The Alleged Contradiction in the Definitions of Shīʿah: A Critical Examination of the Argument of Iḥsān al-Ilāhī Ẓahīr Editorial Introduction The claim that Shia scholars contradict one another in defining the term Shīʿah has been repeated in polemical literature,...
“Was ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar regretful in the final period of his life that he did not fight alongside Imām ʿAlī ibn “Abī Ṭālib (as) against BanūUmayyah?” Amongst the Urdu speaking community a video of a well-known scholar, Muhammad Ali Mirza, is going viral on...
ʿUmar’s Innovation in Prayer’ ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, during his period of governance, introduced several practices regarded as religious innovations (bidʿah). One such practice was the congregational prayer known as Ṭarāwīḥ, which he initiated in Madīnah contrary to...
Ali the Wali over the Believers after Rasulullah (s) Preface Every organised society, institution, or community understands a simple yet vital principle: leadership cannot be left to chance. A company cannot leave its founder’s position undefined, an army cannot...
HOW TO READ BOOK This book is not written to provoke, persuade emotionally, or argue from sectarian premises. It is written to examine a single question using shared Islamic tools: did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ designate a wali over the believers after him, and if so,...
