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]
Apart from the actual identities of the Imams, there is no specific aspect of Imamate that is as important as the concept of infallibility. Infallibility is the line between a religious opinion and a divine regulation. If it were not [read more]
Examining Shiite theology seems complex at face value, yet when we dive further into the historical development of the Twelver Shiite tradition we begin to face a multitude of historical and theological issues primarily inconsistencies, reinterpretations, polemics, and numerous hadith [read more]
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem, During out readings, it is through the grace of Allah that we have stumbled upon a narration that implicates Al-Kulayni of altering a narration. The narration in Al-Kafi states that Tahir said: Abu Abdullah (as) (Ja’afar Al-Sadiq) [read more]
Background It is a common misconception held by Shias today that Al-Hussain willingly sacrificed himself to save Islam. This view, which is very much romanticized, does not conform to the events that surrounded his martyrdom. Our statement is not based [read more]
The following is an in-depth research into the narrations that list out the names of the Twelve Imams. Background It is commonly believed by Shias that the names of all Twelve Imams were always known by the Shia community. Even [read more]
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