Ayat Bayyinat

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Appendix   The following is a heartfelt piece of writing and an abstract masterpiece by an author with a colourful mind, who presents unique examples, swims the ocean (of knowledge), gathers subtleties, is cognisant of the choicest fruits of the garden of eloquence and oratory, and is dominant over the contemporary poets, Muhammad Murtada Beg, known as Mirza Muchchu Beg ‘Ashiq (may Allah […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Third Answer the Shia Present to Verses Extolling the Sahaba’s Virtue   Some intellectuals have answered by saying that the pleasure Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala declared for the Muhajirin and Ansar radiya Llahu ‘anhum in the glorious Qur’an does not refer to all the Muhajirin and Ansar radiya Llahu ‘anhum but to only a select few, although there appears to be […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Second Answer the Shia Present to Verses Extolling the Sahaba’s Virtue   The crux of the first answer of the Shia is that Sayyidina Abu Bakr radiya Llahu ‘anhu — who is from the Muhajirin — had a corrupt intention. Now listen to what other answers they give.   Shah Sahib quotes Mulla ‘Abdullah’s answer in Tuhfah:   Allah’s subhanahu wa ta […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Proofs Establishing That the Sahaba Were Not Munafiqin   Proof 1 It is clear that the three khalifas and the senior Sahaba radiya Llahu ‘anhum were Muslims and acknowledged towhid and nubuwwah. Hence, their ‘outward’ iman cannot be rejected. Now remains the question as to whether they rejected towhid and nubuwwah from their hearts due to which they would be called munafiqin. Proof […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Shia Answer to Verses Extolling the Virtues of the Sahaba   The general response the Shia give to those verse which Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala has revealed regarding the Muhajirin and their merits and declaring His happiness with them is that iman and sincerity of intention are a condition for the hijrah’s correctness and for one to be worthy of attaining […]