Islamic Books

DIVINE JUSTICE DEMANDS A DAY OF JUDGEMENT While describing the attributes of the Lord Almighty during the discussion of the Oneness of the Creator of the Universe, we have said that God is Just and so He has provided each and every essential thing...

DIVINE JUSTICE DEMANDS A DAY OF JUDGEMENT While...

QURANIC DESCRIPTION OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT IN BARZAKH The fire; they shall be brought before it (every) morning and evening and on the day when the hour shall come to pass: Make Firon's people enter the severest chastisement. (40:46) It means tha...

QURANIC DESCRIPTION OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT IN BA...

BURIAL OF FATIMA BINTE ASAD, MOTHER OF AMIRUL MO-MINEEN (A.S.) When Fatima Binte Asad, mother of Ali (a.s.) breathed her last, Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) went weeping to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and said, "My respected mother has expired." The Ho...

BURIAL OF FATIMA BINTE ASAD, MOTHER OF AMIRUL MO-...

SQUEEZE OF THE GRAVE IS A FACT Allamah Majlisi says in Haqqul Yaqeen: Muslims have a unanimously agreed belief that the squeezing of grave and both reward and punishment therein are real facts. According to reliable traditions, the grave will pre...

SQUEEZE OF THE GRAVE IS A FACT Allamah Majlisi sa...

COMFORT ON DEATHBED, REWARD OF GOOD DEEDS OF THE DYING DISBELIEVER It is also sometimes seen that infidels and sinners die easily. It is so because they had some good deeds in his life. His soul departs comfortably so that this account may be clea...

COMFORT ON DEATHBED, REWARD OF GOOD DEEDS OF THE D...

PREFACE In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful SOME CONVINCING THINGS ABOUT THE HEREAFTER Many things have been written and said about death. But I could not find anything more effective and convincing than what the Martyr of the Praye...

PREFACE In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the...

SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE SHIA PREFACE 7 THE FIRST SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: SEEING ALLAH 9 The answer 9 Proof of Application: 12 THE SECOND SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: CONSTRAINT AND FREE WILL 17 The answer 17 Qur'anic Verses that rej...

SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE SHIA PREFACE 7 TH...

The Twenty-first Spurious Argument: JOINING THE PRAYERS Some people criticize the Shia for combining the five prayers offering them at only three times. They combine the Zhuhr and Asr Prayers and the Maghrib and 'Isha Prayers, whereas the Prophet (...

The Twenty-first Spurious Argument: JOINING THE P...

The Seventeenth Spurious Argument: THE PEACE TREATY BETWEEN IMAM HASAN AND MU'AWIYA Some criticize the Shias saying that Imam Hasan had made peace with Mu'awiya (the first Umayyad caliph) and put an end to the conflict between them, and that he did...

The Seventeenth Spurious Argument: THE PEACE TREA...

The Ninth Spurious Argument: WHO IS THE FAMILY OF THE PROPHET? Some people criticize the Shias for limiting the Prophet's family to Imam Ali, Fatima and their sons Hasan and Husayn (peace be upon them) and excluding the Prophet's wives and uncles. ...

The Ninth Spurious Argument: WHO IS THE FAMILY OF...

203) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p.142 by Abdullah bin Bashir al-Mazini. 204) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p. 141 by Abdullah bin Ja'far. 205) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p. 141 by Uthman bin Affan. 206) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p. 142 by Abu Wasma Wahshi bin Harb. 207) Ibn Uqda,...

203) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p.142 by Abdullah bin Bash...

The Sixth Spurious Argument: INHERITING FROM THE PROPHETS The Shias are suspected of believing that the prophets bequeath what they possess to their inheritors like the rest of Muslims and they believe that the tradition which was narrated by Abu B...

The Sixth Spurious Argument: INHERITING FROM THE ...

The Third Spurious Argument: VISITING THE SHRINES OF THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS Some people accuse the Shias of believing that it is permissible to visit the shrines of the Prophets, Imams and saints, building them, to seek blessings through t...

The Third Spurious Argument: VISITING THE SHRINES...

The Second Spurious Argument: CONSTRAINT AND FREE WILL Some people find a problem with the Shias in that they believe neither in constraint nor in free will but that they adopt an interpretation in between and that they refute the Ash'arite concept...

The Second Spurious Argument: CONSTRAINT AND FREE...

SIMPLIFIED ISLAMIC LAWS FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS A Summary of the life of Marja' Taqlid of the Shi'i World 1 Introduction to Islamic Principles 5 Ijtihad and Taqlid 7 The Difference between Ihtiyat Mustahab and Ihtiyat Wajib 9 Tah...

SIMPLIFIED ISLAMIC LAWS FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT...

Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat Preface I. Origin of Shi'sim: Political or Religious? 1 1. Introduction 1 2. The Beginning of Islam 5 3. The Origin of Shi'ism 6 4. The Name "Shi'a" 11 II. Self-Censorship in Muslim History 13 1. Introducti...

Shi'ism; Imamate and Wilayat Preface I. Origin ...

Chapter Seven Knowledge of the Ahlul Bayt 1. Introduction The universal wilayat is in a way linked to he knowledge that Almighty Allah has bestowed upon the person holding the wilayat. The universal wilayat of Imam 'Ali, for example, is described ...

Chapter Seven Knowledge of the Ahlul Bayt 1. Int...

Chapter Six Wilayat & Its Scope 1. What is Wilayat? "Wilayat," derived from wila,' means power authority or a right of certain kind. In Shi'a theology, "wilayat" is the authority invested in the Prophet and the Ahlul Bayt as representatives of Alm...

Chapter Six Wilayat & Its Scope 1. What is Wilay...

Shi'ah by: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i Translated by: Sayyid Husayn Nasr The Publisher's Foreword 11 Preface 15 The Study of Shi ism 15 Fundamental Elements of Shi ism 21 Present State of Shiite Studies 30 The Present Boo...

Shi'ah by: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabata...

The Spiritual Message of Shi'ism The message of Shi'ism to the world can be summarized in one sentence: "To know God." Or in other words, it is to instruct man to follow the path of Divine realization and the knowledge of God in order to gain feli...

The Spiritual Message of Shi'ism The message of...

The Fourth Imam Imam Sajjad ('Ali ibn Husayn entitled Zayn al-'Abidin and Sajjad) was the son of the third Imam and his wife, the queen among women, the daughter of Yazdigird the king of Iran. He was the only son of Imam Husayn to survive, for his o...

The Fourth Imam Imam Sajjad ('Ali ibn Husayn enti...