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Imamate (Leadership) in Shi‘i Islam
Imamate (Divinely Appointed Leadership) is a very high position, and it is only Allah who can decide who is qualified for it. And if the Prophet Muhammad (S) announced to the people that the Twelve Imams are the leaders, or that the Ahlul Bayt are the people that we must refer to, or in that Imam Ali is his successor, it was only because he was asked...
What is the meaning of 'Ihbat' ('nullification of action') and 'takfir' ('covering over one's sins') in Islamic terminology?
According to some verses of the Qur'an, there are some certain sins which if committe...
Event of Mubahalah
In the south of Arabia, there is a place called Najran. There lived the Christian tri...
Sermon 40 of Nahj al-Balagha: "Verdict is only that of Allah"
When Amir al-mu’minin heard the cry of Kharijites that “Verdict is only that of Allah...
Resorting to the divine saints (awliya’) for mediation (tawassul)
Tawassul means to resort to a sacred being for mediation with God and the issue of ta...
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