Abdullah ibn Saba- Fact or Fiction

Creating doubts about the existence of Abdullah ibn Saba – the originator of  the ‘Shia’ religion – began with two purposes:  On one hand to deny the role of the Jewish element in planting the  seeds of turmoil among the Muslims and on the other hand to point the finger of accusation against the Companions.

The early scholars were unanimous in agreeing that the Sabais existed; there was no exceptions among them. A few modern scholars, most of them Shias, disagreed with that. They claimed that the Sabais were a product of imagination of Sayf ibn Umar at Tameemi…however Ibn Asakir narrated many reports that mention Abdullah ibn Saba and these reports do not include Sayf ibn Umar as a narrator.

However, the undeniable truth is that Abdullah ibn Saba in mentioned in shia books as well and

Ali (r) says Prophet left behind him Quran & Sunnah. Did he forget to tell his followers about the 12 Imams?

 ”The Holy Prophet (Muhammad saw) while departing from this world, left among you the same things as were left by the preceding prophets amongst their followers, because none of them ever left this world without leaving behind him a clear and intelligible set of directions and a prominent easily recognizable and lasting emblem.

In the same way, our Holy Prophet left the Holy Quran with you.

He not only left this Divine Book, but he had during his life time fully explained all of which this Book declared lawful and legitimate or unlawful and prohibitory for you; Which act was obligatory and which act was desirable, which of the orders or interdictions remain in force, and which were repealed; where no exemption and leniency was to be tolerated and where the Merciful Allah had allowed indulgence and leniency; where there were the commands whih pertain to particular occasions and persons and those which were general for all times places, persons….All this he explained to you, commenting, interpreting, and explaining every ambiguous passage and clearing implied subtleties and significances.”

(All of the above is his Sunnah)
Nahjul Balagha, Sermon 2, pg 148,

 

This is one of the truest sermons of Ali r which totally conforms to the Sunni Viewpoint and he clearly says that Prophet Muhammad s left behind him Quran and Sunnah. In this sermon did he forgot to mention about the 12 divinely appointed Imams.  He most importantly said that the last Prophet left the same thing as the previous Prophets, i,e. divine book and their sunnah, none of the previous prophets left ‘divine imams’ to be followed.

The Zaidi Shias

Muhammad Al Baqir is considered to be the fifth divinely appointed Imam after Ali, Zainul Abidin.But did you know that Ali Zainul Abdin had another son called Zaid.

The Zaydis, Twelvers and Ismailis recognize the same first four Imāms of Shias, however, the Zaidis recognize Zaid ibn Ali as the Fifth Imām. After Zayd ibn Ali, the Zaydis recognize other descendants of Hasan ibn ʻAlī or Husayn ibn ʻAlī as their Imāms. Other well known Zaydi Imāms in history were Yahya ibn Zayd, Muhammad al Nafs az-Zakiyah and Ibrahim ibn Abdullah.

Zaid  ibn Alee was born in Madinah in 700 CE. He was well known for his great legal knowledge and narration of Hadiths. He became one of the most foremost scholars amongst the descendants of Ali (r). He narrated hadiths from all his relatives including his older brother Muhammad Al Baqir (the 5th 12er Imam). He is the founder of the Zaidi Madhab and is considered to be a legitimate scholar of fiqh amongst  his contemporaries Abu Haneefah and Sufyan As Thori.

The Zaidis are the ones who followed him and they  propounded the doctrine of Immamat Al Mafdul- that it was possible for a man of lesser excellence to be appointed Imam during the life time of a man

Ashra e Mubasharah: Uthman (r)

The Ashra e Mubasharah

The Ten Who Were Given the Glad Tidings of Paradise

Who are the Ashra e Mubasharah?

• Ashra means ten and Mubasharah means good news or glad tidings
• Ashra e Mubasharah is a term used to refer to ten companions of Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam about whom he clearly stated that they will be inParadise.

“Abu Bakr will be in Paradise, Umar will be in Paradise, Uthman will be in Paradise, Ali will be in Paradise, Talhah will be in Paradise, Al-Zubayr will be in Paradise, Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf will be in Paradise, Sad ibn Abi Waqqas will be in Paradise, Said ibn Zayd will be in Paradise and Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah will be in Paradise.”  Its isnad is sahih. [Sahih al-Jami` as-Saghir, 1/70, no. 50]

All of these ten Companions were the earliest converts to Islam and all of them emigrated in the way of Allah. Allah says about all the early converts to Islam from the  emigrants (Muhajreen) and the helpers (Ansar) in the Quran:

“And the first to embrace Islâm of the Muhâjirûn and the Ansâr  and also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allâh is well-pleased with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success.” (Tawbah :100)

1. 3.      Uthman Bin Affan

• After Abu Bakr Siddiq, Uthman Bin Affan was the second person to be converted to Islam.
• Uthman was the first among the Umayyads to become a Muslim. The Umayyads and the Hashimite were rival sections of the Quraish. Uthman was the first to rise above such rivalry by offering allegiance to the Holy Prophet who was a Hashimite.
• He was amongst the first Muslims to be persecuted by his own family and physically tortured by his own uncle for accepting Islam.
• He was the first Muslim to sacrifice and leave his own family and divorce his wives who refused to accept Islam for the sake of Islam.
• After his divorce Prophet married him to his own daughter Ruqiyyah.
• Uthman ra was the first to migrate with his wife toAbyssiniain the name of Allah. Many other Muslims followed after him and migrated toAbyssinia.
• He came back to Makkah after two years and again migrated to Madina.  Thus Uthman was amongst the few Muslims who undertook two migrations in the cause of Allah, once toAbyssiniaand for the second time to Madina.
• To Uthman (ra)  belongs the unique honor of having married two daughters of the Holy Prophet, one after the other. Prophet saw married him to his second daughter Ume Kulthoom after the death of Ruqiyyah. For this rare distinction he was called “Dhun-Nurain” the possessor of two lights.
• The Holy Prophet declared on several occasions that among the Muslims, Uthman resembled Abraham and the Holy Prophet himself most.
• Faced with the shortage of water and in need of a well owned by a Jew, Uthman purchased the well for ten thousand dirhams and dedicated it to the free use of the Muslims.
• Uthman liberated the largest number of slaves. It is recorded that he used to liberate a slave every week.
• On the occasion of the Hudaiybiya campaign, the Holy Prophet chose Uthman as his emissary to the Quraish. On the occasion of Baiyat-ur-Ridwan, the Holy Prophet took the pledge on behalf of Uthman, and this was a unique honor not shared by any one else.
• The Holy Prophet appealed to his followers to finance the project for the extension of Masjid e Nabqwi after an increase in Muslim conversions after Hudaibiyah Treaty. Uthman financed the entire project; the Holy Prophet gave him the tidings of paradise in the next world for his generosity.
• During the Caliphate of Abu Bakr, there was a severe famine and one thousand camels of Uthaman  laden with food grains arrived in Madina. Looking at the hardships and the starvation of the people, he gave away all the food grains to the poor and needy. He was matchless in generosity and thus was rightly called” Uthman Ghani” Uthman The Generous.
• Among the rightly guided Caliphs, Uthman was the longest lived, and his rule was the longest.
• Uthman ra was extremely modest  and matchless in modesty and Prophet saw is reported to have said:  “Verily, the angels stand abashed before Uthman as they stand abashed before God and His Prophet.”
• Allah’s Apostle ascended the (mountain) of Uhud with Abu Bakr and Umar and ‘Uthman and it shook. Allah’s Apostle said, “Be calm, O Uhud!”, “There is none on you but a Prophet, a Siddiq and two martyrs.” (Bukhari)
• According to tradition:  Abu Musa reported : Somebody came and moved the door. I asked “Who is it?” He replied, “Uthman bin Affan.” I asked him to wait and went to the Prophet and informed him. He said, “Admit him, and give him the glad tidings of enteringParadise, I asked him to wait and went to the Prophet and informed him. He said, “Admit him, and give him the glad tidings of enteringParadiseafter a calamity that will befall him.” So I went up to him and said to him, “Come in; Allah’s Apostle gives you the glad tidings of enteringParadiseafter a calamity that will befall you.” (Bukhari)

Ashra e Mubasharah -Umar (r)

The Ashra e Mubasharah

The Ten Who Were Given the Glad Tidings of Paradise

Who are the Ashra e Mubasharah?

• Ashra means ten and Mubasharah means good news or glad tidings
• Ashra e Mubasharah is a term used to refer to ten companions of Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam about whom he clearly stated that they will be inParadise.

“Abu Bakr will be in Paradise, Umar will be in Paradise, Uthman will be in Paradise, Ali will be in Paradise, Talhah will be in Paradise, Al-Zubayr will be in Paradise, Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf will be in Paradise, Sad ibn Abi Waqqas will be in Paradise, Said ibn Zayd will be in Paradise and Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah will be in Paradise.”  Its isnad is sahih. [Sahih al-Jami` as-Saghir, 1/70, no. 50]

All of these ten Companions were the earliest converts to Islam and all of them emigrated in the way of Allah. Allah says about all the early converts to Islam from the  emigrants (Muhajreen) and the helpers (Ansar) in the Quran:

“And the first to embrace Islâm of the Muhâjirûn and the Ansâr  and also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allâh is well-pleased with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success.” (Tawbah :100)

 

 

2. Umar Ibn Al Khattab

• Before the conversion of Umar to Islam, the prayer of the Holy Prophet is on record wherein he prayed “O God, glorify Thy faith by the conversion of Umar.”
• He was the fortieth person to embrace Islam.
• He embraced Islam openly and made his conversion to Islam public.
• It was only after his conversion that Muslims were able to pray in Kaabah openly.
• The Quraish watched the Muslims pray at Kaabah and said, “Verily by the conversion of Umar to Islam, the Muslims have taken the revenge from the Quraish”.
• After the Muslims had prayed in the Kaabah, the Holy Prophet conferred on Umar the title of “Al-Faruq,” for on that day through the efforts of Umar, the truth of Islam had become manifest.
• The Holy Prophet had a dream:” While I was asleep, I dreamt that I drank milk. Then that milk began to flow from my fingers. That milk I asked Umar to drink and he drank to his fill.” The Holy Prophet was asked to interpret the dream and he said that the dream signified that among his followers, Umar would excel every one in knowledge.
• He had the unique distinction of having his views confirmed by the Holy Quran.
• Umar suggested that the station of Abraham inMeccashould be used as a place of prayer. Later an  injunction to this effect was revealed to the Holy Prophet.
• Umar suggested that the wives of the Holy Prophet should be veiled. Later a verse was revealed  enjoining the wives of the Holy Prophet to be veiled.
• Umar suggested that the use of wine should be prohibited. Thereafter God enjoined the prohibition of  wine.
• Abdullah b. Ubbay though a Muslim was insincere in his professions and was the enemy of God and the  Holy Prophet. When he died the Holy Prophet led his funeral prayer. Umar suggested that the Holy  Prophet should not pray at the funeral of those who were the enemies of God and the Prophet. A verse  was later revealed enjoining the Holy Prophet not to pray at the funeral of those who were the enemies  of God and His Prophet.
• When there was an imputation against the conduct of Ayesha, Umar said that this was a grievous calumny. Later a verse was revealed declaring the episode as a calumny thus establishing Ayesha’s  innocence.
• After the battle of Badr, it was decided that the prisoners of the Quraish should be released on ransom.  Umar said that the prisoners being the enemies of God should be killed. Later according to a revelation  the Holy Prophet was enjoined that the enemies of God should be killed.
• His superiority over his contemporaries was acknowledged when the Holy Prophet said that if there was to be a prophet after him, it would have been Umar.
• Prophet once said to Umar ra: “O Ibn Al-Khattab! By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Never does Satan find you going on a way, but he takes another way other than yours.” Bukhari
• The Prophet said, “Among the nation of Bani Israel who lived before you, there were men who used to be inspired with guidance though they were not prophets, and if there is any of such persons amongst my followers, it is ‘Umar.” Bukhari.
• His daughter Hafsa (ra) was married to Prophet Muhammad (saw)
• He was the second Khalifa of theMuslimState.
• He was the first Muslim ruler to establish public treasury.
• He was the first Muslim ruler to establish courts of justice and appoint judges.
•  The conquests made by him exceeded in extent the conquests made by any other Muslim ruler  throughout the course of history.
• He was the first Muslim ruler to establish the Army Department and assign regular salaries to the men in  the armed forces.
• He was the first to create army reserves.
• He established the land revenue department for the first time.
• He had the honor of being buried next to Prophet Muhammad saw inMedina.
• Volume 5, Book 57, Number 26: Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:

While I was standing amongst the people who were invoking Allah for Umar bin Al-Khattab who was lying (dead) on his bed, a man behind me rested his elbows on my shoulder and said, “(O ‘Umar!) May Allah bestow His Mercy on you. I always hoped that Allah will keep you with your two companions, for I often heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar were (somewhere). I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar did (something). I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar set out.’ So I hoped that Allah will keep you with both of them.” I turned back to see that the speaker was Ali bin Abi Talib.

Facts about Abu Bakr(r)

The Ashra e Mubasharah

The Ten Who Were Given the Glad Tidings of Paradise

Who are the Ashra e Mubasharah?

• Ashra means ten and Mubasharah means good news or glad tidings
• Ashra e Mubasharah is a term used to refer to ten companions of Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alayhe Wasallam about whom he clearly stated that they will be inParadise.

 

“Abu Bakr will be in Paradise, Umar will be in Paradise, Uthman will be in Paradise, Ali will be in Paradise, Talhah will be in Paradise, Al-Zubayr will be in Paradise, Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf will be in Paradise, Sad ibn Abi Waqqas will be in Paradise, Said ibn Zayd will be in Paradise and Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah will be in Paradise.”  Its isnad is sahih. [Sahih al-Jami` as-Saghir, 1/70, no. 50]

All of these ten Companions were the earliest converts to Islam and all of them emigrated in the way of Allah. Allah says about all the early converts to Islam from the  emigrants (Muhajreen) and the helpers (Ansar) in the Quran:

“And the first to embrace Islâm of the Muhâjirûn and the Ansâr  and also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allâh is well-pleased with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success.” (Tawbah :100)

 

1. Abu Bakr As Siddiq

• He was a friend and neighbor of Prophet Muhammad (saw) before the revelation of Quran to Muhammad saw.
• He was the first adult man and the first one outside the family of Prophet Muhammad saw to accept Islam.
• He was the fourth person to accept Islam overall (After Khadija ra – the first woman, Ali (ra) – the first child and Zaid Bin Harisa – the first slave)
• He was the first person to liberate slaves in the way of God.
• He had the unique distinction of being given the titles of ‘Siddiq’ and ‘Atiq’ by the Holy Prophet.
• Of all the companions, Abu Bakr was the closest and the dearest to the Holy Prophet. He had the unique distinction of being the companion of the Holy Prophet in the cave in Mount.Thauron the occasion of the Holy Prophet’s migration from Makkah to Madina.
• His daughter Ayesha (ra) was married to Prophet Muhammad (saw)
• The land for Masjid-i-Nabvi at Madina was purchased with the money of Abu Bakr.
• When Abu Bakr accepted Islam, he had 40,000 dirhams with him. He spent the whole of this amount in the cause of Islam. The Holy Prophet acknowledged that he had utilized the wealth of Abu Bakr more than the wealth of any other person. When the Holy Prophet invited contributions to finance the Tabuk expedition, Abu Bakr had the unique distinction of contributing all that he had.
• The Holy Prophet was pleased to appoint Abu Bakr as the first “Amirul Hajj” in the history of Islam.
• Abu Bakr had the distinction to be appointed as the Imam to lead the prayers in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet.
• In his last address at Masjid-i-Nabvi, the Holy Prophet ordered that all doors opening into the mosque should be closed except the door leading to the house of Abu Bakr.
• Abu Bakr had the distinction of being the first Caliph in the history of Islam.
• He was the only Caliph in the history of Islam who refunded to the state treasury at the time of his death the entire amount of the allowance that he had drawn during the period of his caliphate.
• The Prophet said, “If I were to take a Khalil, I would have taken Abu Bakr, but he is my brother and my companion (in Islam).” Bukhari
• He had the honor of being buried right next to Prophet Muhammad saw inMedina.

All Sahabas had their own distinction and Ali had his own distinction. Shias try to make you believe that only Ali had his distinctions which made him suitable for Khilafah over others, but we should not forget that Abu Bakr had his own set of qualities and distinctions and what can be more important than being chosen by Prophet s to be Amir ul Hajj and Imam of Masjid e Nabawi.

Except 3, all the other Close Sahabas were hypocrits – Shia say

According to shias only 3 close companions of Prophet Muhammad (s) stayed on the right path and all the others apostated i.e. they were hypocrits.

According to them the rightly guided companions  are those who neither recanted nor retraced their steps after the demise of the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him). Those are not less than three and no more than seven, according to the Shiite sources.

Imam Al-Kalbiy narrated in Al-Ka’fiy (one of the reliable and credible Shiite Sources of Hadith) that: It was reported that Hamr’an bin A’yun said: I said to Abu Ja’far (may peace be upon him): “May God make me your ransom, what a small community we are! If we all assemble at a sheep for a meal, we cannot finish it.”

Abu-Ja’far replied: “Should I tell you of a more amazing fact than that? The Muhajirs (those who emigrated from Makkah to Madinah) and the Ans’r (the inhabitants of Al-Madinah who received and helped the Muhajirs), have all renounced their religion except three of them.” (Al-Ka’fi 2/191, section, Rearing of the Believers)

Al-Ka’shiy also narrated in his book about the rightly guided companions as follows: It was reported by Hana’n bin Sadeer from his father that Ja’far (on him be peace) said: “All the people defected from their religion after the death of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) except three.” Who are those three? I interjected. He replied: “Al-Miqda’d bin Al-As-wad, Abu Dharr Al-Ghifa’riy, and Salma’n Al-Fa’risiy.”

It was reported that Al-Ha’rith bin Al-Mugheerah An-Nasiriy said: “I heard Abdul-Ma’lik bin A’yun ask Abu Abdallah [on him be peace] a number of questions until he reached the statement: So did people recant their faith?” To this, Abu Abdullah replied: “Yes, I swear by the name of God, they did defect from their faith except three of the companions of the Prophet (PBUH). Then they were shortly followed by: Al-Hussein bin Al-Mundhir (Abu Sa’sa’n), Amma’r bin Ya’ser, Shateerah and Tha’labah bin Amr (Abu-Shateerah). Thus, the number totaled seven.

All of the Shiite texts regarding this matter are unanimous that the number of the sincere devoted believers among the ranks of the Prophet’s Companions did not exceed seven. Abu-Ja’far said: “Therefore, they were only seven, and no body except those seven knew the rights of the Leader of the Believers viz. Ali bin Abi Ta’lib, save those seven committed sincere companions of the Prophet.” (Rija’l Al-Kishiy, pages 11&12)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Isn’t it strange that even Isa/Jesus peace be upon him had more true followers! he had twelve deciples where as the last Prophet Muhamamd (s) was left with none but three close companions on the straight path. Wasn’t Prophet Muhammad (s) suppose to have the largest Ummah amongst the Prophets? If Shiasm is it be believed then Prophet Muhammad (s) Ummah would be really really small. How sad…what a shame and what failure of Allah’s plans! (Nauzobillah)

Secondly and most importantly..Allah says about all the early converts to Islam from the  emigrants (Muhajreen) and the helpers (Ansar) in the Quran:

“And the first to embrace Islâm of the Muhâjirûn and the Ansâr  and also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allâh is well-pleased with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success.” (Tawbah :100)

Do you know who the early converts to Islam were?

Rasool Allah (s) said : “Abu Bakr will be in Paradise, Umar will be in Paradise, Uthman will be in Paradise, Ali will be in Paradise, Talhah will be in Paradise, Al-Zubayr will be in Paradise, Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf will be in Paradise, Sad ibn Abi Waqqas will be in Paradise, Said ibn Zayd will be in Paradise and Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah will be in Paradise.”  Its isnad is sahih. [Sahih al-Jami` as-Saghir, 1/70, no. 50]

All of these ten Sahaba were the early converts amongst the Muhajireen and sadly none made it to the shia ‘good list’. The question for shia is that whom is Allah talking about in this verse? Rasool Allah told us and hey are called the Ashra e Mubasharah – the ten given glad tidings of Paradise by Rasool Allah, But the shias will say that this is a lie..

So whom will you believe? Will you believe Allah and His Messenger OR will you believe the Shia?

Shias give their imams the attributes of Allah

The Shias openly commit shirk by giving their 12 imams the qualities and attributes which belong only to Allah..See the video for explanation.

Shias believe that the Sahabas apostasized.

Abdul Rahim Green converted to Islam when the Iranian revolution was going on. He studied shiasm and in this video he explains why he did not become Shia.

The Burial of Prophet Muhammad (s) on Tuesday?

So your shia friend has told you that Prophet (s) died on a Monday and was not buried till Tuesday night. This was because all the Sahaba were busy ‘usurping’ the khilafah (naauzobillah) and were least bothered about the funeral. So the shia say is that what really happend was that Ali (r) and his family members alone themselves bathed the Prophet and buried him on Monday. They also say that Prophet (s) died in the arms of Ali (r) and not Ayesha (r) as we Ahlus Sunnah say…

Malik :: Book 16 : Hadith 16.10.27

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died on Monday and was buried on Tuesday and people prayed over him individually with no one leading them.

Some people said that he would be buried near the mimbar, and others said that he would be buried in al-Baqi. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq came and said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘No prophet was ever buried except in the place where he died.’ “So a grave was dug for him there. When he was about to be washed they wished to take off his shirt but they heard a voice saying “Don’t take off his shirt,” so they did not take off his shirt and he was washed with it on, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.  

So we learn that Indeed Prophet (s) died on Monday and he was buried on Tuesday. Now the reason for this delay was not because Sahaba were busy, but because the hundered’s and thousand’s of Muslims had to pray Namaz e Janaza (The funeral prayer) over him  and they did this in small small groups because the room of Aisha where he was laying was quite small.

Then there was a dispute amongst the Sahaba as to where to bury him and it was Abu Bakr (r) who informed the others that Prophets are always buried where they die and this is what he learned from Prophet Muhammad (s) and so he was buried in the room of Ayesha (r) as it was the place where he had died as is clear from the above men.

Now the funny thing with the shias is that they lie too much (since it is part of their religion and they term this lying as Taqayyiah)..and when you lie and lie and you lie to cover up your lies… the end result is that the story is flawed.

They say that Prophet (s) died in the room of Ali (r) in his arms…so why was he buried in the room of Ayesha? If it was only Ali and his closest companions who buried him.. why didn’t they choose some other location instead of the room of Ayesha (r) whom according to the shia were not on good terms.

Later on they make up more lies and say that Ayesha did not allow Fatima (r) to be buried in her room next to the Prophet (s) grave!

This proves that it was not only Ali and his close companions who hurriedly buried him on Monday..but it was a mutual decision of all the Sahaba including Ali, Abu Bakr and Umar( radiallahu anhum) and they were all on good terms and that he was buried on Tuesday after all the Muslims had prayed over him.

Shias and its sects

SHIITES AND SHIAISM

Shiaism (The Rafidah) and Islam are indeed different religions. This sect has developed into what we now know as the Shia whose beliefs and thoughts are repugnant beyond belief. The divergence of Shiaism from Islaam can be summarized from the books which they consider most authentic, and the statements of their most respected scholars. Some of the proofs are available on this page Most of the Muslim UMMAH and Western scholars have very little genuine and reliable knowledge of SHIA beliefs and practices. However, most of the openly declared SHIA beliefs revolve around The Concept of Imamah, the superiority of Ali (May Allah be pleased with him), and the so-called love of the Prophet’s family members. As a result, the intense love that Sunni Muslims carry for the Prophet’s family members combined with the magnanimous personality of Ali has led some Sunnis to accept Shia’s as part of the Muslim UMMAH.

However, the brutal fact remains that under the pretense of Ali’s Superiority and the so-called love of the Prophet’s family members, Shias have literally evolved an entirely new religion, grossly distorted the teachings of the Holy Qur’ân, and completely rejected the sanctity and authenticity of the Hadeeth.

The death of Fatima (ra) by Miscarriage?

The Shias claim that Bibi Fatima ra died because she was injured when Umar (ra) barged into her house to take Ali to take oath at the hands of Abu Bakr (ra), due to this injury she had a miscarriage and she lost her son and died to this this.

both Ahlus sunnah and shia texts verify that Fatimah (r) died six months after Rasool Allah (s)

Now ask any doctor and use your common sense!  IS it possible to be pregnant and suffer a serious injury which may cause a miscarriage…but the miscarriage and the death happen SIX MONTHS after!?? or lets say that she immediatley had a miscarriage and she died six months later! No not a possibility. Women die soon after the miscarriage due to excessive blood loss.

Obviously this is not possible and shias have propagated this myth to cast a shadow on the personality of Umar (r).

Question:

Shia said that after the meeting of Sahabah in Saqifah Umar ibn Kattob and his followers threated to burn Fatimah’s house. He himeself pushed the door of the house where he hurted Fatimah seriously until she become aborted. I believed this is a lie. But I want to know its source and views of the critics concerned.

Answer:

The story of the assault on Fatima, the burning of her house, and the murder of her fetus is not supported by a prophetic narration or by an authentic historical story. Logic and common sense rejects this story at all costs.

Let us assume for the moment that Abu Bakr and Omar bin Al-khattab really committed that heinous crime. But what about Ali bin Abi Talib? How could Ali stay quiet while his wife is beaten, his house is assaulted, and his son is killed? Is this the portrait of Ali bin Abi Talib that the Shia are trying to paint? The least man in faith, chivalry, and manhood will not allow his wife to be beaten. Then how come when the woman is the daughter of the Prophet peace be upon him and the man is the mighty Ali bin Abi Talib?

This is the result of the fabrication in history that became one of the tenets of faith for the Shia.

Al-Sayyed Hussain FadlAllah, the grand Shia scholar in Lebanon, had denied the incident of the assault on Fatima. Hence, lots of Shia scholars waged a war on him. They charged him with “Wahhabisim”. One of the grand Shia scholars in Iran Al-Tabrizi had issued a verdict excommunicating FadlAllah from Shiasim because FadlAllah had denied one of the major religious beliefs of the Shia.

FadlAllah’s denial had come after extensive research in the Shia’s version of the story of the assault and he depended much on logic and common sense.

The book of “The Leadership and Politics” (Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah) by Ibn Qutayibah is the only Sunni book that narrated such a story. Nevertheless, many Muslim scholars declared that the book is wrongfully attributed to Ibn Qutayibah. In the following link we had examined the authenticity of the book. Ibn Qutayibah did not write that book.

http://www.ansar.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=17

Therefore, it is not fair to take that book as an argument against Ahl Al-Sunnah. Even if we assumed that Ibn Qutayibah really did write that book, then we find out that the incident of the assault is written without an attribution. We do not know who really narrated that story. History books contain the truth and the false. We have to always distinguish the good from the bad through attribution/references /narrations

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In this book Dr , Sallabi guides the reader through a myriad of hadiths and reports , peeling away the centuries old layer of facrications and distortions through which hostile elements both in Muslim world and how beyond sought to conceal the Truth.

The issue of the Khilafat : Shia Vs Sunni by

Source

http://www.defending-islam.com/page4.html

Up From Shi’ism by Farhad Amirebrahimi

Sunnis believe the election by which Abu Bakr, one of the leading companions of the Prophet (upon whom be peace), was chosen to be the leader of the Muslims was valid; Shias do not accept the election results and believe that ‘Ali, Prophet’s cousin and one of the leading Muslims, should have become the leader. The following pages will deal with this issue in an unbiased way.

Baqir Sadr’s Thesis

One day, I came across a Persian translation of a work by a celebrated Iraqi Shia scholar, Imam Muhammad Baqir Sadr: Tashayou Ya Islam Rasteen (Shi’ism or the True Islam). It is a short booklet published by Chopkhane Haydary, Iran, and apparently makes a very convincing case for Shi’ism. To avoid confusion, I decided to study each chapter carefully and to confront a Sunni brother with the evidence that Baqir Sadr presents.

Imam Sadr starts the book by explaining that being a minority, as Shias are, does not mean that Shias are in the wrong. He also points out that there is a good deal of confusion among the masses about the origin of Shia sect. He says that to find

What Allah says about the Sahaba whom the shias term apostate!??

Answer to the shias from the Quran.( In arabic with English subtitles)

Saqifah- A Sunni View

Source: www.ahlelbayt.com

Shia says

“Abu Bakr and Umar conspired to steal the Caliphate from Imam Ali (A.S.). After the Prophet’s death, these two fools rushed to Saqifah in order to quickly bring Abu Bakr to power in a coup d’étatagainst the Ahlul Bayt. Meanwhile, Imam Ali (A.S.) was unable to attend the meeting in Saqifah because he was too busy attending the funeral of the Prophet (S.A.W.). And yet, Abu Bakr and Umar did not even have the decency to attend the Prophet’s funeral and instead were so greedy that they used that time to declare Abu Bakr the Caliph.How can you follow such people who are so greedy and power hungry that they didn’t even attend the funeral of the Prophet (S.A.W.) and instead used that time to aggrandize themselves?

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The matter was not at all as our Shia brothers say. The Shaikhayn (Abu Bakr and Umar) did not at all intend to steal the Caliphate, nor did they miss out on the Prophet’s funeral. Let us now narrate the story of Saqifah…

Grief Over the Prophet’s Death

The Prophet’s death sent shock waves of grief throughout the Muslim Ummah. We read:

The tragic news (of the Prophet’s death) was soon known by everybody in Medinah. Dark grief spread on all areas and horizons of Medinah…Umar was so stunned (by grief) that he almost loss consciousness.

(Ar-Raheequl Makhtum, p.559)

Umar’s love for the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) was so great that he was in denial, the first stage of grief. The American Psychiatric Association (AMA) states in “Grief Counseling”:

Shia Myth of assault on Fatimah (ra)

Question:

Shia said that after the meeting of Sahabah in Saqifah Umar ibn Kattob and his followers threated to burn Fatimah’s house. He himeself pushed the door of the house where he hurted Fatimah seriously until she become aborted. I believed this is a lie. But I want to know its source and views of the critics concerned.

Common Sense can prove this story is fabricated by the shia

It is a well know fact that Fatimah (ra) died almost six months after the death of Prophet Muhammad (s). So how is it possible that she was assaulted after the event of Saqifa which happend at the death of Prophet Muhammad (s) and she had a miscarriage due to that injury and she died SIX MONTHS LATER?  That is obviously not possible.  If things go wrong at miscarriage then death occurs soon after, not six months later! Any doctor can verify that!

Answer:

Thanks are due to Allah and prayer and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, and his Companions.

The story of the assault on Fatima, the burning of her house, and the murder of her fetus is not supported by a prophetic narration or by an authentic historical story. Logic and common sense rejects this story at all costs.

Let us assume for the moment that Abu Bakr and Omar bin Al-khattab really committed that heinous crime. But what about Ali bin Abi Talib? How could Ali stay quiet while his wife is beaten, his house is assaulted, and his son is killed? Is this the portrait of Ali bin Abi Talib that the Shia are trying to paint? The least man in faith, chivalry, and manhood will not allow his wife to be beaten. Then how come when the woman is the daughter of the Prophet peace be upon him and the man is the mighty Ali bin Abi Talib?

This is the result of the fabrication in history that became one of the tenets of faith for the Shia.

Al-Sayyed Hussain FadlAllah, the grand Shia scholar in Lebanon, had denied the incident of the assault on Fatima. Hence, lots of Shia scholars waged a war on him. They charged him with “Wahhabisim”. One of the grand Shia scholars in Iran Al-Tabrizi had issued a verdict excommunicating FadlAllah from Shiasim because FadlAllah had denied one of the major religious beliefs of the Shia.

FadlAllah’s denial had come after extensive research in the Shia’s version of the story of the assault and he depended much on logic and common sense.

The book of “The Leadership and Politics” (Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah) by Ibn Qutayibah is the only Sunni book that narrated such a story. Nevertheless, many Muslim scholars declared that the book is wrongfully attributed to Ibn Qutayibah. In the following link we had examined the authenticity of the book. Ibn Qutayibah did not write that book.

http://www.ansar.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=17

Therefore, it is not fair to take that book as an argument against Ahl Al-Sunnah. Even if we assumed that Ibn Qutayibah really did write that book, then we find out that the incident of the assault is written without an attribution. We do not know who really narrated that story. History books contain the good and the bad. We have to always distinguish the good from the bad through attribution.

The Life of Fatimah (ra) – The youngest daughter of Prophet Muhammad (s)

Translation of a talk by Amr Khalid in Arabic by Mona Soueid

The sons of the Prophet were al-Qasim, Abdullah, Tahir/Tayib, and the daughters were Zaynab, Ruqayya, Umm Kulthoom and Fatima.
She was born five years before her father was sent as a Prophet. Mohammed was 35 years old when she was born. She was born during the year when the Ka’bah was being rebuilt. She became a Muslim when she was 5 years old, as soon as her father was sent as a Prophet. She was the youngest Muslim in Islam.

What does the name Fatima mean? It comes from the word ‘fitam’ which means the one that is kept away from evil and bad character. Fatima has four nicknames. Does anyone know them? They are ‘Zahraa’, ‘Batuul’, ‘Umm al-hasan wal-husayn’ and the last is the nicest nickname ‘Ummu Abeeha’.

Matam/savagery of the Shia in Muharram is not a part of Islam

Matam – Prohibited in Islam

What the Shi’ah do on ‘Ashoora’ of beating their chests, slapping their cheeks, striking their shoulders with chains and cutting their heads with swords to let the blood flow are all innovations that have no basis in Islam. These things are evils that were forbidden by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who did not prescribe for his ummah to do any of these things or anything similar to them to mark the death of a leader or the loss of a martyr, no matter what his status.

Examples from the past

During his lifetime (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) a number of senior Sahaabah were martyred and he mourned their loss, such as Hamzah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, Zayd ibn Haarithah, Ja’far ibn Abi Taalib and ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Rawaahah, but he did not do any of the things that these people do. If it was good, he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done it before us.

70 qaris sent by Prophet (s) were all martyred, yet he did not mourn their killings in this savage manner.

Ya’qoob (peace be upon him) did not strike his chest or scratch his face, or shed blood or take the day of the loss of Yoosuf as a festival or day of mourning. Rather he remembered his missing loved one and felt sad and distressed because of that. This is something no one can be blamed for. What is forbidden is these actions that have been inherited from the Jaahiliyyah, and which Islam forbids.

Al-Bukhaari (1294) and Muslim (103) narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “He is not one of us who strikes his cheeks, rends his garment, or cries with the cry of the Jaahiliyyah.”

These reprehensible actions that the Shi’ah do on the day of ‘Ashoora’ have no basis in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not do them, nor did any of his companions. None of his companions did them when he or anyone else died, although the loss of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was greater than the death of al-Husayn (may Allaah be pleased with him).

Mourning

Al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Every Muslim should mourn the killing of al-Husayn (may Allaah be pleased with him), for he is one of the leaders of the Muslims, one of the scholars of the Sahaabah, and the son of the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who was the best of his daughters. He was a devoted worshipper, and a courageous and generous man.

But there is nothing good in what the Shi’ah do of expressing distress and grief, most of which may be done in order to show off.

His father (Ali r.a) was better than him and he was killed, but they do not take his death as an anniversary as they do with the death of al-Husayn. His father was killed on a Friday as he was leaving the mosque after Fajr prayer, on the seventeenth of Ramadaan in 40 AH.

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the leader of the sons of Adam in this world and the Hereafter, and Allaah took him to Him as the Prophets died before him, but no one took the dates of their deaths as anniversaries on which they do what these ignorant Raafidis do on the day that al-Husayn was killed. …

The best that can be said when remembering these and similar calamities is that which ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated from his grandfather (Ali r.a) that  the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who said: “There is no Muslim who is afflicted by a calamity and when he remembers it, even if it was in the dim and distant past, he says Inna Lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raaji’oon (verily to Allaah we belong and unto Him is our return), but Allaah will give him a reward like that of the day when it befell him.”

Narrated by Imam Ahmad and Ibn Majaah, end quote from al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah (8/221).

Historical Perspective

And he (Ali ibn Husain -grand son of Ali) said (8/220): The Raafidis went to extremes in the state of Bani Buwayh in the year 400 and thereabouts. The drums were beaten in Baghdad and o -grand sonther cities on the day of ‘Ashoora’, and sand and straw was strewn in the streets and marketplaces, and sackcloth was hung on the shops, and the people expressed grief and wept. Many of them did not drink water that night, in sympathy with al-Husayn, because he was killed when he was thirsty. Then the women went out barefaced, wailing and slapping their faces and chests, walking barefoot in the marketplaces, and other reprehensible innovations… What they intended by these and similar actions is to impugn the state of Banu Umayyah (the Umayyads), because he was killed during their era.

On the day of ‘Ashoora, the Naasibis of Syria do the opposite of what the Raafidis and Shi’ah do. They used to cook grains on the day of ‘Ashoora and do ghusl and perfume themselves, and wear their finest garments, and they took that day as an Eid for which they made all kinds of food, and expressed happiness and joy, intending thereby to annoy the Raafidis and be different from them.

But there can be no doubt that striking heads with swords and cutting the head in mourning for al-Husayn on the tenth day of Muharram reached Iran and Iraq and India during the British occupation of those lands. The British are the ones who exploited the ignorance and naiveté of the Shi’ah and their deep love for Imam al-Husayn, and taught them to strike their heads with swords.

Until recently the British embassies in Tehran and Baghdad sponsored the Husayni parades in which this ugly spectacle appears in the streets and alleyways. The aim of the British imperialist policy of developing this ugly spectacle and exploiting it in the worst manner was to give an acceptable justification to the British people and the free press that opposed British colonialism in India and other Muslim countries, and to show the peoples of these countries as savages who needed someone to save them from their ignorance and savagery.

Images of the parades that marched in the streets on the day of ‘Ashoora’, in which thousands of people were striking their backs with chains and making them bleed, and striking their heads with daggers and swords, appeared in British and European newspapers, and the politicians justified their colonization of these countries on the basis of a humane duty to colonize the lands of these people whose culture was like that so as to lead these peoples towards civility and progress.

It was said that when Yaseen al-Haashimi, the Iraqi Prime Minister at the time of the British occupation of Iraq, visited London to negotiate with the British for an end to the Mandate, the British said to him: We are in Iraq to help the Iraqi people to make progress and attain happiness, and bring them out of savagery. This angered Yaseen al-Haashimi and he angrily walked out of the room where the negotiations were being held, but the British apologized politely and asked him with all respect to watch a documentary about Iraq, which turned out to be a film about the Husayni marches in the streets of al-Najaf, Karbala’ and al-Kaazimiyyah, showing horrific and off-putting images of people striking themselves with daggers and chains. It is as if the British wanted to tell him: Would an educated people with even a little civility do such things to themselves?!

Innovations on Ashura

Celebrating that day is an innovation (bid’ah), and making it an anniversary for mourning is also an innovation.Because of the killing of al-Husayn (may Allaah be pleased with him), shaytaan caused the people to introduce two innovations: the innovation of mourning and wailing on the day of ‘Ashoora’, by slapping the cheeks, weeping, and reciting eulogies. … and the innovation of rejoicing and celebrating. … So some introduced mourning and others introduced celebration, so they regarded the day of ‘Ashoora’ as a day for wearing kohl, doing ghusl, spending on the family and making special foods. … And every innovation is a going astray.

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