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BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Discussion Five Their Belief That the Sand of Hussain’s Grave is a Cure for Every Sickness   The Shia claim—against the divine texts, rationality, English and Greek medicine—that the sand of Hussain’s radiya Llahu ‘anhu grave is a guaranteed cure for all sorts of ailments and diseases. It is as if they have placed their faith in something which by experiment, observation, nature, […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Discussion Six Their Supplication by way of Charms and Esoteric Symbols and Their Seeking of Help From Unknown Entities   One form of their misguidance and shirk is their supplications with charms and letters which they consider to be from their Imams’ forts, their supplications and shield. They write these charms and read them in order to gain cure and safety. In this […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Discussion Seven Istikharah in ways That Resemble the Divination of the Days of Ignorance   In their era of ignorance the Arabs would, when intending to journey or wage war or do anything else, spin arrows in order to divine the future. They would use three arrows; upon the first would be written “Do”, upon the other would be written “Don’t” and the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Two Their Beliefs Regarding the Oneness of Allah in Terms of Him Being the Rabb   The Oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala in terms of him being the Rabb (nourisher) entails that the attributes: Ownership, creation, and planning of the universe, only be ascribed to Him. A servant should believe that Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala alone is the creator, […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Discussion Two Their Belief That This World and the Afterlife Both Belong to the Imam   The author of al Kafi has established a chapter by the name, ‘chapter regarding the earth being the soul property of Imam’. One of the narrations which appear therein reads thus:   عن أبي بصير عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: أما علمت أن الدنيا و […]