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Imam Muhammad Shirazi the Shi'a and Their Beliefs Imam Muhammad Shirazi The Shi'a and their Beliefs Translated by Ali Adam Presented by www.ziaraat.com fffountain books BM Box 8545 London WC1N 3XX UK www.fountainbooks.net In association with Imam Shirazi World Foundation 1220 L. Street N.W. Suite # 100 – 333 Washington, D.C. 20005 – 4018, U.S.A. www.ImamShirazi.com Frist English edition, 2008 ISBN 1-903323-12-6 © fountain books All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of fountain books. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ii Presented by www.ziaraat.com Contents Foreword.........................................................................................1 The Shi!a in Brief ...........................................................................3 The Creed of Shi!a and Sunna....................................................6 Introducing the Shi!a ......................................................................8 Islam in the View of the Shi!a......................................................11 1. Shi!a Doctrine ......................................................................11 2. Shi!a View of Islamic Law...................................................13 The Five Laws .....................................................................14 Sources of Islamic Law........................................................14 Governance in Islam ............................................................15 Power in Islam .....................................................................16 Sources of Public Wealth.....................................................16 Islamic Freedom ..................................................................17 3. The Islamic System in the View of the Shi!a.......................19 Shi!ite Doctrine.............................................................................25 Divine Unity (tawhid} )..........................................................26 Prophethood (nubuwwah) ....................................................26 The Prophets ........................................................................26 Islam.....................................................................................27 The Qur’an...........................................................................29 Direction of Prayer...............................................................30 Imamate ...............................................................................31 The Awaited Imam Mahdi...................................................31 Infallibility ...........................................................................32 The Prophet and Knowledge of the Unseen.........................33 Allegiance and Dissociation ................................................33 Resurrection.........................................................................33 Divine Decree ......................................................................34 Compulsion and Delegation.................................................34 Dissimulation.......................................................................34 Temporary Marriage ............................................................35 Prostrating upon Pure Earth.................................................35 Combining the Prayers.........................................................36 iii Presented by www.ziaraat.com Intercession ..........................................................................37 Beseeching the Prophet and his Pure Family.......................37 Visiting Shrines and Seeking Blessings From Them...........38 The Building of Shrines.......................................................38 The Visiting of Graves.........................................................39 Women and the Visiting of Graves......................................39 Prayer in the cemetery of Baqi! ...........................................39 Weeping and Mourning for Imam Husayn ..........................40 No to Slandering and Excommunication .............................40 Mandatory Duties and Islamic Laws ...................................41 Islamic Morals .....................................................................41 The Single Nation ................................................................42 Cleaning up Society .............................................................43 Restoring the Glory of Islam................................................44 Invitation to Islam................................................................44 Awakening the Muslims ......................................................45 Shi!a Culture.................................................................................46 General Statistics .................................................................46 The Shi!a and the History of Islam......................................46 The Shi!a and Islamic Sciences ...........................................48 Successors of the Prophet.............................................................50 A Brief History of the Imams...................................................52 Fat> ima} alZahra’> daughter of the Prophet............................52 The First Imam.....................................................................55 The Second Imam ................................................................65 The Third Imam...................................................................69 The Fourth Imam .................................................................72 The Fifth Imam ....................................................................75 The Sixth Imam ...................................................................78 The Seventh Imam...............................................................81 The Eighth Imam .................................................................84 The Ninth Imam...................................................................87 The Tenth Imam...................................................................90 The Eleventh Imam..............................................................92 The Twelfth Imam ...............................................................95 iv Presented by www.ziaraat.com The role of the Imams and their followers (Shi!a)...............98 Evidence for the Shi!ite Point of View.........................................99 The Evidence for the Successorship of Ali ..............................99 1. The Warning of his close family......................................99 2. The Day of Ghadir .........................................................100 3. The tradition of the ‘station’ ..........................................102 4. Successorship of other Imams from Prophet’s family ...102 5. The tradition of the two weighty things.........................103 6. The tradition of the Ark .................................................104 Shi!ism in the eyes of Sunni scholars.........................................104 Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi...................................................105 Shaykh Shaltut ...................................................................105 The Edict in Full ................................................................105 Sources for Information on Shi!ism...................................107 Afterword ...................................................................................107 Transliteration.............................................................................109 The Author..................................................................................114 Notes...........................................................................................128 v Presented by www.ziaraat.com vi Presented by www.ziaraat.com jklm In the name of Allah,> the Beneficent, the Most Merciful Foreword In ancient times before human beings stepped upon this earth, a dialogue took place. The angels of the heavens were surrounding the divine throne glorifying the praises of their Lord and never wearying. When Almighty Allah willed it He created mankind, and the dialogue began, as the scene is depicted for us in the Qur’"n thus: eNow your Lord said to the angels: ‘I am placing a vicegerent (khal:fah) in the earth.’ They said: ‘Will you place therein one who will cause corruption therein and shed blood, while we glorify your praise and exalt you?’ He said: ‘I know what you do not knowf1. Allah> creates Adam, peace be upon him, and he descends to the earth bearing within himself ideas, feelings and needs. Little by little the number of individuals increases and societies grow. Some individuals stand face to face in battle and war for their own selves and their interests. Here the mercy of Allah> becomes apparent in that he sends messengers and prophets for the guidance of mankind and to save them from the seas of ignorance and error, and take them to felicity and comfort. But mankind rebels against the prophets and messengers and instead of engaging them in insightful dialogue creates a rowdy atmosphere which takes many forms including refusing to listen, throwing stones, scorning, fathers preventing sons [from following the messengers], and, at its most severe, murder and dissension. On the other hand, we see the behaviour of the prophets and the messengers – kind words, replying to bad
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