بیشترلیست موضوعاتDownloading the EncyclopediaIntroductionVERSION 2.0
Chapter 1.a
VERSION 2.0Quran and Ahlul-BaytWhy
School of Ahlul-Bayt?
Who are Ahlul-Bayt?
Part iPart iiPart iiiPart ivPart vPart viPart viiThe Word House (Ahlul-Bayt) in QuranSunni Feedback on the Issues of Infallibility
and Ahlul-Bayt
Chapter 1.b
VERSION 2.0Who Offended the Blind?
Infallibility of the Prophets
Part iPart iiPart iii
Leadership and Infallibility
Part iPart ii
The Twelve Imams
Part iPart iiThe Holy Quran and the Pure ImamsThe Reward of Loving Ahlul-BaytHow to Send Greetings to Prophet
Muhammad?Is Being a Member of a Party Forbidden in
Islam?The Term "Shia" in Quran and
Hadithal-Azhar Verdict on the Shia
Chapter 2
VERSION 2.0The Last LuminarySunni Documentation on Imam al-Mahdi (AS) Special specifications of Imam al-Mahdi (AS)
Necessity of the Existence of Imam al-Mahdi
(AS) More on Imam al-Mahdi (AS) The Knowledge of the Unseen & the
Knowledge of the BookSome Traditions on the Virtues of Imam Ali
(AS)
Chapter 3
VERSION 1.5
Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS)
The Major Difference Between the Shia and
the Sunni
Ghadir Khum
Part iPart iiPart iiiCertainly your Master is .Who is the successor of the Prophet
(PBUH&HF)?The Prophet Announcing His Successor in
His First PreachHow is This Possible?The Opinion of Imam Ali (AS) on
Caliphate
Chapter 4
VERSION 1.5Respecting the Righteous CompanionsA Shi'ite View of the CompanionsThe Tragedy of ThursdayConspiracy Against Imam Ali (AS)Attacking the House of Fatimah (AS)Usurping the Land of FadakLady Fatimah (AS) protests against Abu Bakr's
ActionsMore Facts on FadakA short history of Fadak after the
Martyrdom of Fatima
Chapter 5.a
VERSION 1.5Muawiyah and Abusing Imam Ali (AS)More on MuawiyahDevelopment of History and Hadith
Collections
Islam of Abu Talib (Parts I through IV)
Part iPart iiPart iiiPart ivWas Azar the Father of Prophet Abraham?Who was Umm Kulthum the wife of Umar?On the Companions who Murdered UthmanThe Innovations of the Early CaliphsAre Munafiqeen Counted Among the Sahabah?Shia vs. Iran
Chapter 5.b
VERSION 1.5Imam Husain (AS): A brief Description and
AnalysisSome Traditions on Imam al-Husain (AS)Reasons Behind the Commemoration of Imam
al-Husain (AS)Did Imam al-Husain (AS) Know He Would Be
killed?The Martyred Ones
Tragedy of Karbala as reported by the Sunnis
Part iPart iiPart iiiPart ivPart vPart viPart viiPart viiiPart ix
Chapter 6.a
VERSION 2.0
Temporary Marriage in Islam:
Part 1: Evidences From Quran and the Sunni
CommentariesPart 2: Evidences From the Sunni Hadith
CollectionsPart 3: Evidences From the Sunni
History/Fiqh/Misc. BooksPart 4: Some Contradicting ReportsPart 5: Purpose of Marriage; Prohibition of
Illegal Sex & AlcoholPart 6: Similarities and Differences of
Mut'a and Regular MarriagePart 7: The Necessities and the
Advantages of Mut'aPart 8: Some Frequently Asked Questions on
Mut'aDebate on the Legitimacy of Mut'a:
Chapter 6.b
VERSION 1.5
al-Taqiyya/Dissimulation
Part iPart iiPart iiiKhums (one fifth)Tawassul (Resorting to Intermediary)Evidence for Tawassul by a Sunni WriterDid Muhammad Receive Revelation by
Mistake?!
Imamat vs. Prophethood
Part iPart iiFinality of the Prophethood
Chapter 7
VERSION 1.5
The Shia/Sunni Jurisprudence:
Shia ScholarsThe Rules of Modesty (according to five
Schools)Fasting (according to five Schools)Call for Prayer (Adhan) and Ablution
(Wudu)Joining Prayers and Other related
IssuesPrayer (according to five Schools)
Chapter 8
VERSION 1.5
Shia/Sunni and Quran:
Belief of Shia in the Completeness of
QuranDifferent Arrangements of QuranSome Sunni Reports on the
Incompleteness of QuranThe Quran Compiled by Imam Ali (AS)Tabarsi and incompleteness of QuranThe Book of Fatimah (AS)Can ANY human do that?Early Debates on the Integrity of the
Quran (Incomplete)
Chapter 9
VERSION 1.5Outline of DifferencesTraditions which falsely allege physical
attributes to AllahAbu Huraira vs. PaulSimilarities of Jews/Christians/MuslimsIbn Taymiya and his WorksThe Wahhabis
Chapter 10
VERSION 1.5
Abdullah Ibn Saba
Part iPart iiPart iiiPart ivPart v
Kaab al-Ahbar
Part iPart iiPart iii
Chapter 11
VERSION 1.5Kumail's Invocation and other
SupplicationsFree Will and FatalismDivine Justice and the Problem of EvilSome traditions from al-Kafi on the place of
reason in religionSome stories on Imam Ali (AS)Islamic Scientistsتوضیحاتافزودن یادداشت جدید Tragedy of Karbala as reported by the Sunnis (Part IX)When the head of al Husayn, peace be on him, arrived and afterIbn Sad arrived on the next day (bringing) with him the daughtersand household of al-Husayn, peace be on him, Ibn Ziyad sat beforethe people in the governor's palace.He had given the people a generalsummons and had ordered them to be present (to see) the head.Heput it in front of him, and he began to look at it with a smile.In hishand he had a cane and he began to poke at the teeth with it.When Zayd b.Arqam, a Companion of the Prophet who was(then) an old man, saw him poking at the teeth with the cane, he saidTake your cane away from those two lips.For, by God,other than Whom there is no deity, I have seen the lipsof the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family,touch those two lips countless times.(With that) he began to weep."Does God make your eyes weep?" asked Ibn Ziyad."Or are youweeping because of God's victory? If it was not for the fact that youare an old man who has become silly and your mind has left you, Iwould cut off your head."Zayd b.Arqam stood up in front of him and went to his house.(Meanwhile) the family of al-Husayn, peace be on him, was broughtbefore Ibn Ziyad.Zaynab, the sister of al-Husayn, peace be on him,came in in the middle of the group, pretending not to be herself; shewas wearing her dirtiest clothes.She went and sat in a corner of thepalace and her maids crowded around her."Who is that woman who has gone to the side and has sat in acorner with her women?" Ibn Ziyad demanded but Zaynab did notanswer.He repeated the question about her a second time.This is Zaynab, daughter of Fatima, the daugher of theApostle of God, may God bless him and grant him peace,one of her women told him."Praise be to God Who has disgraced you, killed you and revealedthe false nature of your claims," said Ibn Ziyad as he came towardsher.Praise be to God Who has favoured us with His Prophet,Muhammad, may God bless him and his family, answeredZaynab, and He has purified us completely from sin.Heonly disgraces the great sinner and reveals the falsenature of the profligate.Such men are not among us,praise be to God."How do you consider God has treated your House?" asked Ibn Ziyad,God decreed death for them and they went forward (bravely)to their resting-places, Zaynab replied, God will gatheryou and us together.You will plead your excuses to Him andwe will be your adversaries before Him.Ibn Ziyad became enraged and burnt with anger."Governor," intervened 'Amr b.Hurayth, "She is only a womanand women are not responsible for anything that they say.Do notblame her mistakes.""God has healed my soul from your tyranny and the rebellion ofyour House," he said to her.Zaynab, peace be on her, became weak and wept.By my life, she cried out to him, You have killed themature ones (of my family); you have pierced my family;you have cut down my young branches; and you have pulledout my root.If this heals you, then you have been healed."By my life," declared Ibn Ziyad, "this is a woman who makespoetry.Your father was a poet."What has a woman to do with poetry?, she answered.IndeedI have (things) to distract me from poetry but my heartcauses me say what I am saying.Ali b.al-Husayn, peace be on them, was presented to him."Who are you?" he asked."I am Ali b.al-Husayn" he answered."Didn't God kill 'Ali b.al-Husayn?""I have a brother who is also called Ali," answered 'Ali, peace beon him, "the people killed him.""Rather God killed him," affirmed Ibn Ziyad."God receives the souls at the time of their death [ XXXIX : 42].""How dare you answer me like that!" shouted Ibn Ziyad angrily,"and that will be the last of you because of (your) answer to me.Takehim away and cut his head off!"Zaynab, his aunt, clung on to him, pleading: "O Ibn Ziyad, haven'tyou had enough of our blood?"Then she clung on to him and said: "By God, I will not leave him.Ifyou kill him, kill me with him."Ibn Ziyad looked at her and at him, and said, "How wonderful isfamily relationship! I think she wants me to kill her with him.Leavehim, for I see him (now) for what he is."He rose from his assembly to leave the palace and go to themosque.He went up on the pulpit.He praised and glorified God,then he said:Praise be to God Who has revealed the truth and thefollowers of the truth, and has given victory to theCommander of the faithful, Yazid, and his party, andhas killed the liar who is the son of a liar and hisShia.At this 'Abd Allah b.Afif al-Azdi, who had been one of theShiaa of the Commander of the faithful (Ali b.Abi Talib) stood infront of him and shouted:O enemy of God, you are the liar and your father and (the man)who appointed you and his father.O Ibn Murjana, you kill thesons of Prophets and take the place of men of truth on the pulpit."Get him for me," ordered Ibn Ziyad.The soldiers seized him but he gave the battle cry of al-Azd.Sevenhundred of them (quickly) gathered and took him away from thesoldiers.At night Ibn Ziyad sent someone to get him out of his house.Hewas executed and crucified in al-Sabkha, may God have mercy on him.The (next) morning Ubayd Allah b.Ziyad sent the head of al-Husayn, peace be on him, (to Yazid) after it had been taken throughall the streets and tribes of Kufa.[It is reported from Zayd b.Arqam:]It was brought past; it was stuck on a spear and I wasin a room in my (house).As it was opposite me I heardit recite: "Or do you think that the Companions of theCave and the inscription were among Our wonderful signs.[ XVIII, 9 ]."My flesh shuddered and I called out,O son of the Apostle of God, your head is miraculous,miraculous.[ This account is not in Tabari ]When they had finished taking it around Kufa and had brought itback to the palace door, Ibn Ziyad gave it to Zahar b.Qays and he(also) gave him the heads of his companions.He despatched him toYazid b.Muawiya and he sent with him Abu Burda b.'Awf al-Azdi,and Tariq b.Abi Zubyan al-Azdi together with a group of Kufans, totake them to Yazid b.Mu'awiya in Damascus.[ Abd Allah b.Rabiaa al-Himyari reported: ]I was with Yazid b.MuCawiya in Damascus when Zahar b.Qaysbrought the head to him."Woe upon you! What is behind you? What have you got?"demanded Yazid.O Commander of the faithful, he replied, I bring goodnews of God's victory and support.Al-Husayn b.Ali,peace be on them, came against us with eighteen menof his House and sixty of his Shi'a.We went out tomeet them and we asked them to surrender and submitto the authority of the governor, 'Ubayd Allah b.Ziyad,or to fight.They chose to fight rather than to surrender.We attacked them as the sun rose and surrounded them onevery side.Eventually (our) swords took their toll ofthe heads of the people and they began to flee withouthaving any refuge (to go to).They (tried to) take refugefrom us on the (open) hills and in the hollows, like thedoves seek refuge from a hawk.By God, Commander of the faithful, it was nothing but theslaughtering of animals for slaughter.(It was only the timetaken by) the sleep of a man taking his siesta (before) wehad come upon the last of them.There were their naked bodies,their blood-stained clothes, their faces thrown in the dust.The sun burst down on them; the wind scattered (dust) overthem; their visitors were (scavenging) eagles and vultures.Yazid looked down for a time, then he raised his head and said:I would have been satisfied with your obedience (to myorders) without this killing of al-Husayn, peace be onhim.If it had been me who had accompanied him, I wouldhave let him off (such a fate).After Ubayd Allah b.Ziyad had despatched the head of al-Husayn, he ordered the women and the young boys to be made readyfor travelling.He ordered Ali b.al-Husayn, peace be on them, to bechained with a chain around his neck.Then he despatched them, tofollow the heads, with Muhaffir b.Thalaba al Aidhi and Shamir b.Dhi al-Jawshan.They set out with them until they caught up with thepeople with the head.Ali b.al-Husayn did not speak a word to any ofthe people who had the head on that journey.Eventually they reached(their destination).When they reached the door of Yazid's (palace),Muhaffir b.Tha'laba raised his voice and shouted: "Here is Muhaffirb.Thalaba who has brought the Commander of the faithful these vileprofligates."Ali b.al-Husayn, peace be on him, answered him:What did the mother of Muhaffir give birth to more evil andmore grievous (than him)?When the heads were put in front of Yazid and among them was thehead of al-Husayn, peace be on him, Yazid recited:We will split the skull of proud men (who come) against us;they were very disobedient and oppressive.Yahya b.al-Hakam, the brother of Marwan b.al-Hakam recited:On the bank (of the river) a great army met him who iscloser in kinship (to Yazid) than Ibn Ziyad (is), the manwith a false lineage.The offspring of Sumayya has acquired status, while theoffspring of the daughter of the Apostle of God is (given) none.Yazid struck his hand against the chest of Yahya b.al-Hakam andshouted, "Be quiet!"Then he said to Ali b.al-Husayn, peace be on themSon of al Husayn, your father cut (the bond of) kinship withme and showed ignorance of my rights, trying to deprive me ofmy position of authority.(Now) God has treated him in the wayyou have seen.No misfortune strikes the earth nor yourselves unlessit has been written in a book before we bring it intoexistence; that is easy for God [ LVII : 22 ]replied 'Ali b.al-Husayn."Answer him," Yazid urged his son, Khalid.However Khalid didnot know what to say in reply.So Yazid answered:Say rather: Whatever misfortune has struck you is becauseof what your hands have earned.And (God) forgives much[ XLII : 30 ]He summoned the women and the children and they were made tosit in front of him.What he saw was dreadful."May God detest Ibn Murjana," he said: "If there had been (anybond of) kinship between him and you, he would not have done thisto you; he would not have sent you in this state."[Fatima, daughter of al-Husayn, peace be on him, reported:]When we sat before Yazid, he showed pity on us.An Ahmar of the Syriansstood up and said to Yazid: "Commander of the faithful, give me this one."He meant me.(Then) I was a pretty young girl.I shuddered for Ithought that that would be allowed to them.I caught hold of the skirtof my aunt Zaynab and she told (me) that that would not happen.Shesaid to the Syrian:By God, you are a liar.By God, you are (too) lowly born! Sucha thing is not for you nor for him (to decide)."You are a liar," Yazid cried out angrily."That is for me (todecide).If I wish to do anything, I can do it."No, by God, she replied, God would only let you do thatif you left our faith and professed belief in another(religion)."It is me," screamed Yazid, distraught with anger, "whom you aretreating in this (way).It is your father who has left the religion, andyour brotherI am led by the religion of God, the religion of my fatherand the religion of my brother, she answered, and (it is what)you are led by, and your grandfather and your father, if youare a Muslim."Enemy of God, you lie," he shouted.You are a Commander of the faithful, (yet) you vilifyunjustly and you have become oppressive with your authority,she answered.(At this) he was ashamed and became silent."Give me that girl,"repeated the Syrian."Be a bachelor," Yazid said to him, "MayGod strike you dead!"Then he ordered the women to be lodged in a house on (the) banks(of the river).With them (also he sent) their brother, 'Ali b.al-Husayn, peace be on them.(Later) a house was set aside for them,which was attached to Yazid's own house.They resided (there) forseveral days, (After a short time) he summoned al-Nu'man b.Bashirand told him to make preparations to take these women back toMedina.When he was aoubt to despatch them, he summonedAli b.al-Husayn, peace be on them.He took him aside."God curse Ibn Murjana," he said."If I had been with your father,he would never have asked me for a favour without me granting himit; I would have protected him from death with all my power.ButGod has decreed what you have seen.Write to me from Medina andeverything that you need will be yours."He presented clothes to him and to his family.He sent with them inthe group (of men under the command) of Numan b.Bashir, amessenger, who brought him (al-Numan) the order to set out withthem in the night; and that they should go in front of him but theyshould never be out of his sight.When they stopped, he should goaside from them and he and his followers should separate aroundthem like a group of guards over them.He should (only) keep awayfrom them when any person of their group wanted to wash orperform a need, so he (or she) would not be ashamed.(The messenger) set off with them amid the group of al-Numan.(Al-Nu'man) continued to stay close to them along the road but hewas kind to them as Yazid had instructed him and he looked afterthem until they entered Medina.After Ibn Ziyad had despatched the head of al-Husayn, peace be onhim, to Yazid, he went to Abd al-Malik b Abi al-Harith al-Sulamiand told him,Go to 'Amr b.Sad b.al-As in Medina and give himthe good news of the killing of al-Husayn (peace beon him).[ Abd al-Malik reported: ]I rode my mount and went towards Medina.(On the way) one ofQuraysh met me."What is the news?" he asked."The news is for the governor, (then) you will hear it," I answered."We belong to God and to Him we will return," he said."By God,al-Husayn, peace be on him, has been killed."When I went to Amr b.Said, he asked: "What is your purpose?""What will please the governor," I answered, "Al-Husayn, peacebe on him, has been killed.""Go out and announce his being killed," he told me.I announced (it).I have never heard such wailing as the wailing ofthe Banu Hashim in their houses for al-Husayn b.Ali, peace be onhim, when they heard the announcement of his death.I went back (in)to 'Amr b.Said.When he saw me, he smiled at me and laughed.Thenhe quoted a verse of Amr b.Madikarib:Then women of Banu Ziyad raised a great lament likethe lamentation of our women mourning (after the battle)of al-Arnab."This lamentation is in return for the lamentation for Uthman,"'Amr exclaimed.Then he went up on the pulpit and informed thepeople about the killing of al-Husayn b.Ali, and he summoned(them to obey) Yazid b.Muawiya.(After that) he went down.One of the retainers (mawali) of Abd Allah b.Jafar b.Abi Talib,peace be on him, went to him and announced the news of the killing ofhis two sons and he said that we (all return) to God."This is what we have through al-Husayn b.Ali, peace be onthem," said Abu Salasil, the retainer (mawl؛) of Abd Allah.O son of an obscene (woman)," exclaimed Abd Allah b.Jafar, taking off his shoe (to strike him)."Are yousaying this of al- ,Husayn, peace be on him? If I hadbeen present with him, I would have preferred not toleave him and to be killed with him.By God, I would nothave withheld those two from him and I take consolationfromwhat befell them in that these two were struck downwith my brother and cousin, consoling him and enduringwith him.He went forward to those who were sitting with him and said:Praise be to God, Who has (made life hard for me) throughthe death of al-Husayn.For I did not console al-Husaynwith my own hands, my two sons consoled him.Umm Luqman, the daughter of Aqil b.Abi Talib, may God havemercy on them, came out crying when she heard the news of the deathof al-Husayn, peace be on him.With her were her sisters Umm Hani',Ramla and Zaynab, daughters of Aqil b.Abi Talib, may God havemercy on them.She wept for her (relatives) slain on the bank andshe recited:What would you say if the Prophet asked you: What haveyou, the last of the (religious) communities, doneWith my offspring and my family after my departure fromthem? They are prisoners and slain and have been stainedwith their own blood.What sort of reward is this for my advice to you, thatyou should oppose me by doing evil to my blood relations?On the night of the day upon which Amr b.Said had given the publicnotice of the killing of al Husayn b.Ali, peace be upon them, inMecona, in the middle of the night the Medians heard a voice callingout.They listened to the voice but they did not see any person.The voice called out:O men who ignorantly killed al Husayn; hear the news ofpunishment and chastisementAll the people of heaven, prophets, angels and slain,prosecute you.You have been cursed by the tongue of the son of David,and (that) of Moses and (that) of the master of theGospels.End of Part IXEnd of this SeriesReferences:The History of al TabariVolume XIX The Caliphate of Yazid b.MuawiyahTranslated by I.K.A HowardPaper back - ISBN 0-7914-0041-7Extra quotes are from:Kitab al IrshadShaykh al MufidTranslated by I.K.A HowardTahrike Tarsile QuranPaper back - ISBN 0-940368-11-0***************************************************************************