Islamic Books

The Trust (al-Amana) in the Qur'an and the Wilaya    Wilaya in the Qur'an is intrinsically related to the moral vision of Islamic revelation. Wilaya in this regard is the faculty...

About the Author    Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi is the Imam of the Shi`a Muslim community of British Columbia. ( 75 ) Chapter 3 Orientalists and the Event of Ghadir...

About the Author    Husein Khimjee is a PhD student at the University of Toronto. He frequently leads Juma` prayers at the Jafri Islamic Centre in Thornhill, Ontario. (...

Ghadir Introduction 3 about the author 6 A Study on the Question of Al-Wilaya 7 How Shi`ism came into existence 9 The First Path 10 The Second Path 14 The...

INTRODUCTION 1. Doctrine of the Necessity for Seeking Knowledge     We believe that Allah has endowed us with the faculty of the intellect ('aql), and that...

PART TWO : THE PROPHETHOOD 13. Doctrine of Prophethood     We believe that prophethood is a Divine duty and a mission from Allah; He appoints to it those...

21. Belief in the Qur'an     We believe that the Qur'an was Divinely inspired, and revealed by Allah on the tongue of His honorable Prophet, making clear everything,...

31. Doctrine of the Mahdi     Many people have narrated from the Prophet concerning the reappearance, at the end of time of the Mahdi, who is a descendent of (...

33. Doctrine of Dissimulation (taqiyyah)     It is related from Imam Sadiq in an authenticated tradition:     Taqiyyah in mu din and the din of mu forefathers.    ...

36. Our Belief in Pilgrimage (ziyarah) to the Holy Shrines     One of the practices which distinguish the Shi'a from all other Islamic sects is the attention paid...

40. Doctrine of Non-Participation in Oppressive Government     Since our Imams have firmly warned us not to help oppressors, even to the extent of giving them half...

APPENDIX The life of ash-Shaykh Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar     The writer of this book comes from a respected family called by the name of al-Muzaffar....