It is well established that when Umar saw people offering Tarawih in congregation, he said: (قَالَ عُمَرُ : نِعْمَ الْبِدْعَةُ هَذِهِ) ”What an excellent Bid’a” This can be seen in the following narration from Sahih al-Bukhari hadith number 2010: وَعَنِ ابْنِ...
Among the matters concerning the esteemed mother of the Imam of the Age (may Allah hasten his reappearance), the most important and noteworthy is how her entry into the House of Chastity and the courtyard of Ali (peace be upon him) took place. This discussion allows...
A Moment of Reflection. It is astonishing that some object to the Shia school of thought based on minor variations in names, using them as a means to cast doubt on the belief in the Mahdi (as), when they themselves have far greater discrepancies in their own...
There is another possibility. It is that perhaps the name of the Imam’s (A.S.) noble mother was deliberately concealed to protect him from the evil of enemies. Just as his conception and place of birth were kept hidden, in fact, in those circumstances, even...
