02/06/2010 06:32
Fatwa: Ayatollah Khomeini is not Muslim
The Islaamic ruling regarding (Ayatollah) Khomeini
Question: What is the Islaamic ruling regarding (Ayatollah) Khomeini?
Response: Khomeini has a book in which he mentions the excellence of the Imaams (Hassan and Hussein et...
02/06/2010 06:31
The 12th Imam of the Shia is Dajjal?
Introduction
The Shia are waiting for their Twelvth Imam to descend upon them. The evidence suggests that the person that the Shia will take as their Twelvth Imam will be none other than Dajjal, as prophecized in the Hadith of the...
02/06/2010 06:30
Some Questions for the Shia
Imamah is the foundation of Shi’ism; the Ahlus Sunnah rejects Imamah because the doctrine makes little logical sense. Indeed, there are many perplexing questions for the Shia as well as several holes in the doctrine of Imamah.
For example, if the Imam...
02/06/2010 06:30
Let’s Say That I Wanted to Convert to Shi’ism…
Let’s pretend that I became convinced that we need to follow Infallible Imams and I wanted to convert to Shi’ism. Now, as a potential convert to Shi’ism, every sect of Shi’ism is telling me that I must follow their set of Infallible Imams....
02/06/2010 06:29
Fraudulent Representatives of the Hidden Imam
Introduction
The Shia say that their 12th Imam went into hiding, the lesser and greater occultation. What is interesting to see is what happens when the Imam went into hiding [i.e. who takes his place during his absence].
When the 12th...
02/06/2010 06:29
How Does the Current Imam Lead the Shia?
How does the current Imam lead the Shia?
After the death of Prophet Muhammad, Abu Bakr was elected by Shurah (mutual consultation) as Caliph of the Ummah. The Shia reject Abu Bakr’s election, and say that only Allah can decide the...
02/06/2010 06:28
Imamah: the Antithesis of Egalatarianism
Introduction
All four of the rightly guided Caliphs were selected by a system of Shurah (mutual consultation); furthermore, the general public gave their Bayat (pledge of allegiance) to show their acceptance of each of these nominations. As is...
02/06/2010 06:28
Turbulent History of Imamah
The First Ten Imams
The cornerstone of the Shia faith is the belief that the spiritual and temporal leadership of this Ummah after the demise of the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) is vested in the Imam, who is appointed, like the...
02/06/2010 06:27
Ayatollah Khomeini
The Shia say that Abu Bakr (رضّى الله عنه) seized the Caliphate wrongfully. The Shia say that a leader cannot be elected by men, but rather must be appointed by Allah. We wonder: why then was Ayatollah Khomeini elected as leader? Was he not also elected by...
02/06/2010 06:26
Al-Kafi or Al-Kufr?
The most reliable Shia book of Hadith is Al-Kafi. In it, we find narration after narration about Imamah, and we shall herein examine some of the troubling Shia Hadith. It should be noted that this is only the tip of the iceberg and that we will only be giving a brief...
