THE SHIAH REBUTS
Title page book
- Title book THE SHIAH REBUTS
- Subject Doctrinal & Theological
- language English
- Publisher : ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
- Print number 1
- print year 2007
- ISBN 978-964-529-241-4
- Number of volumes 1
- Number of pages 266
- Number of first pages 12
- Translator Mansoor Limba
- Author Sayyid Ridiā Housaynī Nasab
Book index
First Pages
a1
Foreword
1
Preface
5
Question 1
11
Which is correct, “wa ‘iṭratī” [and my progeny], or “wa sunnatī” [and my tradition]?
0
Question 2
23
What does “Shī‘ah” mean?
0
Question 3
27
Why is ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (‘a) regarded as the waṣī [executor of will] and successor of the Prophet (ṣ)?
0
Question 4
33
Who are the Imāms?
0
Question 5
37
When invoking blessings [ṣalawāt] on Muḥammad (ṣ), why do you also associate his progeny [ā] to him by saying, “Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa Āli Muḥammad” [“O Allah! Bless Muḥammad and the progeny of Muḥammad”]?
0
Question 6
41
Why do you regard your Imāms as “infallible” [ma‘ṣūm]?
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Question 7
45
In adhān [call to prayer], why do you say, “Ashhadu anna ‘aliyyan waliyyullāh” [“I bear witness that ‘Alī is Walī of Allah”] and give testimony to the wilāyah [guardianship] of ‘Alī (‘a)?
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Question 8
49
Who is the Mahdī of Muḥammad’s Progeny [Āl Muḥammad] and why are you waiting for his advent?
0
Question 9
53
If the Shī‘ah are right, then why are they in the minority and why do most Muslims in the world not recognize them (as Muslims)?
0
Question 10
57
What is raj‘ah [“return”] and why do you believe in it?
0
Question 11
63
What is shafā‘ah [intercession], which you believe in?
0
Question 12
67
Is asking the rightful intercessors for intercession [shafā‘ah] tantamount to polytheism [shirk]?
0
Question 13
71
Is seeking help from someone other than God regarded as a kind of polytheism [shirk]?
0
Question 14
75
Is calling on someone tantamount to worshipping him and to polytheism?
0
Question 15
81
What is badā’ and why do you believe in it?
0
Question 16
85
Do the Shī‘ah believe in the taḥrīf [distortion] of the Qur’an?
0
Question 17
95
How do the Shī‘ah view the Ṣaḥābah [Companions]?
0
Question 18
103
What is meant by “temporary marriage” [mut‘ah] and why do the Shī‘ah regard it as lawful?
0
Question 19
111
Why do the Shī‘ah prostrate on turbah [dried clay]?
0
Question 20
121
During ziyārah, why do the Shī‘ah kiss the doors and walls of the shrine of awliyā’ and seek blessings [tabarruk] whereby?
0
Question 21
127
Is according to Islam religion separate from politics?
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Question 22
135
Why do the Shī‘ah regard the sons of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (‘a) (Ḥasan and Ḥusayn (‘a)) as the sons of the Messenger of Allah (ṣ)?
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Question 23
141
Why do the Shī‘ah believe that caliphate [khilāfah] is a matter of appointment [tanṣīṣī]?
0
Question 24
147
Is to swear by other than God regarded as a kind of polytheism?
0
Question 25
153
Is to resort to the divine saints [awliyā’] for mediation [tawassul] regarded as polytheism [shirk] and tantamount to innovation in religion [bid‘ah]?
0
Question 26
159
Is celebrating the birthday of the saints [awliyā’] of God a kind of polytheism and innovation [bid‘ah]?
0
Question 27
165
Why do the Shī‘ah perform the five daily prayers in three periods?
0
Question 28
183
What are the sources of Shī‘ī jurisprudence [fiqh]?
0
Question 29
197
Did Abū Ṭālib die a believer on account of which you visit [ziyārah] his shrine?
0
Question 30
219
Do the Shī‘ah think that Jibra’īl (Archangel Gabriel) has committed treachery when he conveyed the message [risālah] to Muhammad instead of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib?
0
Question 31
225
What is the criterion of taqiyyah [dissimulation]?
0
Question 32
229
Why is the Ja‘farī school of thought [madhhab] stipulated in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the official madhhab of the country?
0
Question 33
233
Do the Shī‘ah regard witr prayer as obligatory?
0
Question 34
235
Is the belief that great divine people [awliyā’] have supernatural power tantamount to polytheism [shirk]?
0
Question 35
241
Why is the station of Imamate [imāmah] higher than that of prophethood [nubuwwah]?
0
Question 36
251
What is the criterion for distinguishing monotheism or the Unity of God [tawḥīd] from polytheism [shirk]?
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Bibliography
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