Reading Time: 3 minutesSome Muslims claim that because they are in majority, guidance is their birth right and they consider their majority as proof of being on the right side in the debate on caliphate. They view Shias […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSkeptics have advanced certain arguments against building mosques/structures over graves. None of these arguments are backed by any verse of the Quran nor any unambiguous tradition. Since they lack any proof from the Quran and […]
Reading Time: 12 minutesIs the building of mosques upon or near the graves of the righteous permissible or not? If it is permissible, what is the meaning of the tradition related by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) concerning the […]
Reading Time: 10 minutesVisitation of graves and respecting them has been an age-old tradition, an act revered and considered absolutely important. The visitation of a pilgrim is widely accepted among the people and due to this they respect […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Holy Quran has clearly ruled in favour of building graves over mosques as documented in Surah Kahf (18): Verse 21: فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَانًا ۖرَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا And […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesIntroduction: The period after the martyrdom of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) saw an era when narration of traditions was prohibited by the usurpers of caliphate. They feared that the words of the Ahle Bait(a.s.) will […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesContinued from Part 1 Some so-called Muslims claim that Abu Talib (a.s.) was not a Muslim. They doubt his faith only because of their malice against Ameerul Momineen Ali b. Abi Talib (a.s.). There are […]
Reading Time: 17 minutesZiyaarat–e-Aashoora and the supplication recited after it, which is famous as Dua-e-Alqamah, are reliable narrations which cannot be rejected. Their presence in ancient and authentic Shia books shows that scholars, traditionalists and theologians have been […]
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 […]
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