A Cry from Qatif

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Degradation of Women   I recall a conversation that I once had with someone. He said to me, “Do you not think that Mut’ah[1] can be a solution to some problems?” I retorted, “Pornography can also be a solution for some problems! Usury can also be a solution for some complex problems, and the same can be said for alcohol. Was it […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   A Bitter Reality   An innocent young woman, in the prime of her youth, was beguiled by the empty promises of a cunning suitor whose expressions of affection led her to believe that he actually wanted to marry her immediately after graduating from university studies. This trope is an effective snare which many randy youths utilise to lure naïve damsels and then exploit […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Burn him, and help your gods   My friend said to me, “Which Marja’ do you follow?” I smiled and said, “I follow the most honourable, the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.” After a long silence he turned to me and said, “You must follow a Marja’ who is alive, or else all of your actions will not be accepted!” I said […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Whom do we Follow?   The extremists would like to transform Islam into the church of the middle ages, where people would not appeal to anyone except the papal hierarchy and to the priest. They should have no recourse in thinking critically about anything. It is an extension of the notion that the Bible could only be understood by the priests! The extremists […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Why do these People Lie?   In a discussion on an internet forum, a person claimed that Russian scientists had found fragments of the ark of Nuh ‘alayh al Salam on which it was written, “O Hussain… O ‘Ali… O Zahra’…”[1] implying that even the Prophet of Allah, Nuh ‘alayh al Salam, used to seek the intermediary of the Imams. He claimed that […]