The Second Spurious Argument: CONSTRAINT AND FREE WILL Some people find a problem with the Shias in that they believe neither in constraint nor in free will but that they adopt an interpretation...
The Last Luminary Preface The Good News The Birth The Minor Occultation 1) 'Uthman ibn Sa'id 'Umari 2) Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Uthman 3) Abul-Qasim...
The Third Spurious Argument: VISITING THE SHRINES OF THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS Some people accuse the Shias of believing that it is permissible to visit the shrines of the Prophets,...
The Sixth Spurious Argument: INHERITING FROM THE PROPHETS The Shias are suspected of believing that the prophets bequeath what they possess to their inheritors like the rest of Muslims...
203) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p.142 by Abdullah bin Bashir al-Mazini. 204) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p. 141 by Abdullah bin Ja'far. 205) Ibn Uqda, Tara'if, p. 141 by Uthman bin Affan. 206) Ibn...
The Ninth Spurious Argument: WHO IS THE FAMILY OF THE PROPHET? Some people criticize the Shias for limiting the Prophet's family to Imam Ali, Fatima and their sons Hasan and Husayn (peace...
The Seventeenth Spurious Argument: THE PEACE TREATY BETWEEN IMAM HASAN AND MU'AWIYA Some criticize the Shias saying that Imam Hasan had made peace with Mu'awiya (the first Umayyad caliph)...
The Twenty-first Spurious Argument: JOINING THE PRAYERS Some people criticize the Shia for combining the five prayers offering them at only three times. They combine the Zhuhr and Asr...
SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE SHIA PREFACE 7 THE FIRST SPURIOUS ARGUMENT: SEEING ALLAH 9 The answer 9 Proof of Application: 12 THE...
SIMPLIFIED ISLAMIC LAWS FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS A Summary of the life of Marja' Taqlid of the Shi'i World 1 Introduction to Islamic Principles 5 Ijtihad and...
Chapter Six Wilayat & Its Scope 1. What is Wilayat? "Wilayat," derived from wila,' means power authority or a right of certain kind. In Shi'a theology,...
Chapter Seven Knowledge of the Ahlul Bayt 1. Introduction The universal wilayat is in a way linked to he knowledge that Almighty Allah has bestowed upon...
