Year: 2019

Twelver orthodoxy today asserts that those who fought ‘Ali b. Abi Taleb were apostates who went against the “Imam of the time.” On this basis, Twelvers often excommunicate the likes of Mu’awiyah, Talha, Al-Zubayr, ‘Aisha and other companions of the [read more]

The “No True Scotsman” fallacy is a logical fallacy where a claimant attempts to defend a universal generalization from counterexamples that undermine its veracity. Instead of qualifying his generalization or addressing the counterexample(s), the claimant rather dismisses the counterexample(s) by [read more]

Twelver theology is primarily derived from a vast pool of reports that is mostly independent of the Sunni hadith corpus. The independence of these two bodies of transmission is the result of various factors, mainly: (1) the time gap between [read more]

It should not be a surprise for one to find the earliest historical sources replete with praise of the companions of the Prophet by the Imams of the Twelvers. Such reports demonstrate the defective nature of the Twelver historical narrative, [read more]

If Muslim religious leaders were to graciously accept financial “gifts” from blasphemous tyrants who openly opposed the religion of Islam, such as Netanyahu, Mladić or Stalin etc., then indeed that would be a sufficient reason to cast doubt on their integrity [read more]

A hadith occasionally cited by Shi’ite polemicists is the alleged statement of the Prophet where he is quoted saying: “Ali is the most knowledgeable from my Ummah after myself.” This report can be found in the 5th century hadith collection, [read more]

Mu’awiyah b. Abi Sufyan is a companion of the Prophet who is regularly slandered by the Shia due to his role as a political rival of ‘Ali b. Abi Taleb. Twelver hadith collections are saturated with reports that present him [read more]

Busr b. Arta’ah is a very controversial figure that is often cited in polemical discussions regarding Adalah Al-Sahabah. Though his companionship with the Prophet is contested, he is cited as a vicious and murderous Sahabi in in the context of politics. Shi’ite [read more]

The concept of ‘Adalah (integrity) of the Sahabah often is a matter of controversy in Sunni-Shia polemics. Many Shi’ite polemicists, as demonstrated in this article, often misunderstand and distort the concept. Asides from the prevalent misrepresentation and strawmanning of the [read more]