General Articles
Ahlul Bayt (`a): Its Meaning and Origin
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- Translated by M. Jalali
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- Ahlul Bayt World Assembly, Vol. 2, Nos. 2 & 3
The term “ahl” signifies the members of a household of a man, including his fellow tribesmen, kin, relatives, wife (or wives), children, and all those who share a family background, religion, housing, city, and country with him. “Ahl” and “al” are both the same term with the exception that “al” is exclusively used for human beings and should come before the family name, but such a condition is not existent in the case of “ahl”.
All Solutions are with the Holy Prophet’s Progeny
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- Al-Tijani Al-Samawi
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- www.imamreza.net
This was the title that I chose for the lecture I gave two years ago in the mosque of my Sunni brothers in the city of San Francisco, California, the United States of America. That day, there was a great crowd of men and women from different nations and countries - people from Africa, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Egypt attended the lecture and most of them left satisfied after a free and purposeful debate.
A Brief Account of the Twelve Successors of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)
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- Allama Sayyid Murtada al-'Askari
The First Imam
Amirul Momineen Ali (a.s.)
Father: Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib bin Hashim.
Mother: Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim bin Abd Munaf.
During Yazid's Rule According to Maudoodi's Khilafat wa Mulikiyyat
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- Translated/Excerpted from Sayyid A. A. Maudoodi's Khelafat o Rajtantro [Dhaka: Adhunik Prokashoni, 1989; Bengali rendering of his monumental work, Khilafat wa mulikiyyat in Urdu]
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- http://www.globalwebpost.com/farooqm
The legacy of placing politics over Deen and violating the Shariah for the sake of power politics that started during the rule of Hadrat Muawiya (r) reached a critical low during the rule of his own appointed heir, Yazid. Three specific things during his rule stunned and appalled the entire Muslim world.
Prophet Nuh (A.S.), the Great Messenger of Allah Almighty
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- Translated from Farsi into English by: Fatima Zabeth Beenesh
The verses in Quran descended about the prophecy of Nuh a.s (Noah) which described the head of the infidels from the tribe of the Nuh a.s said: We believe you a human being like ourselves not more than that. The people who follow you are the poor and down trodden of the society. In any case we never find you more capable than us and we will not admit you as our prophet from God but we believe that you are a lier.
Shi'ism, The Creed Of Love
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- Martyr Ayatullah Murtuda Mutahhari
One of the greatest marks of distinction of Shi`ism over other sects is that its-foundation and its bedrock is love. Right from the time of the Prophet who laid the basis of this sect there has been the whispering of love; when we hear from the words of the Prophet the sentence:
The Shi‘ah and ‘Alawi Uprisings during the Period of Banu Ummayiah (Zayd bin Ali and His Son Yahya)
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- Ghulam-Husayn Muharrami, Translator(s):Mansoor L. Limba
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- www.al-islam.org
As these two uprisings were staged by Shi‘ah, they boasted a completely Shi‘i nature. There is no difference of opinion concerning the leaders of the Tawwabun that they were from among the companions of the Prophet (‘a) and Shi‘ah of the Commander of the Faithful (‘a). 1 We have also stated in detail the view of leading Shi‘ah figures and rijal scholars who unanimously believed in his good intention and the authentic narrations identified the slander against him coined by his opponents.
The Rights of the Holy Imams (A.S.)
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The Immaculate Imams of the Ahl ul-Bayt (a) preceded everyone else in the fields of virtue and perfection and won the loftiest honor of lineage and ranks. They were brought up in the houses of the Prophet's successor, grew up under the shadow of the divine mission, and received the facts and principles of Islam from their great grandfather, and, hence, became the heirs of his knowledge, keepers of his wisdom, protectors of his code, and his auspicious representatives.
The Number of Imams for This Ummah Shall Be Twelve
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- Allama Sayyid Murtada al-'Askari
The First Imam
Amirul Momineen Ali (a.s.)
Father: Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib bin Hashim.
Mother: Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim bin Abd Munaf.
The Twelve Successors of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)
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- Allama Sayyid Murtada al-'Askari
Some of the controversial issues have divided the Muslims. These issues have been misused by the enemies of Islam to divide the Muslims and to weaken them.
The Twelve Imams (A.S.) According To The School of The Caliphate
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- Allama Sayyid Murtada al-'Askari
Al-Juwayni [1] reports that Abdullah ibn Abbas remarked that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said, "I am the chief of the Prophets and Ali ibn Abi Talib is the chief of successors, and after me my successors shall be twelve, the first of them being Ali ibn Abi Talib and the last of them being Al Mahdi."
The Names of the Imams in the Holy Qur'an
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- Hojjat al-Islam Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani
Question: Why aren’t the names of the Imams expressly mentioned in the Qur`an?
The Secret of Choosing the Imams
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- Ayatullah al-Uzma al-Hajj ash-Shaykh Lutfullah as-Safi al-Gulpaygani
QUESTION:
What was the secret of appointing the Imams (peace be upon them) to the position of Imamah and wilayah? Is human intellect able to understand this?
Wilayah And Works
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- Ayatullah Imam Khomeini
With my chain of authorities reaching up to the pioneering shaykh, Muhammad ibn Ya’qub al-Kulayni (R) from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Husayn ibn Said, from someone who narrated it from ‘Ubayd ibn Zurarah, from Muhammad ibn Marid that he said: I said to Abu ‘Abd Allah (A): A hadith has been narrated to us from you that you said, “When you have acquired the ma’rifah, i.e. of the rights of the Imam’s (A), then do whatever you want.” He replied, “I have indeed said that.” I said to him, “Even if one were to commit adultery and theft and drink wine?” He said, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un! By God, they (i.e. those who have interpreted our statements in such a manner) have not been just to us. (Is it fair for them to believe that) they would get away with whatever they do whereas we ourselves will be answerable for our acts? What I said was that when you have acquired ma’rifah perform any works you want, whether its good be great or small, for they will be accepted of you.”
The Shi‘ah and ‘Alawi Uprisings during the Period of ‘Abbasid Caliphate
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- Ghulam-Husayn Muharrami, Translator(s): Mansoor L. Limba
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- www.al-islam.org
The uprisings during the period of the ‘Abbasid caliphate up to the first half of the fourth century AH can be divided into two—the well-organized and programmed Zaydiyyah uprisings and the earlier unplanned and sporadic uprisings.
The Remembrance of Holy Imams (A.S.)
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Another effect and sign of Imams' (a.s.) recognition is remembering them on different occasions. In fact this remembrance should be perpetual as this is the effect of the love of Imams (a.s.). When a person is attached to someone intensely, he is not oblivious to him and remembers him constantly.
The Protectors of Wilayat
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- Imam Reza Network
Criticizing the scholars has always been a pastime among the masses. Whenever there is a discussion related to them, everybody has something to say against them. Each one has a few ‘interesting’ anecdotes to narrate.
Birth of the Seal of Prophets
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- coiradio.com
"Abdullah, father of the Prophet, died a few month before (or two months after) his birth, and his grandfather 'Abdul¬Muttalib took over the care and upbringing of the child. After a few months, according to the age-long custom of the Arabs, the child was entrusted to a bedouin woman Halimah by name, of the tribe of Bani-Sa'd, for his upbringing.When he was only six years old, he lost his mother as well;
The Generous and Pious
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- Huda Jawad
Forty years of the life of Imam Ali ar-Ridha (peace be upon him) had passed, and he still had no son to inherit the Imamate. On the tenth of Rajab, in the year 195 AH, the followers of Imam Ridha were blessed with the auspicious birth of the sole heir to their Imam. Imam Muhammad al-Jawad's (peace be upon him) birth helped ease the anxiety that many Shias were having at the time with regards to who would continue the Imamate after Imam Ridha.
