Verse 158 from Chapter Al Baqarah, The Cow: “Verily, Safa and Marwa are among the signs of Allah” Allama Imam Fakhruddin Razi of Ahl – e – Sunnah in his Tafseer Kabir with reference to the above Verse writes: The Signs of Allah (Sha’er Allah) are to be revered and are...
Year long processions using the shirt and beard of Uthman The Sunni Imam Ibn Qutayba in Al-Imama wa Siyasa, vol 1, page 42 states: “Naila (wife of Uthman), took the hairs of beard of Uthman, which were pulled out by Muhammad bin Abi Bakr. And she put these hairs in...
Tradition One The darling of the Nasibi movement Qadhi Mazhar Husayn in his book ‘Ham Matam kyo nahee kartay’ [Why do not we perform mourning] said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) has said that patience and hardships, both comes to the believer, hence on the...
We have until now produced number of Sunni evidences to prove that different rituals related to mourning are not exclusive to the Shia This in no way means that the Shia rationale for mourning the fallen Imam (as) is based upon the reliance of Sunni sources, as is...
First Objection – Martyrdom should be celebrated not mourned Why do the Shi’a deem the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (as) a tragedy, when it should be a happy occasion? The slain leader of the Nasibi organization Sipah Sahaba, Azam Tariq in his famed ‘Khutbah Jail’ sets...
