YUSUFALI: And strive in His cause as ye ought to strive, (with sincerity and under discipline). He has chosen you, and has imposed no difficulties on you in religion; it is the cult of your father Abraham. It is He Who has named you Muslims, both before and in this...
The definition of Shi’a The term Shi’a has been used on countless occasions in the Qur’an, Hadeeth and the books of history. The literal meaning of Shi’a; The scholars of Arabic lexicon via two methods: 1. The literal meaning of Shi’a2. The Arabic meaning to which...
The Prophet (s) guaranteed Paradise for the Shi’a of ‘Ali (as) We will evidence this from the following esteemed Sunni wires: Sawaiq al Muhriqah page 519 Fadail Ahl’ul bayt Kanzul Dhaqaiq page 149, the letter Sheen Nur al Absar page 78 Fadail Manaqib ‘Ali Kafaya al...
Traditional polemical debate has not been over the cause of descent of this verse. As we shall evidence later, past Sunni Ulema have recorded in their Tafseers in Muttawatir traditions that the verse descended in honour of Maula Ali (as). Traditional Sunni...
In their earth shattering article Ansar.Org relied heavily on the opinions of Ibn Katheer. Whilst it is little surprise that the Nasibi would seek reliance on the lead Imam of the anti Ali (as) clan, we shall point out that Ibn Katheer cited nine chains testifying...