CONCLUSION: - The Role of Imams a.s. in the Revival of Religion (2) [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

CONCLUSION:

Reference to the primary sources of Islam necessitates
expertise where the vital ones amongst them consists of
the following:-

(a) Expertise in the recognition of the Arabic
language during the era of the revelation of the holy
Quran.

(b) Expertise in the knowledge of narrators of hadith.

(c) Expertise in «Ilme-Usul-e-Fiqh» (methodology of
Jurisprudence)

(d) Engaging in the above instances under the care of
jurists and experts of sciences - In other words, taking
a course in seminary lectures. Acquaintance with the
Arabic language for perceiving the following matters from
the Quran:

(i) Existence of a Creator and His «Tauheed»
(Monotheism)

(ii) Prophethood of the Prophets - from Adam to the
last of the Prophets and the incumbency of their
obedience.

(iii) Resurrection - Reward and punishment.

(iv) General acquaintance with the Islamic
commandments.

However, knowledge about the Divine Attributes, the
Attributes of the Prophets, description of the Day of
Judgement, creation of the heavens and the earth and
similarly the manner of acting upon the Islamic
commandments should be learnt from the Prophet through
the very primary sources (hadith and seerah) which in
these circumstances necessitates the possession of the
above-mentioned skills.

The most vital condition for reference to the Quran
and the primary Islamic sources is that one should not
possess a pre-planned opinion so as to establish an
evidence from the Quran and hadith for one's claim.
Otherwise it would amount to interpretation by opinion
and will invite the Divine Wrath.

Aside from what we mentioned before, we were and still
are entangled in other problems at the moment such as:
Amusing interpretation by opinion by those unacquainted
with the Arabic language; reference to the Quran and
interpretation by opinion by inexpert persons and the
silence of the learned scholars; the encouragement of
these inexperts by others and assassination of those who
wished to clarify these heresies. All these gave an
official status to this work so much so that deviated
groups like Furqan and Mujahideen-e-Khalq succeeded in
firstly acquainting the youths with the European-gifted
Islam and then interpreting the Quran by opinion and
later killing them in groups in the houses and killing
whomsoever they desired by the hands of these very
deceived ones.

On the other hand, it was the campaign by some of the
inexperts against these actions and the propagation and
print of unknown and superstitious writings accompanied
with exaggeration that afford an opportunity to those who
wanted to accuse the Shias of heresy.

Does there exist any remedy for these pains?

Verily, the remedy for all the pains related to the
Islamic societies lie in taking measures to act upon the
instructions of their Prophet who said:

[Arabic text]

In the future discussions, we shall by the Will and
Power of Allah, resort to the examination of the Holy
Prophet's traditions (S.A.W.A.) in this regard and then
stick to the main topic which is «the role of Imams in
the revival of religion.»

390- Sahih Tirmidhi (13/201) Osd-ul-Ghaba - In the
Biography of Imam Hassan (A.S.),

Durrul-Manthur of Suyuti in interpretation of the verse
[Arabic text] in sura Shura.

Similarly, in another tradition with the same contents in
Mustadrak as-Sahihain (3/109),

Khasa'es-Nesa'ee (Pg. 30), Musnad-Ahmad (3/17),
Tabaqaat-Ibne Sa'ad (2/2), Majmah

az-Zawa'ed (9/163) and Kanz-ul-Ummal (1/47, 48 & 49).

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