarra have these key objections against the practice of cursing / abusing / reviling personalities sacred to others. In their view, such cursing and reviling must be avoided as it: exposes us to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The ‘Dark Thursday’ or the ‘Calamity of Thursday’ was a turning point in the history of Islam as this widely documented incident shows: Saeed Ibn Jubair reports: It was the 11th Hijri in the final […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The attempts by the companions / hypocrites to undermine Islam and the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is a constant in Islamic history. We saw this in several well-documented incidents over the lifetime of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.). These […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yazid was possibly the biggest punishment on the Muslim nation. This is clear from his heinous crimes like killing of Imam Husain (a.s.), catapulting fireballs on the Holy Kaaba and plundering of the sacred city […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The announcement of Ghadeer expectedly ruffled a lot of feathers among the companions. While many of them secretly rejected appointment of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) as Master on the Day of Ghadeer, there were some who […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Among the virtues of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) is the return of the Sun for Imam (a.s.) on the Holy Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) request. While this is only one of Imam’s (a.s.) many virtues, it is notable […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Muslims in general hold the infallible Imams (a.s.) of the Ahle Bait (a.s.) in considerable regard. However, they maintain that the Imams (a.s.) never claimed to be the leaders / Imams of the nation and […]
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