Friday, 11 January 2013 06:56
According to a Sunni scholar, this verse "O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Apostle and…" proves the invalidity of the belief in Imams. What is your opinion in this regard?
SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – According to a Sunni scholar, the verse 59 of Chapter al-Nisa which says "Atte’u–llaha wa atti’u rasoola wa Ulu al-Amr-e minkum. Wa in Tanazatum fi shay....." confirms the invalidity of the concept of Imamate. Because if the Imams were infallible, then the verse should not have the phrase "Wa in Tanazatum ...". It should have been an absolute statement, "Obey Allah and the Prophet and the Ulul Amir." The phrase proves that you can…
Thursday, 10 January 2013 03:30
The Illustrious Period of the Imamate of Imam Zayn al-'Abidin by Seyyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi
SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) –No Imam began his Imamat in a more tragic atmosphere. The first day of his Imamat saw him seriously ill and a captive of the army of Yazid in Karbala. His father and predecessor had sacrificed all he had on the altar of truth; and Imam Zayn al-'Abidin found himself with a group of helpless widows and orphans being led from place to place, from the durbar of Ibn Ziyad to the court of Yazid.…
Thursday, 10 January 2013 01:53
Martyrdom of Imam Husayn and the Muslim and Jewish Calendars by Seyyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi
SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – THE 1400th year of the hijra caleadar is nearing its end. Since the last two years or more a substantial amount of time, energy and money is being spent of what has come to be known as the commemoration of the end of the 14th century of hijra and the welcome of the 15th. Seminars are being held, articles written, booklets published, postage stamps issued and a lot of trinkets designed, made and sold to…
Thursday, 10 January 2013 01:48
The Prophet and Prophetic Tradition - The Last Prophet and Universal Man by Professor Syed Hossein Nasr
SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – "Extract" The Prophet and prophetic traditions — from Ideals & Realities of Islam written by Professor S. Hossein Nasr, and published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 2nd edition London 1975. The Prophet as the founder of Islam and the messenger of God's revelation to mankind is the interpreter par excellence of the Book of God; and his Hadith and Sunnah, his sayings and actions, are after the Quran, the most important sources of the…
Thursday, 10 January 2013 01:43
The Excellences of the Imam Husayn in Sunni Hadith Tradition by M. Ayoub
SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – HUMAN history may be seen as a record of the eternal struggle between right and wrong, virtue and vice, good and evil, and righteousness and wickedness. This struggle was decreed by God when Adam, an earthly creature, was sent to earth to engage in this eternal battle. It is through this struggle that human beings can earn their eternal bliss in the Gardens of Paradise, or their eternal punishment in the Fire. In the history…
