Chp 1- QUESTION OF GOD' SEEABLENESS IN ABSTRACT Is it possible to see Allah, the Exalted, with mere eyes in this world or in the Hereafter? This is, concisely, the question of God's seeableness. The Prophet's household, Aisha and a good deal of the...

Chp 1- QUESTION OF GOD' SEEABLENESS IN ABSTRACT I...

LI-'AKUNA MA'ALSADIQIN To Be Withthe Truthful Preamble 1 Introduction 6 The Qur’àn in the Perspective of Ahl al-Sunnah and the Shi‘ah 9 The Prophetic Sunnah in the Perspective of Ahl al-Sunnah and Shi‘ah 15 Doctrines in the Perspective of S...

LI-'AKUNA MA'ALSADIQIN To Be Withthe Truthful Pr...

Bibliography Exegesis Books 1. The holy Qur’àn. 2. Tafir al-Tabari. 3. Tafsir Ibn Kathir. 4. Tafsir al-Qurtubi. 5. Tafsir al-Jalàlayn. 6. Al-Tafsir al-Kabir, of al-Fakhr al-Ràzi. 7. Tafsir al-Manàr, of Muhammad ‘Abduh. 8. Tafsir al-Nasfi. 9...

Bibliography Exegesis Books 1. The holy Qur’àn. ...

Notes: 1. Tafsir al-Tabari, Vol. IXV, p. 109; Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Vol. II, p. 570. 2. It is reported by al-Tirmidhi in his Sahih, Vol. II, p. 329, and also by al-Nasà’i and al-’Imàm Ahmad. 3. Sahih Muslim, Vol. II, p. 362, “bàb fadà’il ‘Ali ibn Abi...

Notes: 1. Tafsir al-Tabari, Vol. IXV, p. 109; Taf...

Al-Mahdi, the Awaited He also became one of the topics misused by Ahl al-Sunnah to revile the Shi’ah. Some of them transgressed the limits by making of it a point of mockery and derision, as they negate, or say, believe it impossible for a human bei...

Al-Mahdi, the Awaited He also became one of the t...

Al-Raj'ah(Restoration to Life) This is exclusively held by the Shi’ah. I investigated and searched in all the Sunni books but failed to find any trace of it. In this regard, the Shi’ah depend upon akhbàr (reports) and narrations they quoted from th...

Al-Raj'ah(Restoration to Life) This is exclusivel...

Performing Two PrayersTogether The other point which is exploited to revile the Shi’ah with, being their performing salàt al-zuhr (noon prayers) and salàt al-’asr (afternoon prayers) together, and so also salàt al-maghrib and al-’ishà’. While vilif...

Performing Two PrayersTogether The other point wh...

Al-Mut‘ah(or Temporary Marriage) It means the mut‘ah marirage (nikàh), or unpermanent marriage, or temporary marriage to a determined term. It is like the perpetual marriage, as can never be valid but only through a marriage contract including a con...

Al-Mut‘ah(or Temporary Marriage) It means the mut...

Principle of al-Badà’ It means that some idea seems to Him regarding a thing. He intends to do, but then He changes His opinion concerning that thing, doing other than what He determined to do previously. Concerning what the Shi’ah observe in respe...

Principle of al-Badà’ It means that some idea see...

(Belief in) Infallibility The Shi’ah observe: The Imam — like the Prophet — should be infallible against (perpetrating) all kinds of indecencies and vices, whether the apparent or hidden ones, deliberately or out of forgetfulness, from childhood til...

(Belief in) Infallibility The Shi’ah observe: The...

Imitation (Taqlid) The Shi’ah hold: Regarding branches of religion (furu‘ al-Din), which represent the rules of Shari‘ah (Islamic Law) related to worship acts like: salàt, sawm (fasting), zakàt and hajj, for whose rules the following conditions are ...

Imitation (Taqlid) The Shi’ah hold: Regarding bra...

Shi’ah’s Belief in Fateand Destiny As soon as I became acquainted with the Shi’ah ‘ulamà’,197 reading their books, I became aware of a new science called fate and destiny. Al-’Imàm ‘Ali (peace be upon him) has elucidated this, through the most expr...

Shi’ah’s Belief in Fateand Destiny As soon as I b...

Fate and Destiny (In the View ofAhl al-Sunnah) The topic of fate and destiny (al-qadà’ wa al-qadar) remained in the past a complicated engima for me, as I could not find a satisfactory and sufficient explanation, at which I feel assured. I remained...

Fate and Destiny (In the View ofAhl al-Sunnah) T...

The Dispute between Aishah and Ibn Umar: Abu Jarih is reported to have said: I heard ‘Atà’ informing and said: ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr told me, saying: I and Ibn ‘Umar were leaning onto ‘A’ishah’s room, hearing the sound of brushing her teeth with the ...

The Dispute between Aishah and Ibn Umar: Abu Jari...

Disagreement about al-Thaqalayn: We have already conceived, through the aforementioned discussions, the viewpoints of the Shi‘ah and Ahl al-Sunnah regarding the caliphate, and the acts and conduct of the Messenger (S) toward the Ummah, as held by th...

Disagreement about al-Thaqalayn: We have already ...

Other Evidences for ‘Ali’s Guardianship All evidences indicate that it was Allah’s will that ‘Ali’s guardianship be the trial for the Muslims, as it was the reason behind every dispute and controversy erupted. And since Allah is subtile toward His b...

Other Evidences for ‘Ali’s Guardianship All evide...

Grief and Sorrow How shouldn’t I be grieved? Or rather why shouln’t every Muslim sigh when looking into these realities, demonstrating the losses that befell the Muslims as a result of excluding al-’Imàm ‘Ali from the post of caliphate, for which th...

Grief and Sorrow How shouldn’t I be grieved? Or r...

The Significant Element in the Research The important element to complement the research, that is worth mentioning and investigation, may be the sole objection that most often be raised when the obstinates being dumbfounded by irrefutable arguments,...

The Significant Element in the Research The impor...

A Commentary: Although al-’Imàm Muslim has briefed the incident, never relating it completely, but it is, thanks to Allah, so sufficient and conclusive. May be the abridgement was made by Zayd ibn Arqam himself when the polotical circumstances oblig...

A Commentary: Although al-’Imàm Muslim has briefe...

Belief in Imamateby Both Sects By Imamate in this chapter, we mean the general Imamate for Muslims, i.e. caliphate, rulership, leadership and Wilàyah (guardianship). Since the main topic of my book being comparison between the school of Ahl al-Sunn...

Belief in Imamateby Both Sects By Imamate in this...

Doctrines in the Perspective ofShi'ah and Ahl al-Sunnah My belief that the Imàmiyyah Shi‘ah being the delivered sect, is even more strengthened by the fact that their beliefs are tolerant and flexible, that is, easily admitted by any wise sane man o...

Doctrines in the Perspective ofShi'ah and Ahl al-S...