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[Karbala]

Please note that the Arabic version of the hadeeth does not contain any reference to Qum. Just as the hadeeth included in Ibn Katheer that you didnt comment on. The one regarding the dust of Karbala. That is if the hadeeth is correct. Sobhan Allah, the language of the hadeeth is really very obviously made up. This is not the language style of our beloved teacher and Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam. Here you are refering to Fatima Bint Mussa may Allah be pleased with all of them ?? correct???? Can you also tell me who is the narrator. I mean a chain of narrators is not included in this hadeeth.

The Narrator of the Hadith is Imam Ja'far Al-Sadiq the 6th Imam of the Shi'ites. The point I was trying to make Muslimah is that there does exist within Shi'ite literature justification to visit the shrine in Qum. We don't do it just out of a whim. Get it?

Sorry to say Karbala, but I really observed from your valuable input here, I mean on the personal level, how the Shia school is founded on a set of Quran interpretations, hadeeth ..etc put together for political reasons.

I agree the Shi'i Sunni split is largely political, its to do with divine leadership. In my view politics ie rightful leadership is an inseparable part of Islam and hence extremely important.