Ayat Bayyinat

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Second View   When the senior Shia scholars realised that to deny this narration is akin to throwing sand upon the sun, they focused their efforts on interpreting it and destroying the virtue it holds by some other means. Notwithstanding their tireless efforts and abundant interpretations, it only added salt to the wound instead of healing it and intensified its detriment to the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Ninth Testimony Sayyidina ‘Umar’s Nikah to Sayyidah Umm Kulthum   It is authenticated by both reliable shia and sunni authorities that Sayyidina ‘Umar radiya Llahu ‘anhu married Sayyidah Umm Kulthum radiya Llahu ‘anha, who was the daughter of Sayyidah Fatimah radiya Llahu ‘anha. The following points can be discerned from this union. The contraction of this marriage indicates that no enmity existed between […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Eighth Testimony   ‘Ali ibn ‘Isa al Arbili[1] — a Shia imam — has recorded in his book Kashf al Ghummah fi Ma’rifat al A’immah:   انه سئل الامام ابو جعفر عليه السلام عن حلية السيف هل يجوز فقال نعم قد حلى ابو بكر الصديق سيفه بالفضة فقال الراوى تقول هكذا فوثب الامام عن مكانه فقال نعم الصديق نعم الصديق نعم الصديق فمن […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Seventh Testimony   The following statement of Sayyidina ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu in favour of Sayyidina Abu Bakr radiya Llahu ‘anhu is recorded in Nahj al Balaghah:   لله بلاد فلان فقد قوم الاود و داوى العمد و اقام السنة و خلف البدعة و ذهب نقى الثوب قليل العيب اصاب خيرها و سبق شرها ادى الى الله طاعته و انقاه بحقه رحل و […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sixth Testimony   Imam Jafar al Sadiq rahimahu Llah has stated regarding Sayyidina Abu Bakr and Sayyidina ‘Umar radiya Llahu ‘anhuma:   هما امامان عادلان قاسطان كانا على الحق و ماتا عليه فعليهما رحمة الله يوم القيامة They both were just and fair rulers. They were upon the truth and passed away upon it. May Allah’s subhanahu wa ta ‘ala mercy be upon […]