`Abdul-Husayn’s 100 Shia Narrators in Sunni Books. The author of al-Muraja’aat gives us a list of 100 narrators in the books of Sunni Hadith that he claims are Shia like himself. He then writes: “This much concludes what [read more]
This episode examines the verses used by `Abdul-Husayn Sharaf-ul-Deen al-Musawi to prove the Imamate of `Ali, his merits, and the status of his family.
Unlike the Sunni view, the Twelver Shias are in complete agreement as to who the twelve caliphs are. Ironically, their agreement does not suggest any strength, but rather, implies a stubbornness that goes against logic. The twelve caliphs according to [read more]
As suggested in the previous article on the explanation and analysis of the Hadith of the Twelve Caliphs, there is nothing in the narration about the nature of these twelve caliphs. They are not described in any of the narrations [read more]
The Hadith of Jabir b. Samura on the twelve caliphs is one of the most pivotal and controversial Hadiths in Sunni-Shia polemics. Perhaps the inclusion of the number “twelve” in the report along with its relative popularity contributed to the [read more]
The following is a response to SlaveOfAhlubait’s article entitled: “Mawia Drinking what was Prohibited by Holy Prophet”. The article can be found here. In this short article, SoA quotes the following narration: Abdullah bin Buraida said that I went to [read more]
In this part we continue looking at the ignorance of the companions and family of al-Baqir about the name and number of Imams and why this cannot be acceptable.
Al-Shihristani suggests in his “The Prohibition of Recording Hadith” (p. 217-218) that Muawiyah has extended the limitations that were set by Omar in his reign. Like Uthman though, there are no evidences that he ever issued a ban on the [read more]
Unlike the previous articles in our series about the prohibition of the narration and documentation of Hadiths, nothing can be found that suggested Uthman implementing a ban on the documentation of Hadith or the narrating of Hadiths. However, there was [read more]
This is a series of articles where we critique the Twelver Imami Shiite belief in the occultation of their 12th Imam. Part-1: The hidden Imam and the need of an apparent Imam Part-2: Imamah and the Iranian regime Part-3: Believers [read more]
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