Christian Zionist Messianism: How It Views Islam and Muslims
Represented by literally hundreds of small denominations and churches today, particularly in America, evangelical Christian Zionist messianism is today a formidable force and a major actor in global politics. It exercises an enormous clout in the current Bush administration in America. George Bush, too, himself can be characterized as an arch upholder of this ideology, and his ...
A number of traditions have been narrated from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) of Islam and the truthful Imams of Ahle-bayt (a.s.), regarding the uprising of Qaem-al-Mahdi towards the end of this world and his overthrowing the unjust and tyrant rulers and filling the earth with justice and fair play.Hence the unjust Abbasi caliphs were very much afraid of the uprising of Qaem al Mahdi, They utilized their entire resources to finish him. Ten years ...
A fact concealed in the belief in divine monotheism (Tawheed) is that none, except Allah, has the right to rule over others. Even a father does not enjoy any sovereignty over his children. When a father does not possess this right, the question of other individuals ruling over their fellow beings, commanding and prohibiting, appointing them to a position or removing them from it, does not arise. To the extent that man does not have any right ...
When Imam Mahdi (as) was asked how the ummah could benefit from his presence whilst in occultation, he answered that just like the sun when it is covered by clouds. We would not be able to directly see such a sun, but we believe there is one and we benefit from its effects, such as the light it provides enabling us to see.According to Sunni Muslims the scholars are responsible for guiding the ummah, though they do not believe in the Imam under ...
Imam Jawwad (a.s) The denied Imam
What was the difficulty of Imam Jawad (a.s), people refused to accept him as an Imam .The
first accusation he had to face from the followers was that he is not an Imam. Whose father
was accepted as Imam, the Shia denied his Imamat. There is another accusation recorded in
history, and it was an enormous accusation, it is narrated in history that Imam Raza (a.s)
didn t forget it till his death. People accused ...
The Holy Lady Fatima Az-Zahra (as) has said:Justice is a means for harmonizing the hearts.This hadith used the word "harmony", a word that reflects the philosophy underlying justice. The goal of justice is to achieve the harmonization of hearts, which will end in achieving peace in the outside world.From the words of Sayyidat Un-nissa' Fatima (as), we see that justice has two dimensions: external and internal. A justice that is to be established ...
Mahdism Doctrine for Unity of Ummah..
In an era of globalization, there is an urgent need to send the message of harmony across different faiths. As for Islam, it is the religion of tolerance, harmony and peaceful coexistence, as the basic article of its belief is faith in God, His Messengers and His Books are, not to confined any particular faith but in all the Messengers from Adam down the history bringing into fold all the Divine ...
The Promised Imam Mahdi (a.s)"What Remains with Allah is better for you if you are believers (11:86)"The Birth of the Imam (A.S): Al Hujjat ibn Al -Hassan Al - Mahdi (as) the 12th divine leader of Islam was born on dawn, Friday the 15th of Shaaban 255 AH correspondent to 868 AD in the house of the 11th Imam (as) in the city of Samerrah (Iraq).His honorable father is Imam Hassan Al-Askari (as), and his modest mother was the daughter of Caesar's ...
"He it is Who appointed the Sun a splendour and the Moon a light and measured for her stages, that ye might know the number of the years, and the reckoning. Allah created not (all) that save in truth. He detaileth the revelations for people who have knowledge." Qur’an (10:5)"And We appoint the night and the day two portents. Then We make dark the portent of the night, and We make the portent of the day sight-giving, that ye may seek bounty ...
The Major Occultation and Our Responsibilities
The series of divine messengership that commenced from Hazrat Adam (a.s.) till the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), was completed on the 28th Safar, 11 A.H. Thereafter, the chain of prophethood was replaced with that of Imamat that was openly announced in Ghadeer-e-Khumm. Where the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) handed over the Islamic Ummah to Ameerul Momineen Ali Ibn Abi Taalib (a.s.), marking ...
Imam Mahdi (A.S.) In Ahadith
The Views of Muhyi-ad Din Ibn Arabi on the Infallibility of Imam Mahdi (AS):Ibn Arabi in his works "Futuhat Al-Makkiya" (The Meccan Revelations) says: "Mahdi (AS), during his time is the sign of Allah for the people of the world. His position is like that of the Prophets' (Peace Be Upon Them) which is sometimes also possible for others to share."In the Glorious Qur'an, Allah tells His Prophet (SAW): "Say, `this is ...
The subject of al-Mahdi (A.S.)is not restricted to the school of the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, rather, it is an object of interest for all Muslim schools of thought. Many great Muslim scholars urged by the numerous traditions related from the Prophet of Islam have investigated this subject and have written many books on it.Muslim mystics, based on the existing traditions and their special views on existence and creation, have treated ...
Etymology helps to understand the secular nature of Roman politics. A French scholar, George Dumézil, has convincingly shown that the indo-european root *yeu(e) for JUS (=right) had a dual meaning : (1) spiritual grace (2) area of action granted by the public authority. The root evolved towards (2) and secularization in Rome and towards (1) and mysticism in India and Iran. Likewise, *kred-dhe, the root for CREDO and its verbal substantive ...
Hadrat Hujjat ibn Hasan al-Askari(A.S.) the Twelfth Holy Imam, Al-Mahdi was born on 15th Shaban in 255 A.H. in Samarrah(Iraq). On this Auspicious and Solemn Occasion we extend our Heartiest and Happy Greetings to all the peace-lovers and justice seekers in the world.
15th Shaban:The Happy and Auspicious Birthday Anniversary of Imam Mahdi (PBUH)
Name: MuhammadTitle: Al-Mehdi, Saheb-ul-Asr and Al-HujjatKunyat: Abul QasimBorn at Samarrah, on ...
This is a Du"a for the protection of the 12th Imam al-Mahdi (as). It is recommended that believers recite it often during the ghaybat of the Imam.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.
O Allah, be, for Your representative,
the Hujjat (proof), son of Al¬Hasan,
Your blessings be on him and his forefathers,
in this hour and in every hour,
a guardian, a protector, a leader,
a ...
The End of Darkness
DESPAIRIt is a desert, dark and fearful,No goal for man, no way, no companion,No sun, no candle, nothing is seen,As if he has gone blind.No wise man can he find to ask the way,When suddenly thunder roars tiger-like,And this man presses his ears for fear of the roar of thunder,Then follows a brief lightning,No one by him, no way is found,Darkness and silence, and no hope is left.It seems as if pain and torture are born with ...
Innumerable narrations contain the signs and symbols of the reappearance of Hazrat Wali-e-Asr Imam Mahdi (a.s.) Janab Sheikh Sadooq and Allamah Majlisi (May Allah Shower His blessing on them) the highly acclaimed Shia scholars have described these narrations among the signs and symbols of the re-appearance of Imam (a.s.) Here we will discuss them wholly from literary point of view.
1. Importance of signs and symbols of re-appearance of Imam ...
1. Religious Knowledge IndexThe religious knowledge of respondent is measured by the knowledge of the versus of holy Qur’an, Hadith of Holy Prophet (SA), traditions of Imam of AhleBayt (AS) and Imam of Fiqh (RA). These are taken in absolute numbers. The following questions in this regard were asked:Vi = No. of Versus known by ith respondentHi = No. of Hadith known by ith respondentTAi = No. of Traditions of Imam of AhleBait known by ith ...
One of the socio-cultural conditions that has to prevail universally before the appearance of the 12th Imam (AS) is that all believers will have been born. It has been mentioned in a Hadith from Imam Sadiq (AS) that:"In the loins of disbelievers and hypocrites God has deposited a seed for believing persons. It was for this reason that Imam 'Ali b. Abi Talib (AS) refrained from killing the fathers of disbelievers so that believing children could ...
