al Shia wa l-Tashayyu’

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter 5 The Sects of the Shia, their History and Beliefs   The Mischief of the Saba’iyyah after Sayyidina ‘Ali’s Demise After his demise, Sayyidina ‘Ali’s radiya Llahu ‘anhu partisans gathered around his son Hassan radiya Llahu ‘anhu. They appointed him their Imam on the third day after his father’s departure from the worldly abode to the abode of the Hereafter.[1] The first […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Shia of Kufah Before concluding the discussion on them, we wish to speak about the Shia of Kufah and their deep-rooted cowardice and desertion. The very Kufah about which they fabricated plenty narrations falsely attributed to Sayyidina ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu. He says:   كأني بك يا كوفة تمدين مد الأديم العكاظي تعركين بالنوازل وتركبين بالزلازل وإني لأعلم أنه ما أراد بك […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Six The Ithna ‘Ashariyyah Shia Introduction The Imamiyyah sect who assert the Imamah of an alleged individual they name Muhammad ibn al Hasan al ‘Askari; al Sam’ani speaks of them in al Ansab:   الإمامية جماعة من غلاة الشيعة وإنما لقبوا بهذا اللقب لأنهم يرون الإمامة لعليّ وأولاده ويعتقدون أنه لا بد للناس من إمام وينتظرون إماماً سيخرج في آخر الزمان The […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Seven Shia Ithna ‘Ashariyyah and the Beliefs of the Saba’iyyah   We spoke in detail about the Saba’iyyah and their chief ‘Abdullah ibn Saba’ previously. We are forced to repeat their mention as well as the ideologies they held and the beliefs they spread among people which were firmly opposed, refuted, and contended with all force and might by ‘Ali radiya Llahu […]