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The Awaited Saviour – Imam al-Mahdi

Posted by | Jun 13, 2013 | , |

The Awaited Saviour – Imam al-Mahdi “The belief in an expected reformer and a saviour of humanity is not peculiar to the Shia school of Islam. It is common not only to all the Muslim sects, but is also shared by all the great religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. In this quest for the truth about the Mahdi, there is no distinction of any caste, creed, or country. The quest is universal, just as the Mahdi himself is universal. He stands resplendent high above the narrow walls in which humanity is cut up and divided. He belongs to everybody. For all that and much more, what exactly is the Mahdi?” Contents: A note on Imam Mahdi The Saviour’s Return — Who and What of the Mahdi Some objections about the Mahdi Replies to the objections -(a) Longevity Replies to the objections -(b) Suspension of Laws Replies to the objections -(c) His training for the mission Replies to the objections -(d) Reasons for his continued existence Replies to the objections -(e) Reasons for delay in his appearance Replies to the objections -(f) His superhuman role Replies to the objections -(g) His modus operandi The Saviour’s Revolution -(h) The Final Victory The Quran and History Interpretation of the Evolution of History Dialectic Approach Human Approach Two concepts about man The Great Expectation al-Mahdi: in the light of Hadith...

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Pseudo-mehdi

Posted by | Jun 13, 2013 | , , , , , |

Is Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani the Promised Imam Mahdi or Promised Messiah? Islam is the chosen religion of Allah; Quran is the final message of The Creator to mankind, sent to us through His Last and Final Messenger Muhammad. Holy Prophet Muhammad announced in His Ahadith that he is the Final Messenger of Allah. Moreover, he also prophesied the coming of Imam Mahdi (AS)as well as Hazrat Eisa Ibne Maryam (AS) before the Day of Qiyamah. These three things are part of the faith of Muslims since the time of Holy Prophet Muhammad. However, during the past 1400 years, there have been many imposters who have laid claim to all these three offices – Prophet, Messiah, Mahdi. During our times we are also faced with such a person, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the founder of Ahmadiyya Movement. Mirza Ghulam claimed to be a Prophet, Messiah and Imam Mahdi, all in one. Despite these heretical beliefs, he and his followers claim to be Muslims and Champions of Islam. They label all other Muslims as Kaafirs and disbelievers. Many innocent and ignorant people in Africa gets deceived by these claims of Mirza Ghulam and consider him to be Imam Mahdi or Messiah or reformer in Islam. This short paper will examine all these claims in the light of Quran and Hadith, for the benefit of our ignorant and unsuspecting Muslims brothers,...

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THE GENERAL LIFE-STYLE OF THE AHL AL-BAYT (AS)

Posted by | Jun 12, 2013 | , |

THE GENERAL LIFE-STYLE OF THE AHL AL-BAYT (AS) The other members of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) are the perfect examples of the education and training of the Holy Prophet (SA). Their characters and life-style resemble the character of the Holy Prophet (SA). Certainly, during 250 years, beginning from the 11th year of Hijrah (the year of Holy Prophet’s [SA] demise) until the year 260 AH (when al-‘Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi’s [AS] Ghaybat al-Kubra, i.e., Great Occultation started), in their associations with people, the infallible guides, the Imams faced various situations showing their style of living in different forms. They, however, never gave up the main objective of the Holy Prophet’s (SA) policy which consisted of safeguarding the Usul al-Din (the fundamental principles of Islam for believing in) and the Furu’ al-Din (the secondary principles of Islam for action on) from undergoing changes and transformations, and the education of people, as far as possible. Within 23 years since his call and invitation to Islam, the Holy Prophet (SA) passed three phases of his life. He secretly called the people to Islam in the first three years of his al-Bi’that al-Nabawiyyah. He, then overtly invited the people to Islam in the next ten years. However, he and his followers lived under the severe tortures and persecution of the society and enjoyed no freedom of action that could make a tangible reform in...

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Imam Hassan Al-Askari (A.S.)

Posted by | Jun 12, 2013 | , |

Imam Hassan Al-Askari (A.S.) Imam Hasan ibn Ali Askari, the son of the tenth Imam, was born in 232/845 and according to some Shi’ite sources was poisoned and killed in 260/872 through the instigation of the Abbasid caliph Mu’tamid. The eleventh Imam gained the imamate, after the death of his noble father, through Divine Command and through the decree of the previous Imams. During the seven year’s of his imamate, due to untold restrictions placed upon him by the caliphate, he lived in hiding and dissimulation (taqiyah). He did not have any social contact with even the common people among the Shi’ite population, Only the elite of the Shi’ah were able to see him, Even so, he spent most of his time in prison. There was extreme repression at that time because the Shi’ite population had reached a considerable level in both numbers and power, Everyone knew that the Shi’ah believed in the imamate, and the identity of the Shi’ite Imams was also known. Therefore, the caliphate kept the Imams under its close supervision more than ever before. It tried through every possible means and through secret plans to remove and destroy them. Also, the caliphate had come to know that the elite among the Shi’ah believed that the eleventh Imam, according to traditions cited by him as well as his forefathers, would have a son who was the...

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Sayings of Fatema (A.S.)

Posted by | Jun 12, 2013 | , |

Sayings of Fatema (A.S.) The following sayings are taken from Fascinating Discourses of the 14 Infallibles (AS), Islamic Propagation Organization, Translated by Javed Iqbal Qazilbash Ansariyan Publications 1. Praise and Eulogy is for Allah for the blessing and bounties which He has bestowed. And thanks to HIM upon what He revelated (to His servants) And Praise is for HIM upon the common boons and blessings which He bestowed upon His servants without their request And upon the comprehensive and complete blessings which He granted to all and sundry and gave it to us, consequetively. Those graces and favours which are uncountable. And are irredeemable and uncompensatable due to their plentifulness of number. And the imagination of their end is out of the reach of human mind. He invited the servant to thankfuness for the sake of the consequetive and continous enhanecment of blessings. And opened the door of euloqy and Praise (of Allah) upon them so that He may make his favours and beneficiences great and plentiful for them. 2. I testify that there is no Diety (Lord) except the sole and matchless Allah. And the testification of the singleness of Allah is a word that Allah has declared sincerity (as) it’s reality, and made the hearts the centre of it’s contact and union. And has made the specifications and research of the oneness of Allah’s station obvious and...

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