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Another noteworthy issue in the lives of the infallible Imams is the analysis of their companions and disciples of their objectives, strategies and contentions. Obviously, the companions of the infallible Imams were closer than us to them and were be...

Another noteworthy issue in the lives of the infal...

Besides this atmosphere of horror, another feature of this era was intellectual decadence of the people throughout the Islamic world. This intellectual depravity stemmed from the neglect of the religious teachings during the preceding two decades. Si...

Besides this atmosphere of horror, another feature...

Two clear belief systems ran parallel with one another, both claimed to adhere to the true teaching of Islam. One belief system was that propagated by the State. In this regard we have the words of Mu'awiya the fist Ummayad Khalifa. Imam of Ahl'ul Su...

Two clear belief systems ran parallel with one ano...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Who are the 12 Sayyid Imams of Ahlus-Sunnah that Rawafid Shi'ah claim to follow? Abul-Hasan Ali bin Abi Taleb al-Murtada Abu Muhammad al-Hassan bin Ali Az-Zaki Abu Abdallah al-Hussain bin Ali Sayyid al-Shuhada Abu Muh...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Who are the 12 Sa...

Now that we have clarified the matter on the origins of Shi'a thought, let us see where the Ahl'ul Sunnah pinpoint the original Shi'a to be. What better interpretation can there be than Al Muhaddith Shah 'Abd al-'Aziz Dehlavi who in his book written ...

Now that we have clarified the matter on the origi...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: Another Shi'i Alim, Kamil Mustafa al-Shaybi, wrote in his book: "The independence of the term indicating Shi'ism came about only after the murder of al-Husain [bin Ali bin Abu Tleb] whereby Shi'ism became an independen...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: Another Shi'i Alim...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Abu Ishaq Ibn al-Nadim, a famous Shi''i writer, did not agree to neither of the above theories and wrote in his al-Fihrist that Shi''ism started at the Battle of Jamel" Now these are the comments of Ehsan Ellahi NOT a...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Abu Ishaq Ibn al-...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Muhammad Hussain al-Muzaffari believes it was started by the Holy Nabi (Sallallahu alayhi wa Sallam) himself, he thus wrote in his Tareekh al-Shi''ah (History of the Shi''ah):"The call for Shi''asm started with the da...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Muhammad Hussain ...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: In his Firaq al-Shi''ah (The Shi''ah Groups), Abu Muhammad al-Hasan bin Musa al-Nubakhti, one of the foremost known Shi''i historians, believes that Shi''ism did not start until the demise of the Holy Rasul, Sallallahu...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: In his Firaq al-Sh...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "It is no wonder that Ibn Abil-Hadeed, an extremist Shi''i clergyman, admitingly writes in his Sharh Nahjul-Balaghah: "The origin of lies in Ahadith of virtues, started with the Shi''ah who fabricated various Ahadith i...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "It is no wonder t...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: 3 - Did the word Shi''ah (Sh''atu-''Ali) exist during the era of Muhammad [saw]? "Anyone who claims that the word Shi''ah or Shi''ites was used by Sayyidina Rasul-e-Akram (Sallallahu alayhi wa Salla) or during his era ...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: 3 - Did the word S...

Now the question we would like to ask the author is: "Are the Sunnis in anyway, form or manner following the instructions of the one whom they hold dearest to them. Are you following the words of Rasulullah (s)?" You see these are the words of Rasulu...

Now the question we would like to ask the author i...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: Furthermore, Sayyidina Ali (Radhi Allahu Anh) instructed his men as follows: "I dislike you starting to abuse them, but if you describe their deeds and recount their situations that would be a better mode of speaking a...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: Furthermore, Sayyi...

The unnamed writer is absolutely right. Imam Ali (as) did not call them kaffirs, but fighting Imam Ali (as) is on par with fighting Rasulullah (s). This is proven by the testimony of Rasulullah (s): Zaid bin Arqam narrates: "Allah''s Messenger (peace...

The unnamed writer is absolutely right. Imam Ali (...

To prove the religious dimension, we have the hadith of Rasulullah (s): "Whoever obeys ''Ali, obeys me, whoever obeys me, obeys Allah, whoever disobeys ''Ali, disobeys me, whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah" [Kanz ul Ummal, hadith numbers 32973] Thi...

To prove the religious dimension, we have the hadi...

Mu''awiya''s opposition was clearly religious because it was a direct challenge the Head of the State. This can be proven from the hadith of Rasulullah (s): "O Ali! Soon a rebellious group will fight against you, you will be on the truth. Whoever doe...

Mu''awiya''s opposition was clearly religious beca...

For the writer to assert that the matter was ''political'' and not ''religious'' in nature demonstrates his complete ignorance of even basic understanding of what Deen is. Islam is a complete ideology, political, judicial, economic etc, you CANNOT se...

For the writer to assert that the matter was ''pol...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Was the dispute between Ali and Mu''awiyah religious in nature? Absolutely not. The conflict started after the murder of the 3rd Khalif, Hazrat Uthman ibn ''Affan (Radhi Allahu Anh), and the existence of the murderers...

Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Was the dispute b...

The writer states: Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Shie''ah", "Shi''ah": a singular Arabic noun means group, party, sect, supporter". After citing the verses where Shi''a is mentioned the unnamed author writes: Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states: "Durin...

The writer states: Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states:...

At the end of this discussion of fate and destiny it will not be out of place to take up the criticism made in this connection by the predestinarians and to analyze what they say They have adduced many and varied arguments to prove their theory. The ...

At the end of this discussion of fate and destiny ...

There are some hadiths which appear to be contrary to what we have said. But their contradiction is either superficial or due to the fact that owing to some misunderstanding they were misquoted by one of their transmitters. In the first case the cont...

There are some hadiths which appear to be contrary...