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Faith Of Shi'a Islam

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THE FAITH OF SHI'A ISLAM


by

ALLAMAH MUHAMMAD RIDHA
AL-MUZAFFAR


INTRODUCTION
1. Doctrine of the Necessity for Seeking Knowledge 1
2. Doctrine of the Necessity for Imitation (taqlid)
in the Various Branches of the Relgion (furu' ad-din)		 2
3. Doctrine of the Necessity for Juristic Reasoning (ijtihad) 3
4. Doctrine of the Position of a Mujtahid 4

I: TAWHID
5. Doctrine of Belief in Allah 5
6. Doctrine of tawhid 6
7. Doctrine of the Attributes of Allah 7
8. Doctrine of the Justice of Allah 9
9. Doctrine of the Commands of Allah 10
10. Doctrine of al-qada' (predetermination) and al-qadar (Divine Decree) 11
11. Doctrine of bada' 13
12. Doctrine of Religious Ordinances 14

II: THE PROPHETHOOD
13. Doctrine of Prophethood 17
14. Prophecy is from Divine Grace (lutf) 18
15. Doctrine of the Prophet's Miracles 20
16. Doctrine of the Infallibility of the Prophets 21
17. Doctrine of the Prophet's Attributes 22
18. Doctrine of the Prophets and their Books 22
19. Doctrine of Belief in Islam 23
20. Doctrine of the Lawgiver of Islam 25
21. Doctrine of the Holy Qur'an 26
22. The Proof of Islam and previous Religions 27

III: THE IMAMATE
23. Doctrine of the Imamate 31
24. Doctrine of the Infallibility of the Imams 32
25. Doctrine of the Attributes of the Imam, and knowledge of the Imam 33
26. Doctrine of Obedience to the Imams 34
27. Doctrine of Love for the Household of the Prophet 36
28. Our Beliefs Concerning the Imams 37
29. The Imamate must be from Allah 38
30. Our Belief Concerning The Number of the Imams 39
31. Our Belief in the Mahdi 40
32. Doctrine of raj'ah (the Return) 43
33. Doctrine of taqiyyah (Dissimulation) 46

IV: TEACHINGS FOR THE SHI'A FROM THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE PROPHET
34. The Doctrine of du'a 50
35. Themes in ad'iyyah from the "as-Sahifat as-Sajjadiyyah" 54
36. Our Belief Concerning Visiting the Tombs (ziyarah) 61
37. The Meaning of Shi'a in the Option of the Household of the Prophet 64
38. The Avoidance of Oppression 67
39. Doctrine of Non-Cooperation with Oppressors 68
40. Doctrine of Non-Participation in Oppressive Government 70
41. The Call of the Imams to Islamic Unity 71
42. Doctrine of the Rights of Brotherhood between Muslims 75

V: ESCHATOLOGY
43. Doctrine of the Resurrection 79
44. Doctrine of Bodily Resurrection 79

APPENDIX
The life of Ash-Shaykh Muhammad Rida Al-Muzaffar 83

NOTES TO TEXT		 87


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