Scholars are well aware that within the Ummah there exist certain individuals and groups who, in their claim of “love for the Companions,” have gone so far as to stand at the very door of “enmity toward the Household (Ahl al-Bayt).” Consequently, in the view of such...
Imam Ali’s Testimony and Sunni Self-Censorship: A Comparative Analysis of Kitab al-Sunnah and Ansāb al-Ashrāf The events immediately following the death of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ are recorded in multiple Sunni sources. Among these, Imam Ali’s (as) reflections on the...
Distortion of a Shia Narration by Ihsān Ilāhī Ẓahīr to Portray Cordial Relations Between Imam Ali (as) and the Shaykhayn” One striking aspect of Ihsān Ilāhī Ẓahīr’s intellectual dishonesty is his method of fragmenting or representing reports (tamthīl...
Can a divinely designated position be usurped? This is our concise response to s very typical question posed by our opponents If governance is a part of the Caliphate, Imamate, and Wilayah, and Allah (swt) alone appoints the Caliph or Imam, then how is it possible for...
Imam Ali (as) and the Uthman Crisis: Upholding Justice Amid Grievances Iḥsān Ilāhī Ẓahīr, in Shī‘a and Ahl al-Bayt (p. 256), criticises Shi‘a scholars for allegedly claiming that Imam Ali (as) permitted the killing of Uthman ibn ʿAffan: “Considering...
