06-28-2007, 05:09 PM
In His Name the Most High
SalamunAlaikum.
Wow. This is turning into one marathon as Muslimah said.
Hadith ifk has become a bit of an issue because of what Mr. AlKashani may have said. I havent got round to reading what he said yet. But allow me to provide an alternative Shia view from a more famous work the Commentary by Mir Ahmad Ali and Ayatollah Pooya Yazdi who relate about the incident in this verse:
Quote:The particular incident referred to here occurred on the return from the defensive expedition of the Bani Mustaliq in 5-6 Hijra. At one of the halts, A-isha, the Holy Prophet's wife, withdrew from the camp to cleanse herself in the nearby desert. There she lost her necklace. As it was dark there she took time to discover it. In the meantime the march was ordered. As her litter was veiled, it was not noticed that she was not in it. When she returned to the camp, she could do nothing but wait. She fell asleep. Next morning she was found by Safwan who had been left behind to pick up anything inadvertently left behind. He put her on his camel and brought her, leading the camel on foot. This episode furnished some malicious enemies of the Holy Prophet, particularly the hypocrites, with an opportunity to raise a scandalous storm in order to hurt the feelings of the Holy Prophet. The ringleader among them was the chief of the Madina hypocrites, Abdullah ibn Ubay. Mistah, her uncle, also helped him. Ibn Ubay is referred to as the man who "took on himself the lead among them" to spread the scandal.
Ali ibn abi Talib knew that it was an obvious lie (as said in verse 12), concocted to hurt the Holy Prophet, so he asked Burayrah, the maid of A-isha, to tell the mischief-makers the truth about her mistress. On Burayrah's report the scandal was diffused.
On a more personal note we never claim our scholars are immune from error. AlKashani is only a scholar and not even a very famous one. Shia dont just blindly follow any scholar in matters of Aqaid. I would personally like to read the source for myself but as I said it may take a while.
Quote:Why wouldn't you try to convert us? Isn't it an article of your faith to believe in Imamah? From my understanding, those that don't believe in Imamah will not be saved.
Shias killing sunnis, sunnis killing Shias, Zionists killing muslims while the US takes our oil. I think we got bigger problems then calling each other Kaafir and judging each other while condemning the other sect to hell. All I hope to achieve is a mutual understanding so we can get over this takfeeri attitude everyone has.
Quote:Actually, it's more like the other way around. Getting called a Wahabi or "the enemy" is what happens to young Sunnis with beards around there. Around 80% of Bahrain are Shi'ites.
Im sorry may I apologise on our behalf. Infact I have got into a lot of trouble for speaking out against this sort of behaviour. Once I was a chairman of a seminar which just turned into sunni bashing, so what did I do? I stopped the event and never invited the speaker back ever again. This is what I hope to stop. Its just ignorance and it is sooooo stupid.