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Al-Bab Al-Hadi Ashar: A Treatise on the Principles of Shiite Theology

Author: Jamal al-Din ibn Yusuf 'Allamah Hilli
Publisher: www.al-islam.org
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• Foreword
• Sketch of ‘Allama al-Hilli
• Introduction
• The Necessity Of The Knowledge of The Principles of Religion
• Notes
• Section 1: The Proof of Self-Existence
• Section 2: Allah’s Positive Qualities
• 1. Allah Is Powerful and Free
• 2. Allah Is Knowing
• 3. Allah Is Living (Hayy)
• 4. Allah Is A Willer And A Disliker
• 5. Allah Is A Perceiver
• 6. Allah Is Eternal
• 7. Allah Is A Speaker
• 8. Allah Is Veracious
• Notes
• Section 3: Allah’s Privative Qualities
• 1. Allah Is Not Compounded
• 2. Allah Is Not A Body
• 3. Allah Is Not A Locus For Originated Things
• 4. Allah Is Not Visible
• 5. Allah Has No Partner
• 6. Allah Has no Idea or State
• 7. Allah Is Self-Sufficient And Has No Need
• Notes
• Section 4: Allah’s Justice
• Reason Is The Judge As To Good And Evil
• Human Beings Are Free Agents
• Evil Is Impossible in Allah
• Allah Acts With An Aim
• Allah’s Aim Is Man’s advantage
• Taklif is necessary
• Kindness (Lutf) Is Incumbent Upon Allah
• Recompense For The Sufferings Is Incumbent Upon Allah
• Notes
• Section 5: Prophecy
• 1. Proof Of The Mission Of Muhammad (S)
• 2. The Prophet Must Be Immune To Sin
• 3. The Prophet Must Be All His Life Immune To Sin
• 4. The Prophet must be the best of the people of his time
• Notes
• Section 6: The Imamate
• 1. The Imamate Is Necessary
• 2. The Imam Must Be Immune To Sin
• 3. The Imam Must Be Specified
• 4. The Imam must be the best of the people of his time
• 5. The Imams After Muhammad (S) Are Ali (‘A) And His Eleven Descendants
• Notes
• Section 7: The Return
• 1. The Resurrection, The Bridge, The Scale, All Must Be Accepted
• 2. Reward And Punishment
• 3. Repentence
• 4. Command And Prohibition
• Notes