07/06/2010 06:04
Hadith of the Twelve Caliphs [A Sunni Perspective]
Question:
There is a Hadith narrated in Musnad Ahmad which states:
“There shall be twelve Caliphs for this community, all of them from Quraish.”
This same Hadith has been narrated in many other reliable Sunni books of Hadith, and...
07/06/2010 06:04
A Comprehensive Rebuttal of Answering-Ansar’s Article Entitled “Saqifa; the debacle of Islamic Government”
By: Ibn al-Hashimi
Introduction: A Sunni View of Saqifah
Response to Chapter 1 Entitled “Introduction”
Response to Chapter 2 Entitled “The Historical Facts”
Response to...
07/06/2010 06:03
Hadith About the Quran and Sunnah
Introduction
The Shia propagandists often claim that the Hadith about the Quran and Sunnah (i.e. “I am leaving you with the Book of Allah and my Sunnah…”) is weak or even forged. This is a blatant lie; according to the standards of the...
07/06/2010 06:03
Hadith al-Thaqalayn: The Two Weighty Things [A Sunni Perspective]
Introduction
The six major books of Hadith are referred to as the Sihah Sittah. Two of them, known collectively as the Sahihayn (Bukhari and Muslim), contain mostly Sahih (authentic) narrations. However, the...
07/06/2010 05:59
Abu Bakr (رضّى الله عنه), the Second of the Two
A central tenet of the Shia doctrine is the rejection of the first of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, Abu Bakr (رضّى الله عنه), who supposedly stole the Caliphate from Ali (رضّى الله عنه). However, the Shia opinion of Abu Bakr’s character (رضّى...
07/06/2010 05:58
Ali ibn Abi Talib Named His Sons after the Three Caliphs [includes a rebuttal of Answering-Ansar]
If Ali’s wife was killed by Umar, and if he himself was persecuted by Abu Bakr and Uthman, then why in the world did Ali name three of his sons after the Three Caliphs? It is a historical fact that...
07/06/2010 05:58
Rebuttal of Answering-Ansar’s Article “Who Killed Imam Hussain? (AS)”
The Shia propagandists feel the heat when the Sunnis remind them that it was the Shia of Kufa who betrayed Hussain, and that it was this betrayal that led him to his death. To counter this, Answering-Ansar wrote an...
07/06/2010 05:57
A Comprehensive Rebuttal of Answering-Ansar’s Article on Umm Kulthoom’s Nikah
By: Ibn Al-Hashimi
Introduction to Rebuttal
Response to Chapter 1 entitled “Introduction”
Response to Chapter 2 entitled “The alleged marriage of Umar ibn al Khattab to Hadhrath Umme Kalthum binte Fatima (as)...
07/06/2010 05:55
Hadith of Ghadir Khumm [A Sunni Perspective]
Introduction
It is impossible to discuss the Hadith of Ghadir Khumm without first understanding the specific context in which the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) said what he said. This is a general rule of thumb pertaining to the...
07/06/2010 05:52
Imam Bukhari’s Fatwa on Befriending Shias
Imam Bukhari declared:
“I don’t see any difference between praying Salah behind a Jahmi or a (Shia) Rafidhi and a Christian or a Jew. They (Jahmis/Rafidhis) are not to be greeted, nor are they to be visited, nor are they to be...
