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May Allah shower His peace and blessings on all of you. I have seen many misconceptions of the Shia on this forum. As a practising Shia I would like to make clear our beliefs. Feel free to ask any questions about us I will not be offended.

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From the perspective of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, the most significant doctrinal differences between Twelver Shi'ism and Sunni Islam are as follows:

The Imamate: Twelver Shi'ites believe that the Imamate is a fundamental pillar of the religion and that Allah explicitly appointed the twelve Imams by name. In contrast, Sunnis regard the Caliphate (leadership of the Muslim community) as a matter of governance and public affairs, not a pillar of faith.

The Infallibility of the Imams: Twelver Shi'ites believe that the Imams are infallible, protected from sin, error, and forgetfulness. Sunnis maintain that infallibility is reserved for the Prophets in conveying Allah's revelation.

Religious Authority: Twelver Shi'ites regard the teachings of the infallible Imams as divinely authoritative and legally binding. Sunnis hold that religious legislation is derived exclusively from the Qur'an and the authentic Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

The Companions of the Prophet: Sunnis believe that all the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ are worthy of respect and generally upright in character. Twelver Shi'ite literature contains strong criticism of many leading Companions, and its scholars hold that a number of them deviated after the Prophet's death in the matter of the Imamate.

Mother of the Believers, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): Sunnis honor Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, and affirm her innocence as declared in the Qur'an (Surah An-Nur). Twelver Shi'ite sources include narrations and statements criticizing her, particularly regarding her role in the Battle of the Camel, and they generally do not accord her the same level of reverence as Sunnis.

Loyalty and Dissociation (al-Wala' wa al-Bara'): Twelver Shi'ites place special emphasis on loyalty to the Imams and dissociation from those who opposed them as part of religious belief. Sunnis understand loyalty and dissociation primarily in terms of faith and disbelief while maintaining love and respect for all the Companions.

The Return (al-Raj'ah): Twelver Shi'ites believe that certain believers and disbelievers will return to earthly life before the Day of Judgment. Sunnis do not accept this belief except in the specific miraculous cases established by authentic revelation.

The Mahdi: Twelver Shi'ites believe that the Mahdi is Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-'Askari, the twelfth Imam, who was born in the third Islamic century and remains alive in occultation. Sunnis believe in the coming of the Mahdi near the end of time but generally do not believe that he has already been born and is presently in occultation.

Taqiyyah (Religious Dissimulation): Sunnis recognize the permissibility of concealing one's faith only in cases of coercion as established in the Qur'an and Sunnah. Twelver Shi'ites apply the concept of taqiyyah more broadly in various situations involving fear or significant hardship.

The Qur'an: Sunnis believe that the Qur'an in the hands of Muslims today is the complete and perfectly preserved Word of Allah, protected from any addition or omission, in accordance with Allah's promise: "Indeed, it is We who sent down the Reminder, and indeed, We will surely preserve it." (Qur'an 15:9). Contemporary Twelver Shi'ite scholars likewise affirm that the present Qur'an is authentic and unaltered. However, some early Shi'ite hadith collections contain reports that have been understood as implying textual alteration. Twelver scholars have differed over these reports, with some rejecting them, others reinterpreting them, and others accepting them. Therefore, it is not accurate to state that belief in Qur'anic corruption is a universally accepted doctrine among Twelver Shi'ites today.

The Names and Attributes of Allah: Sunnis affirm all the Names and Attributes that Allah affirmed for Himself and that His Messenger ﷺ affirmed for Him, without distortion, denial, asking how, or likening Him to His creation. Many Twelver Shi'ite theologians follow a theological approach influenced by classical kalam, interpreting figuratively certain divine attributes—such as Allah's rising over the Throne (istiwa'), His Hand, and His Face—thereby differing from the traditional Sunni (Salafi/Athari) approach to the divine attributes.

Domination’ over Palestinians ‘atrocious,’ ex-prez tells ‘Good Morning America’


In some of the harshest and one-sided language he has used to date, former Democratic President Jimmy Carter called Israeli “domination” over Palestinians “atrocious” in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” a few months ago


Carter said there was “no doubt now that a minority of Israelis are perpetuating apartheid on the people in Palestine, the Palestinian people.”


Carter called Israel’s occupation the “prime cause” of continuing violence in the Middle East.


“And contrary to the United Nations resolutions, contrary to the official policy of the United States government, contrary to the Quartet so-called road map, all of those things – and contrary to the majority of Israeli people’s opinion – this occupation and confiscation and colonization of land in the West Bank is the prime cause of a continuation of violence in the Middle East,” he said.


“And what is being done to the Palestinians under Israeli domination is really atrocious. It’s a terrible affliction on these people.”

<b>Lucy Berrington </b> finds the Muslim Faith is winning Western admirers despite hostile media coverage


Unprecedented numbers of British people, nearly all of them women, are converting to Islam at a time of deep divisions within the Anglican and Catholic churches.


The rate of conversions has prompted predictions that Islam will rapidly become an important religious force in this country. “Within the next 20 years the number of British converts will equal or overtake the immigrant Muslim community that brought the faith here”, says Rose Kendrick, a religious education teacher at a Hull comprehensive and the author of a textbook guide to the Koran.


She says: “Islam is as much a world faith as is Roman Catholicism. No one nationality claims it as its own”. Islam is also spreading fast on the continent and in America.


The surge in conversions to Islam has taken place despite the negative image of the faith in the Western press. Indeed, the pace of conversions has accelerated since publicity over the Salman Rushdie affair, the Gulf War and the plight of the Muslims in Bosnia. It is even more ironic that most British converts should be women, given the widespread view in the west that Islam treats women poorly. In the United States, women converts outnumber men by four to one, and in Britain make up the bulk of the estimated 10, 000 to 20, 000 converts, forming part of a Muslim community of 1 to 1.5 million. Many of Britains “New Muslims” are from middle-class backgrounds. They include Matthew Wilkinson, a former head boy of Eton who went on to Cambridge, and a son and daughter of Lord Justice Scott, the judge heading the arms-to-Iraq enquiry.


A small scale survey by the Islamic Foundation in Leicester suggests that most converts are aged 30 to 50. Younger muslims point to many conversions among students and highlight the intellectual thrust of Islam…


Some say the conversions are prompted by the rise of comparative religious education. The British media, offering what Muslims describe as a relentless bad press on all things Islamic, is also said to have helped. Westerners despairing of their own society - rising in crime, family breakdown, drugs and alcoholism - have come to admire the discipline and security of Islam.


Many converts are former Christians disillusioned by the uncertainty of the church and unhappy with the concept of the Trinity and deification of Jesus. Others are self-confessed idealists wo did not go looking for religion but found an irresistible appeal in Sufi mysticism, which they describe as “the pearl within the shell of Islam”.

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زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاء وَالْبَنِينَ وَالْقَنَاطِيرِ الْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالأَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِ ذَلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَاللّهُ عِندَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَآبِ


Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children, much of gold and silver (wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present world's life; but Allâh has the excellent return (Paradise with flowing rivers, etc.) with Him. (Aali Imran 3:14)


Tafseer Ibn Katheer:


<i>The True Value of This Earthly Life</i>


Allah mentions the delights that He put in this life for people, such as women and children, and He started with women, because the test with them is more tempting. For instance, the Sahih recorded that the Messenger said,


«مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاء»


(I did not leave behind me a fitnah more tempting to men than women.){1}


When one enjoys women for the purpose of having children and preserving his chastity, then he is encouraged to do so. There are many Hadiths that encourage getting married, such as,


«وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مَنْ كَانَ أَكْثَرَهَا نِسَاء»


(Verily, the best members of this Ummah are those who have the most wives){2} He also said,


«الدُّنْيَا مَتَاعٌ، وَخَيْرُ مَتَاعِهَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَة»


(This life is a delight, and the best of its delight is a righteous wife){3}


The Prophet said in another Hadith,


«حُبِّبَ إِلَيَّ النِّسَاءُ وَالطِّيبُ، وَجُعِلَتْ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي فِي الصَّلَاة»


(I was made to like women and perfume, and the comfort of my eye is the prayer.){4)


`A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said, "Nothing was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah than women, except horses,'' and in another narration, "...than horses except women.''{5)


Footnotes:


1. Fath Al-Baari 9:41


2. Fath Al-Baari 9:15. That is, a maximum of four at the same time.


3. Muslim 2:1090


4. An-Nasaa'ee in Al-Kubraa 5:280


5. An-Nasee'ee 6:217, 7:61

Narrated 'Urwa from A'isha:


The wives of Allah's Apostle were in two groups. One group consisted of A'isha, Hafsa, Safiyyah and Sawda; and the other group consisted of Umm Salamah and the other wives of Allah's Apostle.


The Muslims knew that Allah's Apostle loved A'isha, so if any of them had a gift and wished to give it to Allah's Apostle, he would delay it, until Allah's Apostle had come to A'isha's home and then he would send his gift to Allah's Apostle in her home.


The group of Umm Salamah discussed the matter together and decided that Umm Salamah should request Allah's Apostle to tell the people to send their gifts to him in whatever wife's house he was. Umm Salamah told Allah's Apostle of what they had said, but he did not reply. Then they (those wives) asked Umm Salamah about it. She said, "He did not say anything to me." They asked her to talk to him again. She talked to him again when she met him on her day, but he gave no reply. When they asked her, she replied that he had given no reply. They said to her, "Talk to him until he gives you a reply." When it was her turn, she talked to him again. He then said to her,


<b>"Do not hurt me regarding A'isha, as the Divine Inspirations do not come to me on any of the beds except that of A'isha." </b>





On that Umm Salamah said, "I repent to Allah for hurting you."


Then the group of Umm Salamah called Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Apostle and sent her to Allah's Apostle to say to him,


<b> "Your wives request to treat them and the daughter of Abu Bakr on equal terms." </b>


Then Fatima conveyed the message to him. The Prophet said, "O my daughter! Don't you love whom I love?" She replied in the affirmative and returned and told them of the situation. They requested her to go to him again but she refused.


They then sent Zaynab bint Jahsh who went to him and used harsh words saying, "Your wives request you to treat them and the daughter of Ibn Abu Quhafa on equal terms." On that she raised her voice and abused A'isha to her face so much so that Allah's Apostle looked at A'isha to see whether she would retort. A'isha started replying to Zaynab till she silenced her. The Prophet then looked at A'isha and said, "She is really the daughter of Abu Bakr."


~Saheeh al-Bukhaari, Book of Gifts, Hadeeth No. 2417

Narrated A'isha:


When there was said about me what was said which I myself was unaware of, Allah's Apostle got up and addressed the people. He recited Tashah-hud, and after glorifying and praising Allah as He deserved, he said:


"To proceed: O people Give me your opinion regarding those people who made a forged story against my wife. By Allah, I do not know anything bad about her. By Allah, they accused her of being with a man about whom I have never known anything bad, and he never entered my house unless I was present there, and whenever I went on a journey, he went with me."


Sad bin Mu'adh got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle Allow me to chop their heads off" Then a man from the Al-Khazraj (Sa'd bin 'Ubada) to whom the mother of (the poet) Hassan bin Thabit was a relative, got up and said (to Sad bin Mu'adh), "You have told a lie! By Allah, if those persons were from the Aus Tribe, you would not like to chop their heads off." It was probable that some evil would take place between the Aus and the Khazraj in the masjid, and I was unaware of all that.


In the evening of that day, I went out for some of my needs (i.e. to relieve myself), and Um Mistah was accompanying me. On our return, Um Mistah stumbled and said, "Let Mistah be ruined." I said to her, "O mother, why do you abuse your son." On that Um Mistah became silent for awhile, and stumbling again, she said, "Let Mistah be ruined." I said to her, "Why do you abuse your son?" She stumbled for the third time and said, "Let Mistah be ruined," whereupon I rebuked her for that. She said, "By Allah, I do not abuse him except because of you." I asked her, "Concerning what of my affairs?" So she disclosed the whole story to me. I said, "Has this really happened?" She replied, "Yes, by Allah."


I returned to my house, astonished (and distressed) that I did not know for what purpose I had gone out. Then I became sick (with fever) and said to Allah's Apostle, "Send me to my father's house." So he sent a slave with me, and when I entered the house, I found Um Rum-an (my mother) downstairs while (my father) Abu Bakr was reciting something upstairs. My mother asked, "What has brought you, O (my) daughter?" I informed her and mentioned to her the whole story, but she did not feel it as I did. She said:


<b>"O my daughter! Take it easy, for there is never a charming lady loved by her husband who has other wives but that they feel jealous of her and speak badly of her."</b>


But she did not feel the news as I did. I asked (her), "Does my father know about it?" She said, "Yes." I asked, "Does Allah's Apostle know about it too?" She said, "Yes, Allah's Apostle does too." So the tears filled my eyes and I wept. Abu Bakr, who was reading upstairs heard my voice and came down and asked my mother, "What is the matter with her? " She said, "She has heard what has been said about her (as regards the story of Al-lfk)." On that Abu- Bakr wept and said, "I beseech you by Allah, O my daughter, to go back to your home."


I went back to my home and Allah's Apostle had come to my house and asked my maid-servant about me (my character). The maid-servant said, "By Allah, I do not know of any defect in her character except that she sleeps and lets the sheep enter (her house) and eat her dough." On that, some of the Prophet's companions spoke harshly to her and said, "Tell the truth to Allah's Apostle." Finally they told her of the affair (of the slander). She said, "Subhan Allah! By Allah, I know nothing against her except what goldsmith knows about a piece of pure gold." Then this news reached the man who was accused, and he said, "Subhan Allah! By Allah, I have never uncovered the private parts of any woman." Later that man was martyred in Allah's Cause.


Next morning my parents came to pay me a visit and they stayed with me until Allah's Apostle came to me after he had offered the 'Asr prayer. He came to me while my parents were sitting around me on my right and my left. He praised and glorified Allah and said, "Now then O 'Aisha! If you have committed a bad deed or you have wronged (yourself), then repent to Allah as Allah accepts the repentance from his slaves."


An Ansari woman had come and was sitting near the gate. I said (to the Prophet), "Isn't it improper that you speak in such a way in the presence of this lady?" Allah's Apostle then gave a piece of advice and I turned to my father and requested him to answer him (on my behalf). My father said, "What should I say?" Then I turned to my mother and asked her to answer him. She said, "What should I say?"


When my parents did not give a reply to the Prophet, I said, "I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and that Muhammad is His Apostle!" And after praising and glorifying Allah as He deserves, I said, "Now then, by Allah, if I were to tell you that I have not done (this evil action) and Allah is a witness that I am telling the truth, that would not be of any use to me on your part because you (people) have spoken about it and your hearts have absorbed it; and if I were to tell you that I have done this sin and Allah knows that I have not done it, then you will say, 'She has confessed herself guilty.' By Allah, I do not see a suitable example for me and you but the example of (I tried to remember Yaquub's name but couldn't) Yusuf's father when he said, 'So (for me) patience is most fitting against that which you assert. It is Allah (alone) whose help can be sought.'


At that very hour the Divine Inspiration came to Allah's Apostle and we remained silent. Then the Inspiration was over and I noticed the signs of happiness on his face while he was removing (the sweat) from his forehead and saying, "Have the good tidings O 'Aisha! Allah has revealed your innocence." At that time I was extremely angry. My parents said to me, "Get up and go to him." I said, "By Allah, I will not do it and will not thank him nor thank either of you, but I will thank Allah Who has revealed my innocence. You have heard this story but neither did not deny it nor change it (to defend me)."


A'isha further said: "Allah's Apostle also asked Zainab bint Jahsh (i.e. his wife) about my case. He said to Zainab, 'What do you know and what did you see?' She replied, 'O Allah's Apostle! I refrain from claiming falsely that I have heard or seen anything. By Allah, I know nothing except good (about A'isha).'


<b>From amongst the wives of the Prophet Zainab was my peer (in beauty and in the love she received from the Prophet) but Allah saved her from that evil because of her piety.</b>


<i>~Saheeh al-Bukhari, Kitaab at-Tafseer, Hadeeth No. 4429</i>

<b>Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!</b>


Oh, just tell me, daddy!


What can I do, daddy?


The girls at Kuwait University


Are smarter than the girls in Jersey City


You know what, daddy,


They have Mercedes cars


They have Rolls-Royce cars


They have Ferrari cars


But me, daddy, I have no cars!


Oh, daddy! Daddy! Daddy!


You know what, daddy,


Everything in my class


Is First Class!


You know what, daddy,


I saw a black girl


Wearing such a pearl


That even Joseph would be tempted by her!


And I won’t tell you, daddy,


About her gold and fur.


You know, daddy,


She’s a girl but they call her Sir!


Oh, daddy! Daddy! Daddy!


Where could I stand, daddy,


On this crazy land, daddy,


Among Parisian skirts


And Los Angeles jeans,


Amid snobbish flirts


Who know what money means?


Oh, daddy! Daddy! Daddy!


I just don’t know what makeup


I should wear when I wake up


’Cause the girls in my class


Look finer than the finest glass


When they sit around me, daddy!


Oh, daddy! Daddy! Daddy!


I wanna have a car


That no one’s driven so far;


I wanna have a dress


That would hit the national press;


I wanna have makeup


That would make the dead wake up;


I wanna have gold and pearls


That would make me the Queen of the girls!


Oh, daddy! Daddy! Daddy!


Do that for me, daddy!


Mohamed Ali LAGOUADER


Morocco


Copyright ©2007 by Mohammed Lagouader


http://amgoon.alkablog.com/

Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum:


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This dialogue took place when Abu Sufyan the leader of the tribe of Quraish and the arch enemy of the Prophet was in Constantinople on a business trip, when the Prophet's letter of invitation reached Hercules, the Byzantine emperor of Eastern Roman Empire. Hercules, at the time was in his court at Constantinople celebrating his victory over the Persians.


Hercules read the letter through an interpreter and then asked the people in his court, to find out if there was someone in the city, who knew the Prophet. <b>Abu Sufyan with his companions was brought into the court</b>.


The emperor asked Abu Sufyan, "What kind of family does Muhammad belong to?"



"Noble",
replied Abu Sufyan


"Has there been a king in his family?"
Hercules asked.


"No,"
said Abu Sufyan


"Are the people who have accepted his religion poor or rich?",
Hercules questioned again.


"They are poor",
replied Abu Sufyan.


<b>Hercules was now becoming more and more interested and he went on asking questions.</b>


His next question was, "Are his followers on the increase or decrease?"



"Increasing",
Abu Sufyan replied shortly.


"Have you known him to tell lies"?
asked Hercules.


"No",
admitted Abu Sufyan.


"Does he ever go against his convents?",
Hercules once again asked.


"Not so far. But we have to see whether he carries out the new agreement made between us and him",
Abu Sufyan answered lengthily for a change.


"Have you ever fought him in wars?"
Hercules questioned.


"Yes",
answered Abu Sufyan


"What has been the result?"
Hercules asked, getting more and more interested.


"Sometimes we have won, sometimes he",
replied Abu Sufyan.


"What does he teach?"
asked Hercules


"Worship One God, join no partners with Him, carry out your prayers, be chaste, speak the truth and keep union with your relatives",
answered Abu Sufyan, even surprised at his own answer as it sounded like he was preaching Islam.


Hercules stood up and said,

Quote:"If all you said is true, then I am sure that this Prophet's Kingdom will reach here where I am standing. I was certain that a Prophet was coming, but I didn't know that he would be born in Arabia. If I were to go there, I would embrace Islam and wash the Prophet's feet with my own hands."