According to the Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (3rd ed., p. 1009), the word walī possesses multiple meanings, including: helper, supporter; patron, protector; legal guardian; custodian; manager of affairs; ruler; master; owner; successor (walī...
First attempt – The hadith is an illogical lie Ibn Taymiyya, in his attempt to refute the hadith «عليٌّ وليُّ كلِّ مؤمنٍ بعدي», begins by rejecting it outright as a fabrication. In Minhāj al-Sunnah fī al-Radd ʿalā al-Shīʿah, volume 7, page 391, he states: «وكذلك قوله...
Conclusion This book examined a single Prophetic declaration: إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ بَعْدِي “ʿAlī is from me and I am from him, and he is the walī of every believer after me.” The evidence presented establishes that...
Sunni Distortions in Kitāb al-Amwāl and the erasure of the raid on Sayeda Fatimah’s (sa) House. Ahl al-Sunnah have long worked tirelessly to construct a fairy tale in which there were no tensions between Abu Bakr and the Ahl al-Bayt following the death of the Prophet...
Deception in Translation: How an Urdu rendering conceals Qur’anic rebuke It is a foundational principle of Islamic scholarship that a narration must be assessed not only through its chain of transmission (isnād) and textual soundness (matn), but also through the...
