Reading Time: 3 minutesMuslims believe they have some ‘strong’ proofs why Abu Bakr was worthy of being the caliph after the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). One of these involves the Holy Prophet’s (s.a.w.a.) so-called order for Abu Bakr to […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesA question that the general Muslims often pose to the Shias – Why do Shias celebrate Ghadeer? What is so significant about the event that merits such pomp and splendor? 18th Zilhajj is the great […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesJabir b. Abdullah Ansari narrates – Once I had gone on a journey to Syria. There I met both sons of Muawiyah – Khalid and Yazid as also Amre Aas. While I was there, I […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome Muslims do not look favourably at the practice of Shias to invoke blessings, salutations and salawaat on the infallibles of the Ahle Bait (a.s.). They consider this an innovation (bidah). Reply There is an […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter the death of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), his Caliphate and Successorship was the right of Imam Ali (a.s.), who made several attempts to prove that Caliphate was his exclusive right and that others were […]
Reading Time: 20 minutesJaarullah Zamakshari in his exegesis (tafseer), ‘Al-Kashshaaf‘, vol. 4, p. 197 narrates from Ibn Abbas that once Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) along with his companions went to visit Imam Hasan (a.s.) and Imam Husain (a.s.) when […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome Muslims accord a very high status to the companions (Sahaabah) and the wives of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), so much so, that they even he (s.a.w.a.) pales in comparison to them. There can be […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s clear that Islam needed a guide to succeed the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) Even the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was aware of its importance and significance. But he did not appoint his successor. Why? The only […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesSome Muslims reject outright the traditions and reports advanced by the Shias. They consider Shias as outside the Ijmaa and view their proofs as false and unreliable. The point of course is not about the […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesA renowned scholar of the Ahle Tasannun (those who claim to follow the Sunnah) from Iraq Abu Huzail al-Allaaf narrates: During one of my journeys from ‘Raqqa’, I heard about an insane person who was a […]
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