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BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Section Three   This section contains eight chapters: Imamah ‘Ismah Taqiyyah Ghaybah and the Hidden Mahdi Raj’ah. Zuhur Bada’ Tinah   Chapter One Imamah   Imamah is the basis of the Shia dogma around which their hadith legacy is based and upon which the edifice of their beliefs rests. The Shia in ancient times and in recent times have paid immense attention to […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Ruling regarding a Person who denies the Imamah of One of the Twelve Imams   According to the Shia Imamah is equivalent to Nubuwwah (prophethood) or even greater. And it is the most crucial principle of din. The ruling of the Shia regarding a person who denies the Imamah of one of the twelve Imams further asserts this extremism. For they excommunicate […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Two ‘Ismah of the Imams   The Shia hold the doctrine of ‘Ismah (Infallibility) in great esteem[1] as it is one of the fundamental aspects of their dogma.[2] The word ‘Ismah according to the Arabs means: protection. And the protection of Allah for his slave is that he protects him from that which can destroy him. Likewise ‘so and so sought the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Three Taqiyyah (dissimulation) [1]   The Definition of Taqiyyah   Al Mufid gives the following definition of Taqiyyah:   التقية كتمان الحق، و ستر الاعتقاد فيه، و كتمان المخالفين، و ترك مظاهرتهم بما يعقب ضررا في الدين أو الدنيا Taqiyyah is concealing the truth, discreetly believing in it, not disclosing it in front of the opposition and not confronting them in a […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Four   The Doctrine of the Mahdi and Occultation   In this chapter, with the help of Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala, I will endeavour to discuss the doctrine of the Mahdi and his occultation according to the Shia in general. Thereafter I will shed light upon the inception of this doctrine in the Twelver dogma specifically. Subsequent to that I will […]