al Shia wa l-Tashayyu’

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Introduction   All praise belongs to Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala, the Most Compassionate, the Most Beneficent, Master of the Day of Requital. Peace and salutations be upon the most honoured amongst the Messengers and the Seal of Prophets salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, upon the Mothers of the Believers, his noble family, his close Companions radiya Llahu ‘anhum, and whoever follows them […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter One Early Shi’ism and the First Shia   The word shia is generally used for the followers and helpers of a person. It is said:   فلان من شيعة فلان So and so is from the shia of so and so.   Meaning, he is amongst those whose views correspond with another. As Imam al Zabidi[1] says:   كل قوم اجتمعوا على […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Two Shi’ism and the Saba’iyyah   The original sect of the Shia abandoned the truth and were sluggish in assisting their leader, Sayyidina ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu. They were cowards and deceivers who possessed love for this world and its contents. They gave preference to living over dying in the path of the truth. Sayyidina ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu himself described them […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Three The Shia and their Reviling of the Possessor of Two Lights radiya Llahu ‘anhu, and the Corruption the Saba’iyyah spread during his time   Before we discuss this matter, we would like to uncover some facts that have been concealed for far too long from many people, including the knowledgeable. Firstly, generally the Shia have made falsehood their salient feature and […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Four Evolving of Initial Shi’ism and the First Shia & the Era of the Saba’iyyah after the Martyrdom of Sayyidina ‘Uthman and during the Time of Sayyidina ‘Ali   Introduction Our object for writing this book is not to relate historical events. Rather, our object is to relate the history of the Saba’iyyah and the horrible ideologies they formulated, the crimes and […]