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: 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: 3 minutesAlthough the practice of waseelah (medium) and tawassul (imploring Allah through a medium) are established practices that find mention in the Holy Quran and Sunnah, we still face objections from certain bigots. For instance, some […]
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: 2 minutesSkeptics accuse Shias of ‘worshipping’ shrines. They take visitation of shrines of holy personalities (a.s.) i.e. Ziyarat, as polytheism and are quick to brand Shias as polytheists (mushrik). Reply The charge of these so-called Muslims […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is common to hear certain Muslims denounce well-established Islamic practices such as Tawassul, building graves, Ziyaarah of graves as Shirk. While this is not the occasion to delve into the permissibility of these practices […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe have already seen the concept of Waseelah and Tawassul finding explicit mention in the Holy Quran to the extent that in Surah Maaedah (5): Verse 35 Allah has exhorted the believers to adopt a […]
Reading Time: 10 minutesThere are several verses in the Holy Quran that establish the legality of seeking medium (waseelah) to gain divine proximity. These verses clearly reject the belief of the skeptics who reject all waseelah and term […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesThat the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is alive is already established from the verses of the Holy Quran as evidenced in the following articles: Is the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) alive? Proof from Quran Is the Holy […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesSome Muslims claim that Allah is not present everywhere. They maintain that Allah has a body and is seated permanently on Arsh and cannot possibly be at two places at the same time. They state […]
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