ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sabaʼ

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Introduction   ان الحمد لله نحمده و نستعينه و نستغفره و نستهديه و نعوذ بالله من شرور انفسنا و سيئات اعمالنا من يهد الله فهو المهتدى و من يضلل فلا هادى له و اشهد ان لا اله الا الله و حده لا شريك له و اشهد ان محمدا عبده و رسوله صلى الله عليه و على آله و اصحابه و سلم تسليما كثيرا […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The stance of the Orientalists As far as the Orientalists are concerned, they deny his existence completely. They claim that he is a myth, invented by the muhaddithin of the second century. Amongst the Orientalists who deny his existence are, the British Dr. Bernard Lewis[1], J. Wellhausen[2], who began his learning with the study of theology, the American- Friedlaender[3] and the Italian born […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Refutation of these assertions and a brief overview of the sources which prove the existence of Ibn Sabaʼ These are the opinions of a few Shi’i personalities, in the present era, and it seems as if they have not even glanced at their own books of ‘aqidah, sects, narrations and their narrators, as well as their books of Jarh wa al Ta’dil. The […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The stance of ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu and the Ahlul Bayt Sayyidina ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu said:   Two groups will be destroyed on account of me; those who will be extreme in their love for me, which will lead them to ascribe to me what I do not possess and others who will be extreme in their hatred towards me, which will […]