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Spurious Arguments about the Shia

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SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS
ABOUT THE SHIA


PREFACE 7
THE FIRST SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: SEEING ALLAH 9
The answer 9
Proof of Application: 12
THE SECOND SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: CONSTRAINT AND FREE WILL 17
The answer 17
Qur'anic Verses that reject constraint 17
Verses that refute free will 22
Shias' interpretation of the Conception of intermediacy 24
THE THIRD SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: VISITING THE SHRINES OF THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS 27
The answer 27
Proving the legitimacy of visiting the Prophet's shrine 28
THE FOURTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: THE INTERCESSION OF THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS 37
The answer 37
THE FIFTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: BESEECHING THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS 41
The answer 41
THE SIXTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: INHERITING FROM THE PROPHETS 46
The answer 46
THE SEVENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: THE FABRICATION THAT THE SHIAS BELIEVE THE PROPHETIC MISSION BELONGED TO IMAM ALI 48
The answer 48
THE EIGHTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: THE TRADITIONS THAT THE PROPHET APPOINTED IMAM ALI AS GUARDIAN AND SUCCESSOR 49
The answer 49
Other sources of The Ghadir tradition 62
QUR'ANIC VERSES concerning The Homage AT AL-Ghadir 67
The Companions pay homage to Imam Ali and congratulate him 68
The Linguistic meaning of Mawla 68
Further evidence of the significance of the tradition of al-Ghadir 71
THE NINTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: WHO IS THE FAMILY OF THE PROPHET? 82
The answer 82
THE TENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE TWELVE IMAMS 87
The answer 87
THE ELEVENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: THE MIRACLES OF THE IMAMS 89
The answer 89
THE TWELFTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: NAMING PERSONS WITH NAMES SUCH AS ABDUN-NABI AND THE LIKE 90
The answer 90
THE THIRTEENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: LOVING THE PROPHET'S FAMILY 91
The answer 91
THE FOURTEENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: EXEGESIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE VERSES OF THE QUR'AN 92
The answer 92
THE FIFTEENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: IMMODERATION 93
The answer 93
THE SIXTEENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: SHIA OPINION ABOUT HAFSA AND 'AA'ISHA 97
The answer 97
THE SEVENTEENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: THE PEACE TREATY BETWEEN IMAM HASAN AND MU'AWIYA 99
The answer 99
THE EIGHTEENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: SWEARING BY THE PROPHET AND THE IMAMS 101
The answer 101
THE NINETEENTH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: THE CRITERION FOR ACCEPTING AND REJECTING HADITHS 102
The answer 102
THE TWENTIETH SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: REJECTING ANALOGY AND DISCRETION 109
The answer 109
THE TWENTY-FIRST SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: JOINING THE PRAYERS 111
The answer 111
THE TWENTY-SECOND SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: TEMPORARY MARRIAGE 113
The answer 113
THE TWENTY-THIRD SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: THE ORIGIN OF SHIISM 115
The answer 115

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