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Islam for Muslims / Re: Crush Cause: 300 Iranians Violated Rule-Hajj Stampede by LagosShia: 11:12pm On Sep 30, 2015
vedaxcool:


Sorry you Iran leader is irresponsible and in Obama words a politician not a spiritual leader, who uses rhetoric to fool people like you and lagoshia in achieving his political quest.

we have someone to "fool" us, and a number his type who also "fool" our likes. do you have "anyone" to guide you? may be Obama? tongue

should i remind you of this:
https://www.nairaland.com/981940/vedaxcool-please-answer-sunni-imam
Islam for Muslims / Re: Crush Cause: 300 Iranians Violated Rule-Hajj Stampede by LagosShia: 2:19pm On Sep 30, 2015
vedaxcool:
grin grin grin Since the thread has been successfully diverted; Lets ask ourselves what the horn Satan looks like


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZj0FZ_lkro
By the way, Shias say that visiting the grave of Hussain (RA) on the day of Arafah has more reward than going for Hajj. Note this
Hajj is mentioned in the Qur’an and is one of the pillars of Islam. But Shiaa want us to abandon it for Ziyarrah to Karbala
You will often see Shias boasts that the trek to Karbala and the gathering there 40 days after the death of Hussain is the largest gathering on earth. Compare that to Hajj and you will know these people have their own weird idea of what Islam is all about and what Muslims should do

your life is very sad and your ideology really fits your character.

you keep deceiving yourself. did the former PM of Iraq say Karbala should become "the Qibla", in the sense of replacing the Ka'ba? No!

if you know a bit of arabic you will understand what he said. what is the meaning of "qibla"? "qibla" means "direction, a destination you move towards". "qibla" is an arabic word that has a meaning, a literal meaning. when used literally, it doesnt mean Makkah or the holy Ka'bah. he said "Karbala should be a qibla for the Islamic world" and not "the qibla". he did not use the arabic article of "al", which is the equivalent of "the". he meant Karbala should be a destination for the Islamic world when things are improved. he then went on to mention "the Qibla" which we face in the five daily prayers (i.e. the Ka'bah/Makkah).

such deception is very filthy.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: . by LagosShia: 2:07pm On Sep 30, 2015
the pictures are real and not photoshop or doctored. however, the ones showing the bulldozers are not from this year's Hajj. they are from a previous year when stampede also happened. the picture of piling up bodies to the right of the screen is from this year's tragedy. as some already pointed out, there is an iron fence. bodies are piled up indeed like garbage. very sad to see this mishandling by the suadi authorities. this incident did not result from the area being small. it has been reported that exits were closed to allow movement of a saudi prince. this led pilgrims to use only one route. so those going in to perform the rite and those exiting after performing the rite used one route and thus created a clash.
Islam for Muslims / Re: Crush Cause: 300 Iranians Violated Rule-Hajj Stampede by LagosShia: 9:37pm On Sep 29, 2015
Demmzy15:


I never claimed he was, you could show me where.

It's clear you never read my posts, an act of dishonesty on your part. I state again:
"al-Khattaabee said: ‘the najd in the direction of the east, and for the one who is in Madeenah then his Najd would be the desert of Iraaq and it’s regions [baadiya al-Iraaq wa Nawaaheehaa] for this is to the east of the People of Madeenah. The basic meaning of Najd is that which is raised/elevated from the earth in contravention to al-Gawr for that is what is lower than it. Tihaamah [the coastal plain along the south-western and southern shores of the Arabian Peninsula] is entirely al-Gawr and Mecca is in Tihaamah.’"

I hope you see it now, don't ignore please!



So your interpretation and that of yours is "Haqq". Very typical among you guys, you use hadiths of Ahl Sunnah that supports you, but shout fabricated when against you. Even a Sahabah many of you have made takfir of, you still narrate hadiths from him just because they supposedly support you. That's not right!



What I quoted describing Najd is not an hadith per se but a commentary. They understand it more than you, in fact this isn't a matter of fabricated hadith. Every point I stated was clear and unambiguous!



The area of Iraaq and its environs was conquered by Umar Ibn Al Khattab(RadiAllahu Anha), then it was developed subsequently by the Governors in place.



Looks like you're taking this personal, you can if you want to!



OK!



Of course it does, I know what an argument as this leads to. It concerns him, moreover, scholars who have translated Najd to Iraaq did so many years before Ibn Abdulwahab(Rahimahullah).



OK, I agree with you on this.



OK grin



His name: Muhammad, His Nasab: ibn `Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulayman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rashid, His Kunya: Abu Abdullah, His Nisba: al- Tamimi. Najd understood by the Ulama is Iraaq, shikena!

so Iraq is the only "elevated" land relative to Medinah? tongue

and who says it must be to the east? and if it is to the east, is Iraq to the east of Medinah or to the north? and "najduna" is possessive; meaning "our najd". how does iraq becomes the possession of arabs in the times of the Prophet (s)?
Islam for Muslims / Re: Al-jazeera Is Not A Trusted Website by LagosShia: 7:19pm On Sep 29, 2015
Truthpallbearer:
The popular media outlet 'al Jazeera' employs
Mehdi Hasan as a TV presenter for their English
shows and he is also the author of many
articles published by al Jazeera and
theguardian. Once you come to know, what
Mehdi Hasan is all about, I hope you will stop
accepting al Jazeera as a reliable source for
news.
Shaykh Saalih al Fawzan (hafidhahullaah)
mentioned a narration about when the people
asked some of the Salaf: ‘Who is better Umar
ibn Abdul Azeez or Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan?
They responded by saying: 'The dust which
entered the nose of Muawiyah while he was
with the Messenger of Allah ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ
ﻭﺳﻠﻢ is better than Umar ibn Abdul Azeez.'
The dust only; this is because no one will equal
the Companions; ever."
Audio: https://phaven-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/
files/audio_part/asset/1110615/
q7ren4bv5dyg79wsQyzC0aigZTk/______________
.mp3
Mehdi Hasan (who's Oxford debate on Islaam
many of you wrongly circulate), yes, that same
Mehdi Hasan said about the Sahaba Muawiyah
Ibn Abi Sufyan ( ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ):
"The first bonafide Islamophobe was Muawiyah
ibn Abi Sufyan. The first Islamophobe media
was the media of Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan."
This despicable Shia Mehdi Hasan then goes on
to accuse Muawiyah (radi Allaahu anhu) of
fabricating lies about the Qur'aan and the
Sunnah!
Audio: https://app.box.com/s/44vslpwkrguhcucz
qkv0j7tvnso15uvt
Ibn Battah reported with an authentic chain of
narration, according to Minhaaj-us-Sunnah of
Ibn Taimiyyah, that Ibn 'Abbaas (radi Allaahu
anhu) said: "Do not revile the Companions of
Allaah's Messenger, for one hour spent with
Allaah's Messenger by one of them is better
than a good deed of one of you (done) for forty
years."
In the wording reported by Wakee', he says:
"...better than a good deed of one of you
(done) for his entire life."
Imaam Abu Zur’ah Ar-Raazi (rahimahullaah)
said:
"If you see a man seeking to belittle ONE of
the Companions of Allaah's Messenger (sal
Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), then know that he is
a heretic (zindeeq). This is because according to
us, the Messenger of Allaah is true and the
Qur'aan is true. And the only ones who brought
this Qur'aan and the Sunan (plural of Sunnah)
to us are the Companions of Allaah's
Messenger. They only wish to disparage and
demolish our witnesses so that they can nullify
the Book and the Sunnah, whereas they are
more deserving of being disparaged for they
are the heretics (zanaadiqah)."
Source: Al-Kifaayah of Al-Khateeb: page 97
Mehdi Hasan's speech should make the Sunni
angry for Allaah's sake because we should not
tolerate anyone belittling ANYONE from the
Companions of Allaah's Messenger (sal Allaahu
alayhi wa sallam) and the fact that al Jazeera
employs him and publishes his articles shows
their misguidance as well. Some ignorant
people say that the division between Sunnis
and Shias is based on "politics" and "wealth",
that is untrue! Rather, our differing and
disassociation from the Shia has always been
because of creed ('Aqidah).
Shaykh Saalih al Fawzan (hafidhahullaah) warns
us from taking anything from al Jazeera. So,
beware and protect your heart from doubts
and kindly do not promote al Jazeera.
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=bdKO5WWcxPk

how many Christians and non-Muslims who belie the propehthood of Prophet Muhammad (s) that work for al-jazeera? countless!!! this sheikh did not take note of that but only took note of the Shia journalist, who is world-class, working for al-jazeera; because of the accursed Muawiya. if Aljazeera is not a trusted source for news, it wont be because of Mehdi Hassan and the accursed Muawiyah Ibn Abi Sufyan. who killed Imam Hassan Ibn Ali (as)-the grandson of the Prophet (s)? who killed Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr (ra)? Who killed Malik al-Ashtar (ra)? who Hujr Ibn Adi al-Kindi (ra)? were these not all sahaba of the Prophet (s) the accursed Muawiyah (la) spilled their blood?

what did the Prophet (s) say about Muawiyah (la) according to the books of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jam'ah?

Narrated by 'Ikrima

That Ibn 'Abbas told him and 'Ali bin 'Abdullah to go to Abu Said and listen to some of his narrations; So they both went (and saw) Abu Said and his brother irrigating a garden belonging to them. When he saw them, he came up to them and sat down with his legs drawn up and wrapped in his garment and said, "(During the construction of the mosque of the Prophet) we carried the adobe of the mosque, one brick at a time while 'Ammar used to carry two at a time. The Prophet passed by 'Ammar and removed the dust off his head and said, "May Allah be merciful to 'Ammar. He will be killed by a rebellious aggressive group. 'Ammar will invite them to (obey) Allah and they will invite him to the (Hell) fire."
Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 67

Ammar Ibn Yassir (ra) was one of the greatest companions of the Prophet (s). Muawiya and his rebellious group killed Ammar Ibn Yassir (ra) in the Battle of Siffin. Muawiyah (la) waged war against Imam Ali (as), the agreed upon caliph and imam of the Muslims, in the battle of Siffin.

Quote:
Shaykh Saalih al Fawzan (hafidhahullaah) mentioned a narration about when the people asked some of the Salaf: ‘Who is better Umar ibn Abdul Azeez or Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan? They responded by saying: 'The dust which entered the nose of Muawiyah while he was with the Messenger of Allah ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ is better than Umar ibn Abdul Azeez.' The dust only; this is because no one will equal the Companions; (end of quote)

Reply:

going by that silly narration al-fawzan mentioned from a silly salaf of his, and going by the narration's illogic, then Abu Lahab, and Abu Jahl are "good" and "honorable" men because they did not only breath in the presence of the Prophet (s), but they were his uncles. and we are ware that Abu Lahab is eternally cursed in the Holy Quran in Suratul Lahab.

on another note, Muawiyah was the son of Abu Sufyan (the arch-enemy of the Prophet). Muawiyah was the son of Hind. Hind is the eater of Hamza's liver, after Hamza-the Prophet Muhammad's (s) righteous uncle- was martyred in the Battle of Uhud. Muawiyah handed over the caliphate to his un-Islamic son , Yazeed. Yazeed was a drunkard and a perverted, obscene and cruel ruler. his rule led to the tragedy of Kabrala and the beheading of Imam Hussain Ibn Ali (as)-the Prophet Muhammad's grandson-and the members of the Prophet's (s) Ahlul-Bayt (as).

however to the Wahhabis, who even differ with mainstream Sunnis on the infamous personalities of Muawiyah and his son Yazeed, they regard Muawiyah and his son highly. thus you see the narration above about the comparison of Umar Ibn Abdul-Aziz and Muawiya. Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz is regarded as the best and most just ruler/caliph from the Banu Umayyah dynasty, who turned the caliphate into a monarchy. therefore, the Wahhabis follow the legacy of Banu Umayyah.they have abused Islam to give the holy land to a monarchy. it is the same legacy. I don't need much to stress the love of the Wahhabis for Muawiyah and Yazeed. see the below video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98bK3V7JNfY


Saudi Wahhabis Name School In Honor Of Yazeed:

https://www.nairaland.com/868603/saudi-wahhabis-name-school-honor


THE MAINSTREAM SUNNI VIEW ON MUAWIYAH CONTRARY TO THE WAHHABI VIEW:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srGols1BgEo
Islam for Muslims / Re: ‘iranian Film On Prophet Un-islamic’ by LagosShia: 3:32pm On Sep 07, 2015
vedaxcool:


Everyone can always bank you to be dishonest, how do blind people know about the world? or being blind now means one is totally locked off from information? The real bone of contention is the depiction of the Prophet pbuh in the film.

Have you watched the film? Obviously no. You are spreading hearsay or rather rumor.

The Prophet (sa) was not depicted. In some parts, his back was "shown"; no facial expression or depiction or role play.

Going by the sectarian and political divide in the middle east, it is not surprising that the Wahhabi mufti of al-Saud would be of this view. It is political in other words, and this was affirmed by a Sunni Saudi writer. It is just not good for Shia Iran to be praised for contributing something good to Islam in the sight of Wahhabis. They must find something wrong.

The essence of the film is to portray the image of Islam and the holy Prophet that Wahhabism has tarnished in good light and bringing out the reality of the holy Prophet (as) as mercy unto mankind.

Let us even go a bit further. On what basis is it haram to depict prophets in Islam? Just because your scholars are of that opinion? What is the basis in the Qur'an and the sunnah? I believe none.I stand to be corrected.
Islam for Muslims / Re: ‘iranian Film On Prophet Un-islamic’ by LagosShia: 10:58pm On Sep 06, 2015


how can a blind man who has not and cannot view a film be qualified to pass fatwa and declare it un-Islamic?

it is either the judgment is not his own or he is deceiving his followers, or he has a motive for his fatwa to prevent his fans from viewing the film out of jealousy and hatred.

Holy Quran 22:46
"So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts".

Holy Quran 17:72
"And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way".
Politics / Re: Former Lagos Governor Fashola In Mecca (Photo) by LagosShia: 10:40pm On Jul 13, 2015
Hajj-Pilgrimage To Makkah (aka Bacca in the Quran) Psalm 84:4-7
"Blessed are those who dwell in your house;they are ever praising you.Selah Blessed are those whose strength is in you,who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.As they pass through the Valley of Baca,they make it a place of springs;the autumn rains also cover it with pools.They go from strength to strength,till each appears before God in Zion.Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty;listen to me, O God of Jacob.Selah Look upon our shield,c O God;look with favor on your anointed one.Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere;I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the Lord God is a sun and shield;the Lord bestows favor and honor;no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. Lord Almighty,blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Pilgrimage of Ezekiel to Mecca:
http://www.answering-christianity.com/ezekiel_pilgrimage.htm


Makkah in the Bible (below in quotes from the thread whose link appear right under here):
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-804239.64.html#msg9633958


talking about archaeolohy and what the Quran mentions specifically about Abraham and the Ka'bah in particular,let me first bring to your notice that in your very own bible Hagar,the mother of Ishamel,who we believe along with his father Abraham rebuilt the ka'ba and placed the black stone is mentioned to have being in arabia.

Galatians 4:25
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
(note that the above verse cannot be taken figuratively as the christian would speculate because Hagar is not from arabia but from egypt).so if really Hagar (as) was in arabia,why do you find it hard to believe Abraham stepped foot in Makkah?

here is even more explicit verse regarding the "wilderness of Paran" which is Arabia:

Genesis 21:20-21 (KJV) “And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”

and you can read here for archaelogical finding that mount sinai is actually in saudi arabia (note that the israelites according to the bible are said to have roamed the desert for years.that could only be in arabia):

http://www.arkdiscovery.com/mt__sinai_found.htm
http://antipas.net/15faq.htm


read about Paran (Faran in arabic):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_of_Paran

Numbers 10:12
Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.

In Surah 3:96, Makkah (refered to as Mecca) is given the name Bakkah:
Verily, the first House (of worship) appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah (Makkah), full of blessing, and a guidance for Al-`Alamin (the mankind and jinns).

The Bible, in Psalm 84:5,6, mentions the valley of Baca:
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs: the autumn rains also cover it with pools. (NIV)

furthermore we read about Paran (arabia) in the bible:

Numbers 10:12 (KJV) “And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.”

Numbers 13:1-3 (KJV)
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.”


Habakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.
(we know that the first revelation that descended upon Muhammad (sa) was in a cave called hira in a mountain known as Jabal an-Nur in Makkah).

Pilgrimage of Prophet Ezekiel (mentioned in the bible) to Makkah:
http://www.answering-christianity.com/ezekiel_pilgrimage.htm
Politics / Re: Former Lagos Governor Fashola In Mecca (Photo) by LagosShia: 10:00pm On Jul 13, 2015
chuose:
My muslim Nigerians, God does not like a man bowing to a statue or stone.
This cannot be God





This idol worship or better put stone worship



what you call "idol worship" is biblical.we are following the examples in the bible of "stone worship" by the holy men of Jehovah!

Genesis 28:18
The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.

Genesis 35:14
Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.

Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Jonah 2: 4-7
“Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet ‘I will look again’ toward thy holy temple…When my soul fainted within me I remembered Yahweh; and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.”

2 Chronicles 6:18-21
18 “But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! 19 Yet, LORD my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. 20 May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 21 Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

1 Kings 8:27-29
27 “But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! 28 Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. 29 May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.
Islam for Muslims / Re: The Deen Show: What's The Difference Between Shia And Sunni? Karim Abuzaid by LagosShia: 1:06pm On Mar 24, 2015
Justfollowit:

He chose them to deliver messages to mankind. The last time I checked the prophet was the LAST messenger. Stop trying to twist it to what it isn't

this is your statement:

"The knowledge of Islam has nothing to with blood relations. It is based on who the cap fits"

before we continue this discussion, you have to admit first that your initial claim was wrong, and that as evidenced by the verses of the Quran, Allah did choose members from the same families and his chosen are descendants one from another. therefore you can see that Allah has granted knowledge to individuals from the same lineage (blood relations) one after the other. this is further exemplified regarding the high status and sinless state of the very family members (who were chosen/purified by Allah) of the Prophet Muhammad (sa) in this verse:

"Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification." (33:33).

when you admit you're wrong, then we can go to the issue of what position did the 12 holy Imams of the Ahlul-Bayt (as) hold since the Prophet Muhammad (sa) was the final messenger and prophet, what was their mission after the Prophet (sa) and is the family of Ibrahim (as) of higher status than the family of Muhammad (sa)? who is higher in the rank of prophet-hood, Muhammad (sa) or Ibrahim (as)? step by step. you claimed rationality, so let us be rational, or else forget it.
Islam for Muslims / Re: The Deen Show: What's The Difference Between Shia And Sunni? Karim Abuzaid by LagosShia: 12:22pm On Mar 24, 2015

Prophet Muhammad (saww) gives blessings even after death


It is written in Kanzul Fawaid by Karajaki that once Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (asws) was eating food with Abu Hanifa and after finisning, Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (asws) expressed gratitude like this:

“I thank Allah (azwj) who is the Sustainer of All Worlds, O Allah (azwj) this was a blessing from You (azwj) as well as from Your Prophet (saww).”

Upon hearing this Abu Hanifa said: “O Abu AbdAllah (asws)! You have include ‘someone else’ along with Allah (azwj).”

Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (asws) replied: “Be Careful! Allah (azwj) Says in His Book(9:59):

“If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger had gave them, and had said, "Sufficient unto us is Allah! Allah and His Messenger will soon give us out of their Kindness"

And at another place Allah (azwj) Says (9:74):

“……And they only stayed in opposition because Allah and His Messenger enriched them out of His grace….."

After listening to these Verses from Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (asws), Abu Hanifa said: “By Allah (azwj)! It seems I have never read or heard someone reciting these Verses of the holy Quran before.”

Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (asws) said: “No, its not like this! You have not only heard these Verses before but also have read them. However, Allah (azwj) Says for you and people like you(47:24):

“Will they then not meditate on the Qur'an, or are there locks on the hearts?”

and Says (83:14):

“Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.

http://www.marefateahlebait.com/know-the-ahlul-bait/can-imam-s-as-create-give-sustenance
Islam for Muslims / Re: The Deen Show: What's The Difference Between Shia And Sunni? Karim Abuzaid by LagosShia: 12:18pm On Mar 24, 2015
Justfollowit:

There is something called rationality which most Shites lack, no offence please
The knowledge of Islam has nothing to with blood relations. It is based on who the cap fits
The cap fitted Abu Bakr becuase he was chosen by the multitudes and he was the closesst companion to the prophet
How any one would wake up and insult and disregard the prophet's companions is beyond me despite all they had sacrificed together
Therefore this is not about the Hadith or the Quran
It is about common sense

you are an example of a modern day Abu Hanifa. you read the Quran, but you do not understand its meanings. I'm referring to Abu Hanifa because of a particular incident I will post in my subsequent post. regarding your so called "blood relations", haven't you read these verses:

"Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of 'Imran over the worlds -
Descendants, one of them from another. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing." (Holy Quran 3:33-34)
Islam for Muslims / Re: Ayatollah Khamanei Writes Open Letter To The Youth Of Western Nations On Islam by LagosShia: 7:42pm On Jan 22, 2015
22 January 2015 Last updated at 13:42 GMT

BBC

Ayatollah Khamenei writes letter to Western youth

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged young people in Europe and the US to read the Koran for themselves

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has written an open letter to young people in the West urging them to examine Islam first hand rather than believe prejudiced views.

The letter encourages them to read the Koran for themselves and appeals for "impartial judgment".

Ayatollah Khamenei said that there had been a flood of misinformation about Islam in the West.

He added that he was prompted to write the letter by recent events in France.

A series of attacks in Paris by Islamist militants killed 17 people earlier this month.

In a statement published on his website, Ayatollah Khamenei said he was writing to young people in Europe and North America because they were the future of their nations.

Policy of fear

He asked them to gain a "proper, correct and unbiased understanding of Islam" and to form their own opinions of the religion.

He also called for people to question why the "old policy" of spreading fear and hatred has targeted Islam with such intensity.

"Many attempts have been made over the past two decades, almost since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, to place this great religion in the seat of a horrifying enemy," he said.

"Don't allow them to hypocritically introduce their own recruited terrorists as representatives of Islam."

Ayatollah Khamenei also tweeted excerpts from the letter on Wednesday using the hashtag #Letter4U.

He urged young people to find out about Islam from primary sources. "At least, know what they are frightening you about!" he said in a tweet.

Europe remains on high alert after the deadly attacks in Paris on 7 January 2015.

Iran denounced the shooting at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo but has also condemned as "provocative" its publication last week of a new cartoon of the Prophet Muhammed.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30931363
Islam for Muslims / Re: Ayatollah Khamanei Writes Open Letter To The Youth Of Western Nations On Islam by LagosShia: 7:40pm On Jan 22, 2015
To the Youth in Europe and North America

21/01/2015

Message of ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of The Islamic Republic of Iran

In the name of God, the Beneficent the Merciful

To the Youth in Europe and North America,

The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them. I am addressing you, [the youth], not because I overlook your parents, rather it is because the future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts.

I don’t address your politicians and statesmen either in this writing because I believe that they have consciously separated the route of politics from the path of righteousness and truth.

I would like to talk to you about Islam, particularly the image that is presented to you as Islam. Many attempts have been made over the past two decades, almost since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, to place this great religion in the seat of a horrifying enemy. The provocation of a feeling of horror and hatred and its utilization has unfortunately a long record in the political history of the West.

Here, I don’t want to deal with the different phobias with which the Western nations have thus far been indoctrinated. A cursory review of recent critical studies of history would bring home to you the fact that the Western governments’ insincere and hypocritical treatment of other nations and cultures has been censured in new historiographies.

The histories of the United States and Europe are ashamed of slavery, embarrassed by the colonial period and chagrined at the oppression of people of color and non-Christians. Your researchers and historians are deeply ashamed of the bloodsheds wrought in the name of religion between the Catholics and Protestants or in the name of nationality and ethnicity during the First and Second World Wars. This approach is admirable.

By mentioning a fraction of this long list, I don’t want to reproach history; rather I would like you to ask your intellectuals as to why the public conscience in the West awakens and comes to its senses after a delay of several decades or centuries. Why should the revision of collective conscience apply to the distant past and not to the current problems? Why is it that attempts are made to prevent public awareness regarding an important issue such as the treatment of Islamic culture and thought?

You know well that humiliation and spreading hatred and illusionary fear of the “other” have been the common base of all those oppressive profiteers. Now, I would like you to ask yourself why the old policy of spreading “phobia” and hatred has targeted Islam and Muslims with an unprecedented intensity. Why does the power structure in the world want Islamic thought to be marginalized and remain latent? What concepts and values in Islam disturb the programs of the super powers and what interests are safeguarded in the shadow of distorting the image of Islam? Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam.

My second request is that in reaction to the flood of prejudgments and disinformation campaigns, try to gain a direct and firsthand knowledge of this religion. The right logic requires that you understand the nature and essence of what they are frightening you about and want you to keep away from.

I don’t insist that you accept my reading or any other reading of Islam. What I want to say is: Don’t allow this dynamic and effective reality in today’s world to be introduced to you through resentments and prejudices. Don’t allow them to hypocritically introduce their own recruited terrorists as representatives of Islam.

Receive knowledge of Islam from its primary and original sources. Gain information about Islam through the Qur’an and the life of its great Prophet. I would like to ask you whether you have directly read the Qur’an of the Muslims. Have you studied the teachings of the Prophet of Islam and his humane, ethical doctrines? Have you ever received the message of Islam from any sources other than the media?

Have you ever asked yourself how and on the basis of which values has Islam established the greatest scientific and intellectual civilization of the world and raised the most distinguished scientists and intellectuals throughout several centuries?

I would like you not to allow the derogatory and offensive image-buildings to create an emotional gulf between you and the reality, taking away the possibility of an impartial judgment from you. Today, the communication media have removed the geographical borders. Hence, don’t allow them to besiege you within fabricated and mental borders.

Although no one can individually fill the created gaps, each one of you can construct a bridge of thought and fairness over the gaps to illuminate yourself and your surrounding environment. While this preplanned challenge between Islam and you, the youth, is undesirable, it can raise new questions in your curious and inquiring minds. Attempts to find answers to these questions will provide you with an appropriate opportunity to discover new truths.

Therefore, don’t miss the opportunity to gain proper, correct and unbiased understanding of Islam so that hopefully, due to your sense of responsibility toward the truth, future generations would write the history of this current interaction between Islam and the West with a clearer conscience and lesser resentment.

Seyyed Ali Khamenei
21st Jan. 2015

Published At 18:57 Z

http://english.khamenei.ir/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2001
Islam for Muslims / Ayatollah Khamanei Writes Open Letter To The Youth Of Western Nations On Islam by LagosShia: 7:31pm On Jan 22, 2015
Iran's Supreme Leader pens open letter to the young people of the West

By Nick Thompson, CNN

Updated 1453 GMT (2253 HKT) January 22, 2015

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has asked young people in the West to ignore media portrayals of Islam.


(CNN)—Iran's Supreme Leader has written a letter in English asking Western youths not to judge Islam based on the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks, in a message published on the cleric's website and Twitter account.

In the post, titled "To the Youth in Europe and North America," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls on young people to seek out their own understanding of Islam, and he criticizes the media's portrayal of Muslims following the massacre of 16 people at the French satirical magazine and at a kosher supermarket in Paris this month.

"The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them," Khamenei's letter reads. "I am addressing you, [the youth], not because I overlook your parents, rather it is because the future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts."

The Paris attacks, which have provoked a wave of anti-Islam protests in the West, were retribution for Charlie Hebdo's lampooning of Islam over the years. The magazine's first issue after the attack, which features a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed on its cover, has sparked demonstrations across the Muslim world.

But the leader of Iran, where chants of "Death to America" have been a familiar refrain at Friday prayers and parliamentary sessions since the Islamic republic's founding in 1979, strikes a more conciliatory tone in his message to young people in the West.

"I don't insist that you accept my reading or any other reading of Islam," his letter reads. "What I want to say is: Don't allow this dynamic and effective reality in today's world to be introduced to you through resentments and prejudices. Don't allow them to hypocritically introduce their own recruited terrorists as representatives of Islam."


(CNN)—Iran's Supreme Leader has written a letter in English asking Western youths not to judge Islam based on the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks, in a message published on the cleric's website and Twitter account.

In the post, titled "To the Youth in Europe and North America," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls on young people to seek out their own understanding of Islam, and he criticizes the media's portrayal of Muslims following the massacre of 16 people at the French satirical magazine and at a kosher supermarket in Paris this month.

"The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them," Khamenei's letter reads. "I am addressing you, [the youth], not because I overlook your parents, rather it is because the future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts."

The Paris attacks, which have provoked a wave of anti-Islam protests in the West, were retribution for Charlie Hebdo's lampooning of Islam over the years. The magazine's first issue after the attack, which features a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed on its cover, has sparked demonstrations across the Muslim world.

But the leader of Iran, where chants of "Death to America" have been a familiar refrain at Friday prayers and parliamentary sessions since the Islamic republic's founding in 1979, strikes a more conciliatory tone in his message to young people in the West.

"I don't insist that you accept my reading or any other reading of Islam," his letter reads. "What I want to say is: Don't allow this dynamic and effective reality in today's world to be introduced to you through resentments and prejudices. Don't allow them to hypocritically introduce their own recruited terrorists as representatives of Islam."

Khamenei also riffs on Western history, explaining that the United States and Europe have a long tradition of oppressing people of "color and non-Christians."

He describes his admiration for chastened Western historians who are, in his words, "deeply ashamed of the bloodsheds wrought in the name of religion between the Catholics and Protestants or in the name of nationality and ethnicity during the First and Second World Wars."

Khamenei calls on readers to ignore media portrayals of Islam: "Receive knowledge of Islam from its primary and original sources. Gain information about Islam through the Qur'an and the life of its great Prophet," he writes.

"Why does the power structure in the world want Islamic thought to be marginalized and remain latent?" Khamenei asks readers to ask themselves, then: "I would like you not to allow the derogatory and offensive image-buildings to create an emotional gulf between you and the reality."

The Supreme Leader finishes with a hopeful message that "future generations would write the history of this current interaction between Islam and the West with a clearer conscience and lesser resentment."

Khamenei's letter comes at a time of thawing relations between Iran and the U.S., as the two longtime adversaries try to hammer out a deal on the future of Iran's nuclear program.

Barack Obama even sent a letter to Khamenei in October, pointing out that they share a common enemy in ISIS, the Sunni Islamist terror group that has seized huge chunks of Syria and Iraq.

But diplomatic progress has not stopped the Ayatollah from bashing the West on social media in recent months. He called the U.S. the "enemy" on Twitter two weeks ago in a tweet about nuclear talks, and in August he blasted the treatment of African-Americans in a tweet about the protests after the police killing of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri.

And in November, Khamenei tweeted a nine-point explanation of why Israel should be "annihilated" -- a comment that infuriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who urged Western powers to pull out of nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Khamenei's letter in full can be read here.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/22/middleeast/iran-ayatollah-letter/
Islam for Muslims / Documentary: Sunnis In Iran (how Sunni Muslims Live In A Shiite Muslim Country?) by LagosShia: 10:17am On Dec 22, 2014
Islam for Muslims / Re: Mecca Under Threat: Outrage At Plan To Destroy The ‘birthplace’ Of The Prophet by LagosShia: 10:23am On Nov 17, 2014
since our beloved tbaba have a problem with the Independent newspaper, in the subsequent posts are three articles from Time, New York Times, and The American Muslim (TAM)-a most likely Sunni organization- all reporting on the destruction of Makkah by the Wahhabi al-Saud family.
Islam for Muslims / Re: Religious Authority, Sistani Condemns Cursing Prophet Mohammed’s Companions by LagosShia: 9:45am On Nov 17, 2014
Abuamam:

That is how you give out little nuggets of your real beliefs from behind the mask of taqoyyah. Who mentioned 'only 3'?

you keep making baseless claims, and throwing words you cannot back up. you then expect us to "chase" you, and clarify. for how long would we continue clarifying ignorance because you have chosen it as a way? you are what the Holy Qur'an describes in the below:

Holy Quran 7:176
"And if We had willed, we could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought."


@albaqir.
Go on twisting words that only the ignorant will accept. Your sect share that attribute along with the religion of your originator; Abdullah ib Saba', the Paul of Islam. Don't bother denying his existence the way you did before.

read about Sayf ibn Umar al-Usayyidi al-Tamimi, and you will know how the myth of Ibn Saba was concocted. you can even review a past thread on nairaland:
https://www.nairaland.com/1107764/story-sunni-imam-shia-ayatollah/4#13246368

and for your info, the "Paul of Islam" is none other than Abu Hureira, the storyteller who has the most hadiths in your "Sahih Bukhari" and "Sahih Muslim".

Abu Hurairah or Paul?
http://www.al-islam.org/shiite-encyclopedia-ahlul-bayt-dilp-team/abu-hurairah-or-paul


Ziyarat ashura curses entire families not a few selected sahaba. Even if your dubious interpretation is true, of the ahadith of members of the ummah turning back after the death of the prophet (saw), who are your maraji' to be naming those sahaba, many of whom were present at the bay'a of Hudaibiyyah; and whom Allah Himself stated that He was pleased with them (ra); but your maraji' are not? Who are they to undermine the reputation of his most beloved wife (ra) and the most beloved person to him, by asserting what Allah himself refuted in the Qur'an? Who are your maraji' to assert the hypocrisy of the righteous khulafa'; who they curse and call names in their du'a (which I cannot post here) and who all are mentioned in numerous hadith extolling their faith, many narrated by Ali ibn abi Talib, who followed the Sunnah and who married into the sunnis, and married from them; and whose children and children's children were named after them. (incidentally, none of Ali bin abi Talib's progeny who the rafidhis claim to follow, married into their sect. Shows how much they disliked their own "shi'a" ).
When I posted the evidence, you did not refute it. When they took it down, the floodgates of nonsense opened. You claim only 'some' rafidhi maraji' extremists subscribe to cursing, yet they practice freely in Iran and other rafidhi enclaves and are given government grants and 'khumus' and wear black and white tyres on their heads. At least Sunni extremists are identified and condemned, not given lecture time on sunni national tv like the Yasir you are denying.
BTW, if I am 'programmed' to believe that every word the rafidhis utter is taqiyyah, who programmed me? Go read aesop's fable about the lying shepherd boy and the wolf. Maybe you will understand why a liar is never believed.

you have just uttered trash.

i wont go into details because it would be futile. it is not our maraji who cursed and condemned those sahabis who went astray and turned back on their heels. it is first and foremost the Quran that labeled some as "hypocrites" in the very lifetime of the Prophet (sa), and afterward it is the holy Imams of the Prophet's Ahlul-Bayt (as). further, go into Sunni hadiths, you will find the hadiths about the incident of Aqabah and the 12 hypocrites who planned to assassinate the Prophet (sa). that is 12 hypocrites the Prophet (sa) disclosed their names, and they knew themselves and confessed to their evils in Sunni hadiths. and among these 12 are sahabis that Sunnis idolize.

we do not assert she committed zina (adultery) because the Quran absolves her. however, she committed what is worse than zina: mass killings in the Battle of Jamal and disobeying the Prophet (sa) on several occasions to the extent that the Holy Quran in Surat Tahreem testifies of her kufr!

who were those "Sunnis" that Imam Ali (as) married? this is new! grin

look at how many of our scholars wear black turbans (of course what you referred to as "black tyres" in utter rudeness following the footsteps of your predecessor who questioned the Prophet's truthfulness in Hudaibiyyah) to signify their descent from the holy Prophet (sa), and carry the title of "sayyid" instead of wearing a white turban (white tyre, we are proud of the "tyres" our ulama wear) by those who carry the title of "sheikh".

no, Sunnis who pass takfir, i.e. the Wahhabis/Salafists, are not condemned for their takfiri ideology. just recently, after the terrorist shooting in Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia, on Ashura that killed about 10 Saudi Shias (mostly children), the saudi interior minister shut down a tv channel (al-wisal) that had called for the killing of Shias. just a day after, the interior minister, abdul-aziz khoja, was forced to resign and the tv channel resumed broadcasting hate. your terror acts and attitude have given islam and muslims a bad image. dont try to play nice. you are not. your beliefs by terror takfiri pseudo-scholars like ibn taymiyyah and ibn abdul-wahab have caused Islam and Muslims their image in the world. every terror group that goes about bombing churches and mosques, and killing innocent civilians for holding different religious beliefs, has its takfiri ideology in wahhabism/salafism. i am not talking about mere takfirism which every religion holds against the other. i am talking about killing in the name of takfirism, or takfiri killings.

and for the millionth time, Imam Ali (as) didnt name his children to honor tyrants. those names were "kunya" (nicknames) given, and in fact not real names (e.g. abu bakr). for a name like Usman, one of the sahaba of the Prophet (sa) was Usman Ibn Hunaif (as), a pioneer Shia of Imam Ali (as). he did not give bay'ah (allegiance) to Abu Bakr after the coup at Saqifah Banu Saeda. Usthman Ibn Hunaif (RA) was a loyal disciple of Imam Ali (as) along notable sahabis of the Prophet (sa) like Salman, Bilal, al-Miqdad, Ammar and Abu Dhar (RA).

and finally, please stop disgracing your religion (Islam) that you claim. Taqiyyah is in the Quran. it is an Islamic belief supported in the Quran. the Shia practice taqiyyah under two conditions: 1.) when life is in danger 2.) when our property are at risk. there are conditions for taqiyyah, just as there are rules for mut'ah. but you senseless ones you associate taqiyyah with lying, just as you associate mut'ah marriage with illicit sex. yet, you will admit that mut'ah was practiced in the very days of the Prophet (sa), allowed by the Prophet (sa), and only later on forbidden. so the Prophet (sa) allowed "zina" and later forbade it? that is what your people claim when they talk down on mut'ah. please go and learn. go to school. foolish man.
Islam for Muslims / Re: Religious Authority, Sistani Condemns Cursing Prophet Mohammed’s Companions by LagosShia: 11:16pm On Nov 16, 2014
Abuamam:
I dont have interest in reading your rantings.
Twist yourself into knots all you like. I have enough 'hadith' or whatever you call your stories, that tell us EXACTLY how many companions your maraji' say remained as muslims while the others became unbelievers. And if that is not an insult, I dont know what is.
I could upload videos of a number of your maraji' using unprintable language against the mothers of the believers, especially the most beloved of the prophet (saw) on live TV.
Your maraji' penchant for taqiyyah is legendary. So forgive me for taking Sistani's fatwa with a pinch if salt... and your tales too.

no need for drama.no one is seeking your approval or belief.

there is a list on wikipedia of the sahaba who refused to give ba'yah (allegiance) to abu bakr after the infamous coup at Saqifa Banu Saeda, and these are not considered "apostates" by the Shia. the list is long. they were not only "three" who remained loyal to the Ahlul-Bayt (as). they were many, and they stood by the prophetic tradition of Ghadir Khumm.

you can find the list here:

"List of Sahabah that did not give Bay'ah to Abu Bakr"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sahabah_that_did_not_give_Bay'ah_to_Abu_Bakr
Islam for Muslims / Re: On The Sahaba Again: A Reminder May Benefit The Believers.... by LagosShia: 11:10pm On Nov 16, 2014
TheLight001:
So in essence, you accept that the shi'a do send la'an to Abu Bakr As-Sadiq (RA), Umar Ibn Khattab (RA), Usthman (RA) , and Muawiya (RA)?

yes, we do. in Ziyarat Ashura, the "first zalim (oppressor) who oppressed the rights of Al-Muhammad" refers to Abu Bakr, the "second" refers to Umar, and the "third" to Usthman. then Muawiya, Yazeed, and al-Abi Sufyan (the family of abi sufyan) and banu umayyah are stated explicitly. dua sanamay quraysh (supplication against the two idols of quraysh) refers to the two perpetrators of Saqifah Banu Saeeda, i.e. Abu bakr and Umar. there is no taqiyyah in this as some lunatics want to dramatize. it is our beliefs, and we have been killed and oppressed and persecuted because we hold certain beliefs others cannot tolerate. other than that, we do not insult anyone. la'nat is a divine sunnah as already explained. our position on some sahabis and our opposition to them is way more respectable than the slander in Sunni books against other sahabis like Mukhtar Ibn Ubaydullah al-Thaqafi (RA), Hujr Ibn Adi (RA) and Malik Ibn Nuweira (RA) whom the Shia honor and hold in high esteem for their steadfastness and loyalty in the cause of the Ahlul-Bayt (as)..
Islam for Muslims / On The Sahaba Again: A Reminder May Benefit The Believers.... by LagosShia: 5:33pm On Nov 16, 2014
Abuamam:
What Rafidhi maraji' say in public is always suspect as their use of taqiyyah is notorious.
I did provide the evidence for their core beliefs regarding the abuse of the Sahaba in their 'ziyarat ashura' and their "authentic" hadith attributed to their infallible imams, but my post was deleted.
If alSistani is not being taqiyyaful and he means what he says this time (highly doubtful), then he should tell us who those curses in ziyarat ashura and dozens of their ahadith refer to?
If I repost them, they will probably be taken down again.

LagosShia:


do not think you will score points by giving yourself too much importance? dont blow your head. you have not reinvented the wheel. what you have done here is to expose your ignorance, prejudice, bias, misinformation and lack of knowledge. and i will show you and explain how so you can learn a few things and open up!!!

the Shia stance on the Sahaba, regardless of your definition of "insult" and "curse", is to treat each sahabi as an individual with distinct characteristics, actions and personality. the sahaba were not a homogeneous group. they are the good, the bad and the ugly. they differed on many issues amongst themselves, and they even killed each other. do you know that? if your position as a Sunni is to turn a blind eye and say God will judge, then we Shia do know God will judge. however, "God will judge" doesnt justify turning a blind eye on our past, and then conveying nice titles on ALL sahabas that their actions belie and aim to rewrite their past.

that aside, you citing Ziyarat Ashura, and telling us about its content regarding a FEW sahabas doesnt justify your generalization that the Shia "curse" or "insult" THE SAHABA. the arabic word SAHABA (companions) is a compound noun. SAHABA is a GROUP of people. you cant judge them all as good and pious regardless of their past. Abu Bakr, Umar, Usthman, and Muawiya who are target in Ziyarat Ashura do not make up ALL the sahaba. they are just four out of the thousands of Sahaba. like i have stated millions of times, when you as a Sunni want to talk down on the Shia view or attitude towards these (four) sahabas and the likes that Sunnis hold in high esteem while the Shia do not, please use the word "SOME". say you do not like the view of the Shia about SOME sahabis. there are many sahabis who the Shia honor.

the question is are there sahabis that the Sunnis hold contempt for,as the Shia also hold contempt for some other? the answer is YES. Sunnis do not like Mukhtar Ibn Ubaydullah al-Thaqafi (RA), Malik Ibn Nuweira (RA) and Hujr Ibn Adi al-Kindi (RA) among a few others who were very loyal to the Ahlul-Bayt (as). Sunnis, as your hadiths and historical writings show, and even present day works show, you have problem with these three companions in particular, and you defame their character unjustifiably just to cover up for other infamous sahabis who victimized these three. on the other hand, the Shia highly honor these three. so does that give me the right as a Shia to accuse Sunnis of generally hating or insulting or cursing the sahabas because of these three men who were also sahabi (companions of the Prophet)? your accusation that the Shia "insult the sahabas" is a generalized lie,and one based on an attempt to mislead the unsuspecting and dishonestly portray others. what we need to do as Shias is to highlight the slander you have in your books against those three honorable sahabis of the Prophet (sa) that we as Shias love, honor, and respect. we need to expose the sahabis that you Sunnis slander and disrespect and hold you responsible as you want to defame us and tarnish our reputation because of mainly four infamous sahabis that you honor.

furthermore, what is the definition of "insult" and "curse"? insult undoubtedly is forbidden in Islam even against unbelievers. that is exactly what our scholars have forbidden, and stopped the Shia from doing against some infamous sahabis. insult is haram. there is no taqiyyah in this; because there are some Shias who want to vent their dislike for the infamous men based on their ill-actions against the Ahlul-Bayt (as). our scholars dont tolerate insults because it is haram regardless who is the target.

when it comes to the concept of "curse", it is a different issue. the arabic word "la'nat" is what is often unduly translated as "curse". "la'nat" is not well understood when you translate it as "curse". in the Holy Quran, there are instances Allah (swt), the angels and the prophets (as) sent "la'nat" on the disbelievers and transgressors who oppressed the believers. therefore sending la'nat on evildoers is a divine and Quranic sunnah. sending la'nat is meant to seek Allah's (swt) pleasure against wrongdoings and to disassociate oneself from evildoers and their evil deeds. it is not insult, but more or less, telling Allah (swt) that by you sending la'nat on someone evil, you disapprove of their actions. you are reaching out to Allah (swt) to state that you do not approve of their evils and you dont want their fate to be your own fate, and therefore Allah's (swt) mercy should be lifted from them because you do not approve of them, and do not sympathize with them, and Allah (swt) should judge them as He pleases and pass justice. it is an act know in the Holy Quran as TABARRA (to disassociate from evil people and show disapproval). (note that Surat at-Tawba, the ninth chapter of the Holy Quran, is also known as Surat al-Bara'ah, or the verse of doing Tabarra/Bara'ah). the opposite is TAWALLA (to love, honor, respect and obey pious people). Tabarra and Tawalla are fundamental beliefs for the Shia, just as salat (the five daily prayers) and sawm (fasting in the month of Ramadan) are. Tabarra and Tawalla are fruits of what the Quran teaches us about "amr bil ma'roof wa nahi anil munkar" (i.e. enjoining good and forbidding evil).

Holy Quran 9:71
"The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Those - Allah will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise."

Holy Quran 3:110
"Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors."

to conclude, please learn how to use the word "SOME" as already explained to you.

https://www.nairaland.com/1903995/religious-authority-sistani-condemns-cursing#28069723
Islam for Muslims / Re: Mecca Under Threat: Outrage At Plan To Destroy The ‘birthplace’ Of The Prophet by LagosShia: 5:23pm On Nov 16, 2014
AlBaqir:


Ma sha Allah akhi. That's quite philosophical. I like that grin grin

thanks brother!
Islam for Muslims / Re: Religious Authority, Sistani Condemns Cursing Prophet Mohammed’s Companions by LagosShia: 5:13pm On Nov 16, 2014
Abuamam:
What Rafidhi maraji' say in public is always suspect as their use of taqiyyah is notorious.
I did provide the evidence for their core beliefs regarding the abuse of the Sahaba in their 'ziyarat ashura' and their "authentic" hadith attributed to their infallible imams, but my post was deleted.
If alSistani is not being taqiyyaful and he means what he says this time (highly doubtful), then he should tell us who those curses in ziyarat ashura and dozens of their ahadith refer to?
If I repost them, they will probably be taken down again.

do not think you will score points by giving yourself too much importance? dont blow your head. you have not reinvented the wheel. what you have done here is to expose your ignorance, prejudice, bias, misinformation and lack of knowledge. and i will show you and explain how so you can learn a few things and open up!!!

the Shia stance on the Sahaba, regardless of your definition of "insult" and "curse", is to treat each sahabi as an individual with distinct characteristics, actions and personality. the sahaba were not a homogeneous group. they are the good, the bad and the ugly. they differed on many issues amongst themselves, and they even killed each other. do you know that? if your position as a Sunni is to turn a blind eye and say God will judge, then we Shia do know God will judge. however, "God will judge" doesnt justify turning a blind eye on our past, and then conveying nice titles on ALL sahabas that their actions belie and aim to rewrite their past.

that aside, you citing Ziyarat Ashura, and telling us about its content regarding a FEW sahabas doesnt justify your generalization that the Shia "curse" or "insult" THE SAHABA. the arabic word SAHABA (companions) is a compound noun. SAHABA is a GROUP of people. you cant judge them all as good and pious regardless of their past. Abu Bakr, Umar, Usthman, and Muawiya who are target in Ziyarat Ashura do not make up ALL the sahaba. they are just four out of the thousands of Sahaba. like i have stated millions of times, when you as a Sunni want to talk down on the Shia view or attitude towards these (four) sahabas and the likes that Sunnis hold in high esteem while the Shia do not, please use the word "SOME". say you do not like the view of the Shia about SOME sahabis. there are many sahabis who the Shia honor.

the question is are there sahabis that the Sunnis hold contempt for,as the Shia also hold contempt for some other? the answer is YES. Sunnis do not like Mukhtar Ibn Ubaydullah al-Thaqafi (RA), Malik Ibn Nuweira (RA) and Hujr Ibn Adi al-Kindi (RA) among a few others who were very loyal to the Ahlul-Bayt (as). Sunnis, as your hadiths and historical writings show, and even present day works show, you have problem with these three companions in particular, and you defame their character unjustifiably just to cover up for other infamous sahabis who victimized these three. on the other hand, the Shia highly honor these three. so does that give me the right as a Shia to accuse Sunnis of generally hating or insulting or cursing the sahabas because of these three men who were also sahabi (companions of the Prophet)? your accusation that the Shia "insult the sahabas" is a generalized lie,and one based on an attempt to mislead the unsuspecting and dishonestly portray others. what we need to do as Shias is to highlight the slander you have in your books against those three honorable sahabis of the Prophet (sa) that we as Shias love, honor, and respect. we need to expose the sahabis that you Sunnis slander and disrespect and hold you responsible as you want to defame us and tarnish our reputation because of mainly four infamous sahabis that you honor.

furthermore, what is the definition of "insult" and "curse"? insult undoubtedly is forbidden in Islam even against unbelievers. that is exactly what our scholars have forbidden, and stopped the Shia from doing against some infamous sahabis. insult is haram. there is no taqiyyah in this; because there are some Shias who want to vent their dislike for the infamous men based on their ill-actions against the Ahlul-Bayt (as). our scholars dont tolerate insults because it is haram regardless who is the target.

when it comes to the concept of "curse", it is a different issue. the arabic word "la'nat" is what is often unduly translated as "curse". "la'nat" is not well understood when you translate it as "curse". in the Holy Quran, there are instances Allah (swt), the angels and the prophets (as) sent "la'nat" on the disbelievers and transgressors who oppressed the believers. therefore sending la'nat on evildoers is a divine and Quranic sunnah. sending la'nat is meant to seek Allah's (swt) pleasure against wrongdoings and to disassociate oneself from evildoers and their evil deeds. it is not insult, but more or less, telling Allah (swt) that by you sending la'nat on someone evil, you disapprove of their actions. you are reaching out to Allah (swt) to state that you do not approve of their evils and you dont want their fate to be your own fate, and therefore Allah's (swt) mercy should be lifted from them because you do not approve of them, and do not sympathize with them, and Allah (swt) should judge them as He pleases and pass justice. it is an act know in the Holy Quran as TABARRA (to disassociate from evil people and show disapproval). (note that Surat at-Tawba, the ninth chapter of the Holy Quran, is also known as Surat al-Bara'ah, or the verse of doing Tabarra/Bara'ah). the opposite is TAWALLA (to love, honor, respect and obey pious people). Tabarra and Tawalla are fundamental beliefs for the Shia, just as salat (the five daily prayers) and sawm (fasting in the month of Ramadan) are. Tabarra and Tawalla are fruits of what the Quran teaches us about "amr bil ma'roof wa nahi anil munkar" (i.e. enjoining good and forbidding evil).

Holy Quran 9:71
"The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Those - Allah will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise."

Holy Quran 3:110
"Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors."

to conclude, please learn how to use the word "SOME" as already explained to you.
Islam for Muslims / "Aisha And The Shia" -English Lecture By Sayyid Ammar Nakshawani by LagosShia: 9:33pm On Nov 14, 2014
Islam for Muslims / Re: Mecca Under Threat: Outrage At Plan To Destroy The ‘birthplace’ Of The Prophet by LagosShia: 12:16am On Nov 14, 2014
Abuamam:
Of course if some groups of ignorant historical and shrine worshippers should start crawling to Iram for blessing, then they will need to level them, as Ali bin abi Talib (RA) was sent to level graves and shrines.
Enough. To you is your faith and to me is mine.
Goodnight to you. You may have your usual last word of course.

when you know the difference between grave worship and grave visitation which is a prophetic sunnah, then i would join you in leveling any grave or historical site that is used for worship. until then, enjoy your ignorance. like they say, "ignorance is bliss". likewise, when you differentiate between the disbelievers the early Muslims are told to fight in the Quran because those disbelievers were the aggressors against Muslims, and innocent disbelievers who have committed no aggression, and realizing that it is not every disbeliever you go about butchering for having different beliefs than yours, then i can take you seriously. your interpretations are faulty.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: Mecca Under Threat: Outrage At Plan To Destroy The ‘birthplace’ Of The Prophet by LagosShia: 11:58pm On Nov 13, 2014
Abuamam:

Did not tell anyone who is a believer and who is not. Allah told us that the prophet's wives are the believers' mothers. If you feel that it excludes you, then that is your cup of milo.
"If you two [wives, i.e. Aisha and Hafsa] repent to Allah , [it is best], for your hearts have deviated (from faith). But if you cooperate against him - then indeed Allah is his protector, and Gabriel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] assistants. Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting to Allah (i.e. Muslims), believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins." (66:4-5)

common sense and every reasonable tafsir one would read dictate that the term "better than you" means Aisha and Hafsa lacked the qualities the substitutes are stated would have, that make them"better" than the two. the substitutes cannot be "better than" Aisha by being "muslim" and "believers" if indeed Aisha was herself a "muslim" and a "believer" as per the verse. of course, after being exposed, you want to think you can succeed in pulling a scarecrow that there is a Shia who is "insulting" your "mothers of the believers". do you also tell others of the mothers of the believers we Shia honor and love so much?


Aha, the curtain of Taqiyyah lifted. I thought calling the mother of the believers (may Allah increase her blessings as the prophet's most beloved person) an unbeliever would have fallen under your Sistani's prohibition of name calling.

do you want us to deny the words of the Quran which implicitly called her an "unbeliever" in surat tahreem? name calling and insult is showing disrespect through vulgar words with the aim to defame. indeed, insulting even a kafir is haram. so what taqiyyah is your imagination of ignorance making you to bite your tongue on?


I do not know any muslim who accepted Islam just because he took a look at a historical site. So by keeping the place, whenever future generations doubt, we take them to an empty room and say "look, he was born here" and they all go "oooh that just proves it, now we totally believe"?

of course that is the mind of a foolish wahhabi. when Muslims use archaeology to preach and cite the miraculous discovery of the ancient city of pillars, Iram, isnt that in a bid to spread islam? if left to wahhabis, they would have demolished the remains of Iram which point to the veracity of the Holy Quran. you do not know any who have converted to islam from looking at ancient sites, does mean no one exist. Laura Booth, in law of tony blair, converted to islam after visiting Qom. preserving historical sites is preserving our Islamic identity. you can play with words all you like. were you not justifying the insult by disguising the move as part of "expanding" the masjidul haram? how does building a royal palace for one tyrant calling himself king amount to expansion of masjidul haram?
Islam for Muslims / Re: Mecca Under Threat: Outrage At Plan To Destroy The ‘birthplace’ Of The Prophet by LagosShia: 11:45pm On Nov 13, 2014
while tbaba is busy criticizing the independent UK newspaper, and presenting evidence against himself from the other thread, because the independent exposed a proposal by saudi wahhabis to move the Prophet's (sa) tomb, look at the dishonest explanation in the below, and the dishonest method of denial by admitting the report of the independent is true while the denying it at the same time becasue the saudi wahhabis haven't put the proposal to work (of course the below was possibly written by Yasir Qadhi, tbaba's favorite, before his awakening to the reality and his shocking words on Press TV) :

tbaba1234:
The recent bogus article in 'The Independant' regarding the alleged plan to move the blessed grave of the Prophet (SAW) is another sad indication of how sensationalist media can be.

Firstly, this particular newspaper, and especially the journalist Mr. Jerome Taylor, seems to have an unnatural obsession for smearing the Saudis and their relationship with the Holy Sites. See this brief history:

2011- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html -
2012- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/medina-saudis-take-a-bulldozer-to-islams-history-8228795.html

2013- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-photos-saudi-arabia-doesnt-want-seen--and-proof-islams-most-holy-relics-are-being-demolished-in-mecca-8536968.html

2014- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudis-risk-new-muslim-division-with-proposal-to-move-mohameds-tomb-9705120.html

Secondly, [size=14pt]the alleged 'plan' turns out to be an academic paper submitted to a government committee.[/size] Anyone who is aware of the nature of these things realizes that the submission of a paper is in no way, fashion, or form approval of an actual plan by that committee!

Thirdly, the paper itself does not actually state that the blessed grave should be touched. No sane Muslim would ever suggest that. Rather, what it suggests is that the masjid itself should be replanned in the new construction so that the blessed grave would be outside of the new masjid boundaries. So, what the author suggested was to change the boundary of the masjid, not that of the grave.

Fourthly, this view is a minority view and has been soundly rejected by mainstream Salafi and all non-Salafi scholars. Historically, there has never been any serious opposition to the Umayyad inclusion of the blessed grave into the Prophet's masjid (which occurred in 88 AH), and no major scholar of any madhhab has ever called for the Prophet's (SAW) masjid boundaries to be redrawn.

Lastly, this is NOT a defence of Saudi construction policy around the two Harams: that topic requires an entire article, not just a FB post! There is much to criticize, and yes much to praise as well.

The purpose of this post was merely to point out how sensationalist the media continues to be, and how easily Muslims seem to *want* to demonize another group. And help is sought from Allah alone!

-Sheikh Yasir Qadir

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