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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...
The authority of the Ahl al-Bayt in Hadith of Safinah
In a well-known hadith narrated by both Shi‘a and Sunni Muslims, the Prophet Muhammad...
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...
What is meant by ‘The Courses’ (Sunnat) of Allah’?
There is a concept mentioned in some verses of the holy Qur'an which is The Courses (...
What's the reason behind the naming of the Lady Fatima (as)?
From a grammatical perspective, the name Fatimah comes from the root word Fatima whic...
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