The following is a refutation by brother TwoBlade to Dr. Sayyid Kazim Tabtaba’i’s “Glimpses of Shiism in the Musnad of Ibn Hanbal”. The original work can be found on the al-islam.org here. ====================================== Introduction If a researcher plagued with an [read more]
The following is a criticism of the authenticity of the “Treatise of Rights” (Risalat Al Huquq), the falsely attributed letter to Zain Al-Abideen, the fourth Imam. The treatise, in full, can be found on al-islam.org. Very much like all the [read more]
We often hear Shias quoting, “Those that does not know his Imam will die a death of Jahiliyyah.” The narration suggests, according to Shias, that rejecting the twelfth Imam of the Shias, or rather, not acknowledging his birth, ultimately is [read more]
This short article falls under our series of Sunni vs Shia Hadith Sciences, so be sure to refer to it for many more examples of the weakness of the foundation of Shia hadith sciences. This article will take a look [read more]
The following article is taken from the Waqifi website tashayyu.org is a compilation of the narrations found in Al-Tusi’s Kitab Al-Ghayba. The compiler provides many narrations in which Musa Al-Kadhim is the last Imam and that the Imam are not [read more]
This episode examines the Shia understanding of Hadith al-Dar. A list of chains for Hadith-ul-Dar that we collected in order to study them and their texts: Ibn Ishaq (d. 150) from Abdulghafar bin Al-Qassim. Ibn Jareer (d. 310) from [read more]
`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]
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