Chapter Nine: Hitting one’s body in grief

This is one of the favourite areas of exploitation for the Nasibi and they enjoy making fun and insisting that these practises are against the Shari’ah. They serve as further evidence that the Shi’a are a deviated Sect. Since they adhere to Umar ibn al Khattab’s way...

Chapter Eight: Wearing black attire

Nasibi Qadhi Mazhar Husayn in his book “Hum Matam kyoon nahee kartay” [Why we do not perform mourning] says that black was the attire of the people of Pharaoh and the people of Hell. Ibn al Hashimi al-Nasibi also touched the issue:  Traditionally, the Shia wear black...

Chapter Seven: Convening Majlis (Gathering) to remember the dead

Allah (swt) and his Prophet have instructed us to organise gatherings to remember Allah (swt) Allah (swt) says in the Qur’an: [Shakir 2:152] Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me. In this verse, Allah...

Chapter Six: Reciting elegies for Imam Hussain (as)

  Many of today’s Nawasib deem the recital of sad poetry in praise of our slain Imam (as) to be an act of Bidah that has no place under the Shari’ah. As an example see the “Fatwa” of Mullah Ghulam Rasul in ‘Ibtada Matam’ page 60: Reciting couplets is the act of...

Chapter Five: Crying and wailing for Imam Hussain (as)

    Crying is a natural act Islam is a religion based on nature. Wailing or weeping is the innate instinct of a human being. A newborn child starts his life crying. Weeping is not prohibited in any religion or creed of the world. Tears are automatically shed when a...