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The Implications of Inconsistency in the Hadith of the Shia By Molana Muhammad Taha Karaan rahimahu Llah     Background The Ahlus Sunnah and Shia both share in taking the Qur’an as a source of religious legislation (tashri’), and despite the opinion of the Qur’an being tampered with being common among the Shia, they are nonetheless ordered to rely upon the Qur’an currently in our midst, until the Hidden Imam […]

Imamah: Imam Hasan al Askari and thereafter   Thus far in our series we have investigated the historical development of the Shia concept of Imamah, from its inception under the notorious hypocrite Ibn Saba’ through the lives of the illustrious Imams, until the tenth Imam ‘Ali al Hadi. We discovered that it lacked any sort of foundation or Islamic justification, the concept itself as well as its purport was rejected […]

Zurarah ibn A’yan For centuries the Shia have claimed to be adherents to the teachings of the Ahlul Bayt and in particular the ‘school’ of the venerable Imam Jafar al Sadiq. It is often postulated that the teachings of these Twelve Imams are more worthy of adherence than any of the schools of the Ahlus Sunnah; as these noble personalities in addition to being infallible and divinely appointed by the […]

Abu Basir Layth al Bakhtari al Muradi A critical study of the chief narrators of the Shia reveals that most of them were either disbelievers—rejecting fundamental aspects of faith—or people who were openly declared as liars by Imam Jafar al Sadiq rahimahu Llah, as is recorded in the books of the Shia themselves. Imam Jafar al Sadiq rahimahu Llah said:   They narrate from us lies and they fabricate using […]

Question Is it true that Sayyidina ‘Ali radiyallahu ‘anhu cursed Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik radiyallahu ‘anhu for refusing to testify that he heard the hadith: Whoever’s Mawla (friend) I am, ‘Ali is his Mawla? Three references are cited as evidence, viz. Hilyat al Auliya, Musnad Ahmed, and Kitab al Ma’arif.   The narration of Hilyat al Auliya Sulaiman ibn Ahmed narrated to us—Ahmed ibn Ibrahim ibn Kaysan narrated to us—Ismail ibn ‘Amr al […]