Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is what Sayyid Ibn Taoos (r.a.) says to his son about how Muslims have treated Prophet (s.a.wa.) while in a haste to usurp caliphate: May Allah keep His Mercy and Grace away from the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Should we mourn the dead at all? Is it Sunnah? Is it Bidah (innovation)? How long should we mourn them? These are some of the questions on mourning the dead. Reply Examples from history prove […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes While Allah has honoured the Ahle Bait (a.s.) on various occasions, we see this trend accentuated in the month of Zilhajj. Also evident is Allah’s disgust for the enemies, opponents and imposters who challenged the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sceptics accuse Shias of innovating taqayya which in their view has no place in Islam. They maintain hiding one’s faith out of caution / fear has no basis in Quran or Sunnah. Reply We have […]
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 The enmity and opposition of the rulers and so-called caliphs against Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and Ameerul Momineen, Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.), was ignited at an early stage. An interesting incident throws light on 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: 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 […]
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