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BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Eight The Doctrine of Tinah   This is one of their secretive beliefs regarding which they emphasise that it should be kept a secret even from their laymen. Because if a lay Shia comes to learn of it he will intentionally commit major sins in order to acquire the temporary pleasures of this world due to him knowing that the evil consequences […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Section Four The Contemporary Shia and Their Link with Their Predecessors   Introduction: In this chapter I shall, with the permission of Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala, discuss the creed of the contemporary Twelver Scholars. You will thus not find herein anything besides their views, yes with the exception of a few ancient views which will be quoted when handling a specific topic. […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter 1 Relationship in the sources of Talaqqi (acquisition)   Subscription to the same sources of acquiring and learning is the first and the last cause of uniformity in ideologies and views according to any sect or denomination, and it is these sources that link the later generations with the earlier ones. The contemporary Shia have relied upon their four early canonical works […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter 2 Their Link with the Ancient Sects   What is the link between these people and the old Shia sects that feature frequently in the books of heresiography? What I have noticed is that when the contemporary Shia clergy talk of their sect, its scholars and its empires, they attribute all the Shia sects, dynasties and scholars to it even though they […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter 3 The Doctrinal Connection between the Early Scholars and the Contemporaries   As long as there remains uniformity in the sources of acquisition, is there any need for us to investigate the doctrinal link between the early scholars and the contemporaries? Especially when those early sources have encapsulated majority of what the books of heresiography have documented of the views of the […]