Muraja’at

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 1 I Greeting the Debater, II Asking Permission to Debate.   Thul Qi’da 6, 1329 A.H. 1) Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon the learned honourable Sheikh ‘Abdul-Hussain Sharafuddin AlMusawi. I have not been acquainted yet with Shi’as’ conscience, nor have I tested their manners, for I have never kept company with any of them, nor come to know the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 3 I Why do Shi’as not Uphold the Majority’s Sects? II The Need for Unity, III Unity Achieved Only by Adhering to the Majority’s Sects.   Thul Qi’da 7, 1329 A.H. 1) I ask you now about the reasons why you (Shias) do not follow the sect of the majority of Muslims, I mean the sect of alAsh’ari, in determining the principles […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Introduction   The art of fictional narration can be traced back to the earliest civilisations, and has assumed various different appearances over the centuries. The fact that it is fictitious was never really used to discredit literary fiction, since the lessons the author of Aesop’s Fables, for example, wished to impart, did not depend upon whether his animal characters could or did really […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 5 I. Admitting Our Argument II. Asking for Detailed Proofs   Thul-Qi’da 9, 1329 A.H. 1) Your letter has been quite clear, very well arranged, praiseworthy. It is eloquent, powerful in determination, and strong in argument. It spares no attempt to prove that it is not compulsory to follow the majority’s sects in the principles and branches of religion, saving no effort […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Letter 7 I. Requesting Proofs from Statements by Allah and His Messenger II. Proofs from Ahl al­Bayt are Circumventive   Thul-Qi’da 13, 1329 A.H. 1) Bring the proofs from the statements of Allah and His Messenger bearing witness to the mandatory allegiance to the Imams among the Ahl al­Bayt exclusively, and leave aside the speech of anyone else in this respect except those […]