Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Our Belief: A Brief Description of Islam as the Shi’as Believe

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Theism and Monotheism
• The Omnipotent Existence
• The Attributes of His Glory & Beauty
• The Infinite Essence of God
• God Has No Material Body and No Eye Can Ever See Him
• Monotheism is The Very Soul of All the Islamic Commandments
• The Branches of Monotheism
• A) The Unity of Essence
• B) The Unity of His Attributes
• C) The Unity of His Action (Act)
• D) The Unity of Worship
• The Miracles
• The Angels
• Worship No One But Allah
• No One Can Ever Know the Depths of His Substance
• Neither Suspension, Nor Comparison
• Chapter 2: Divine Mission of the Prophets
• The Philosophy of the Prophethood
• The Symbiosis Between The Followers of Divine Religions
• The Prophets Are Innocent for Life
• They Are God's Obedient Servants
• Miracles and the Knowledge of the Unseen
• The Intercession of the Prophets
• The Question of Resorting
• The Principles of All the Prophet's Missions Are One
• Reports of the Former Prophets
• The Prophets and Their Reforms in All Aspects of Human Life
• Racial and Tribal Advantages Rejected
• Islam and Human Nature
• Chapter 3: Holy Qur’an and the Holy Books
• The Philosophy of the Revelation of Divine Books
• Holy Qur’an, Is the Greatest of the Miracles Of The Prophet
• Holy Qur’an is Not Altered At All
• Holy Qur’an and the Spiritual And Physical Needs of Humans
• Recitation, Contemplation and Action
• The Deviating Discussions
• Rules and Regulations of Commentating on the Holy Qur’an
• The Danger of Self-Commentaries
• The Prophet's Methodological Way (Sunnah), Is Taken From the Book of God (Holy Qur’an)
• Chapter 4: Resurrection and the Life After Death 
• Without Resurrection, Life Is Void
• The Reasons for The Resurrection are Clear Enough
• Resurrection Is Corporeal
• The Strange World - After Death
• Resurrection and the Record of Our Deeds
• The Witnesses in the Final Judgement
• The Passage Way (Bridge) and the Scale To Weigh Deeds
• Intercession on Doomsday
• The World of the Dead (Barzakh)
• The Corporeal and Incorporeal Rewards
• Chapter 5: Imamate
• There is Always an Imam
• The Reality of Imamate
• Imam Must Be Infallible
• Imam Is The Guardian of The Law
• Imam Must Be Appointed Openly and Clearly By The Prophet
• The Shi’a Imams Are Appointed by the Prophet Himself
• Imam ‘Ali's Designation by the Prophet
• Each Imam Emphasizes His Successor
• None of the Prophet's Companions Could Excel Imam ‘Ali
• The Prophet's Companions at the Court of Wisdom and History
• Imam Takes His Knowledge from the Prophet
• Reference
• Chapter 6: Other Subjects
• The Rationale Goodness and Badness
• God's Justice
• Man's Freedom
• Wisdom Serves as A Reference in our Religious Jurisprudence
• More about God's Justice
• Rejection of What You Cannot Do
• The Philosophy of the Painful Accidents
• Visiting the Tombs of The Messengers And Imams (Pilgrimage)
• The Philosophy of The Mourning Ceremonies
• The Temporary Marriage
• A Brief History of Shi’a
• The Legacy of the Prophet's Household
• The Two Important Books
• The Last Word