The Ahle Tasannun scholar, Ibn Khaldoon writes in his book Muqaddamah, vol. 1, p. 514 that – “It is famously known among the Muslims of all times that in the last era, a man from the progeny of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) will reappear, who will be the helper of religion, spread justice and equity,…
Allah, Mighty and Majestic be He, says in Surah Noor (24): Verse 55 of the Holy Quran Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for…
Hearty Congratulations on the greatest Eid– Eide Ghadeer. “Of Whomever I am Master, this Ali is his Master,” thus declared the Holy Prophet (saw) The 18th Zilhajj in the 10th year of Hijri has marked the epoch in Islamic history. On this bright sunny day, the Holy Prophet (saw) by the command of Almighty Allah,…
An inflammatory article published on 20-May-2021 in a Mumbai-based Urdu daily Sahafat demonstrates the bigoted and biased attitude of the pretentious researcher, Maulvi Abdul Hafeez Islami. The half-baked and slanted article not only exposes Abdul Hafeez’s rancour towards the infallible family of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) but also to the lowest levels of partisanship that…
Abd al-Baaqi Umari Afandi , a very famous poet and a descendant of Umar al-Khattaab, has said a poem in the glorification of Ameerul Momineen Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) whose first verse was as follows: “O Ali! You are a lofty existence from the above world Whose birth Allah the High has decreed in…
Famous Bakri scholar Muhammad Ibn Ahmad al-Dhahabi (exp. 748 A.H.) in his book “Seyar A’laam al-Nubalaa” vol. 14, p. 133, after praising the celebrated scholar of the Ahle Tasannun Abu Abd al-Rahman Ahmad Ibn Shuaib al-Nasaai (exp. 303 A.H.), writes: “In the third century of Hijri, there was no scholar more learned than Nasaai. He…
Introduction The matter of the appointment of Ameerul Momineen Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) as the rightful Caliph of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has been often discussed as the defining factor for being declared as Shia. So much so, that we find several scholars of the Ahle Tasannun are forced to adopt undesirable practices to retain…
For any Muslim, anything remotely connected to the Holy Prophet (peace be on him and his progeny) is sacrosanct. Even a strand of hair considered to be belonging to him (peace be on him and his progeny) is revered by Muslims around the globe. There is no doubt that the ahaadith/sayings written on paper and…
“Repeat a lie so many times that it becomes more reliable than the truth” goes a famous proverb. Some Ahle Tasannun scholars – in their attempt to glorify their leaders – have fabricated and spread such lies that these have become like “famous truths” today. One of them is the canard that Abu Bakr was…
The Ahle Tasannun are vociferous and voluble in insisting that the Holy Prophet (peace be on him and his progeny) did not appoint anyone as his successor and left the world intestate. He (peace be on him and his progeny) left this most important issue in the hands of the people! This belief is not…