Background It is commonly accepted among the Shias today that Sunnis are praying the Maghrib prayers before the time that has been stipulated by the Shari’ah. According to Sunnis, as long as the actual sun’s disc disappears, the time is [read more]
by Abdullah Moataz One of the more profound hadiths regarding the superiority of ‘Ali b. Abi Talib and his virtues, is a hadith found in Sahih Muslim. Shi’ite polemicists constantly use the hadith in their proselytizing efforts with Sunnis. The [read more]
When analyzing hadiths and historical reports, one cannot overlook the discipline of ‘ilmur-Rijaal. This science is a compilation of the hadith critics’ conclusions regarding the reliability of the numerous hadith transmitters that took part in the transmission of hadith. In [read more]
Introduction The report we shall study in this article is an alleged prophetic explanation of a verse in the Qur’an, that has been appealed to by some Shi’a. In this article, I will be applying the method of early hadith [read more]
What is a Nāṣibī? It is very common for one to hear the accusation that Muḥammad b. Ismā’īl al-Bukhārī (author of the Ṣaḥīḥ) was a Nāṣibī, and there are several points that are usually presented to justify this accusation. Before [read more]
Aqa Buzurg al-Tihrani (or Agha Bozorg Tehrani) who died in 1389 AH is one of the major Shia scholars in knowledge and popularity. He is also a student of al-Mirza al-Nuri who believes in the distortion of the Qur’an as previously [read more]
In this article we shall look into the belief of the Shia leader and author of one of the fundamental eight Shia books Mirza Husayn al-Nuri al-Tabrasi (author of Mustadrak-ul-Wasa’il) who died in 1320 AH. [read more]
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem, The following is a refutation to the main arguments produced by Olawuyi in his book “Did Abu Bakr really Lead the Salat?” The author’s main aim is to prove that all the narrations that suggest such are [read more]
No doubt, the four emissaries (Sufara’) of the Twelver Shia’s 12th Imam or “Mahdi” as they call him are some of the most suspicious characters in classical Islamic history. Below, we will translate a piece of the research one of [read more]
The following is a translation of the events that transpired in the year 63-64 AH in the reign of Yazeed bin Mu’awiyah. The source used for the events was Tareekh Khalifa bin Khayyat (d. 240 AH) (p. 147-159) who quotes [read more]
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