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The Wahabi sect classified doctrines into two categories. The first category includes all those doctrines based on a text in the Quran or the Prophet Tradition. They claimed that such doctrines can be derived from these two sources directly and witho...

The Wahabi sect classified doctrines into two cate...

The Wahabi sect has two basic tenets, a declared tenet and a hidden one. The declared tenet is commitment to divine unity and opposition to idolatry and paganism. But as we shall see later, this commitment is not confirmed by the actual history of th...

The Wahabi sect has two basic tenets, a declared t...

The Wahabi sect was founded by Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab ibn Suleiman al-Najdi (1111 - 1206 AH.). After obtaining fundamental religious training he developed a special interest in books on false Prophets such as Musailama al-Kathab, Sajah al-Aswad al-...

The Wahabi sect was founded by Muhammad ibn Abdul ...

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) told Ali (A.S.) : "O Ali! verily you are the distributor of (the water of) Kausar". It is related in khisaal of Shaikh Sadooq that the Commander of the faithful Ali (A.S.) said, "I along with my progeny (Ahlulbait) will be...

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) told Ali (A.S.) : "O A...

There is no concept of Tauheed more pure than that of the Imami Shi’a and what better evidence of this aqeedah can there be than that attested by out first Imam, Maula ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (as). We are citing extracts of his sermons from Nahj-ul Balagh...

There is no concept of Tauheed more pure than that...

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] This ...

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

"Loving Ali is the sign of belief, and hating Ali is the sign of hypocrisy" 1. Sahih Muslim, v1, p48; 2. Sahih Tirmidhi, v5, p643; 3. Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p142; 4. Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v1, pp 84,95,128 5. Tarikh al-Kabir, by al-Bukhari (the author...

"Loving Ali is the sign of belief, and hating Ali ...

Of the three assassins, it was Abdur Rahman who had the easiest task. Ali had long been accustomed to spend night after night alone in the mosque, in prayer and meditation. It was not unusual for him to kneel on his prayer mat at sunset and there pas...

Of the three assassins, it was Abdur Rahman who ha...

I advise you to fear Allah, do not go after this vicious world though it may try to entice you, do not seek it though it may seek you and do not grieve over and pine for things which this world refuses you. Let the eternal Reward and Blessings of All...

I advise you to fear Allah, do not go after this v...

Certainly, your Master is Allah and His Messenger and those who believe who establish prayer and give charity while they bow. And who ever takes Allah and His Messenger and those who believe as a guardian, so surely the party of Allah will be victori...

Certainly, your Master is Allah and His Messenger ...

Ali’s lion-heartedness on the field of battle seems at first sight to be strangely at odds with his gentleness on all other occasions, but one must remember that although his mighty blows frequently cleft his enemies in two, he never departed from hi...

Ali’s lion-heartedness on the field of battle seem...

It was not only at Ghadir Khumm that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, proclaimed 'Ali, peace be upon him, to be the leader of the Muslims and his successor, officially and in the presence of the people. In the thi...

It was not only at Ghadir Khumm that the Messenger...

Mamun's Discussion with Ishaq Ibn Abd Rabbih quotes an interesting incident in Aqdul Farid' which may be summarized as under: Mamun arranged a debating assembly and the famousscholar ishaq occupied the foremost position in it. When Ali's precedence o...

Mamun's Discussion with Ishaq Ibn Abd Rabbih quote...

"Ali was so popular even among the non-Muslims that when he died, all the Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians of Kufa, particularly their women and children who were personally looked after by Ali, lamented his death and wept as one does for one’s fath...

"Ali was so popular even among the non-Muslims tha...

Allama Ibne abil Hadid al-Mutazali, the commentator of Nahjul Balagha, says: “Hazrat Ali had a personality in which opposite characteristics had so gathered that it was difficult to believe that a human mind could manifest such a combination. He was ...

Allama Ibne abil Hadid al-Mutazali, the commentato...

The following two traditions are written, one after the other, in the History of al-Tabari which is one of the important history book for the Sunnis. Besides al-Tabari, many other historians and traditionists and commentators of Quran from among Sunn...

The following two traditions are written, one afte...

This is based on traditions from the other Imams. There is a saying attributed to the Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq, “whoever visits this tomb of his own free will and believing in the right of Ali—that he was the Imam to whom obedience was required and the tr...

This is based on traditions from the other Imams. ...

Ali (A.S.) is the first Imam of Shiites and the first successor of the final messenger, Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.). According to the historians, he was a man who possessed all the Islamic and humane virtues; a man whom despite his tremendous courage a...

Ali (A.S.) is the first Imam of Shiites and the fi...

It is the 21st of Ramazan, the day of great difficulty and mourning for the Ahl-e-Bait(a.s.) and their followers. The day when our beloved Imam(a.s.) finally succumbed to the fatal injury that he received on the 19th Ramazan in Masjid-e-Koofa. Imam A...

It is the 21st of Ramazan, the day of great diffic...

According to Imam Ali (AS), Amr bil Ma'roof and Nahy an il Munkar have a number of individual and social blessings in the Islamic society. We shall attempt to highlight a few of these blessings hereunder: A- Social Effects 1. The Establishment of Ju...

According to Imam Ali (AS), Amr bil Ma'roof and Na...

Another person asked him about the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (A.S.) as to why people deserted him after knowing his distinction, his past feats, and the status he enjoyed in the eyes of the Messenger of God (S.A.W.). He answered, "They deser...

Another person asked him about the Commander of th...