Born Through the Dua of the Imam
Originally published on Shiitic Studies Introduction Unlike Kulaynī and Ṭūsī, whose fathers were not known for scholarship and remain obscure figures only…
Ammaar Muslim
Tahrif or Not? A Shi’i Perspective on the Seven Ahruf Reports (Pt. III)
Introduction The first two parts of this series were devoted to setting out the nature of the ‘Seven Aḥruf’ problem and tracing…
Tahrif or Not? A Shi’i Perspective on the Seven Ahruf Reports (Pt. II)
What Dialects? It is al-Ṭabarī (d. 310) who comes closest to deciphering the meaning of ‘the Qur’an was sent down per Seven…
Tahrif or Not? A Shi’i Perspective on the Seven Ahruf Reports (Pt. I)
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction Did the companions all recite the Qur’an in the same way? If not, did this variation…
Revisiting Abu al-Khattab and the Khattabiyya (A Response)
كان أبو الخطاب أحمق فكنت أحدثه فكان لا يحفظ، و كان يزيد من عنده Abu al-Khattab was a fool – I would…
Reports and Counter-reports: The Case of Mufaddal b. Umar (Pt. II)
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Read Part I here. Cursed or Not? The most important report concerning Mufaḍḍal b. ʿUmar is the…
Rivalry between Companions: The Case of Mufaddal b. Umar (Pt. I)
فلما انصرفت إلى الكوفة أقبلت علي الشيعة فمزقوني كل ممزق، يأكلون لحمي ويشتمون عرضي، حتى أن بعضهم استقبلني فوثب في وجهي، وبعضهم…
The Quran – A Compendium of Reliable Shia Hadiths
Download Here Introduction All praise belongs to Allah! I am immensely pleased to announce the publication of my booklet on the Faḍāʾil al-Qurʾān in…
Ali b. Yaqtin: The Imam’s Secret Agent
“He had a great status with Abi al-Hasan Musa b. Ja’far, peace be upon them. A great standing in the Ta’ifa (sect…
Abdallah b. Saba – Man or Myth?
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction Whether a man called Abdallah b. Saba existed historically or not has become a fraught question…
The Worldview of the Ghulat (Pt. II)
“Be on the lookout over your children so that the Ghulat do not corrupt them … the Ghali returns to us (i.e.…
The Worldview of the Ghulat (Pt. I)
A group from our Shia will love us until they will say about us that which the Jews said about Uzayr and…
The Imams Against the Ghulat
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. “We have woken up (i.e. a time has reached) and there is no one who is more…
Sayyid Sīstānī on Why Shīʿa Ḥadīth Contradict (Pt. I)
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction The presence of contradictions between Ḥadīth (reports) attributed to the Imams within the Shīʿa corpus is an undeniable…
Sayyid Sīstānī on Why Shīʿa and Sunni Ḥadīth Differ
Originally published on Shiitic Studies What follows is a translation of a small part of the notes of Sayyid ʿAlī al-Sīstānīʾs Baḥth al-Khārij (advance…
A New Approach to Authenticating Shia Hadith – The Bahth al-Fihristi
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. What is Fihrist? Why Fihrist? Most readers will possess a rudimentary understanding of Rijal (or Ilm al-Rijal), the discipline in which the…
Tusi and the Tahdhibayn (Pt. I)
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction Shaykh Tusi (d. 460) stands out among that famous trio (the other two being Kulayni and…
Did the Imams Recite Q. 5:95 in a Different Way?
A key verse setting out the prohibition on hunting during the Hajj and its attendant penalty is given below: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا…
Kulayni and al-Kafi (Pt. II)
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Does He Have a Methodology? Kulayni does not give us the Manhaj (methodology) he follows when selecting reports for…
Kulayni and al-Kafi (Pt. I)
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction The Four Books (i.e. al-Kafi, Man La Yahdhuruhu al-Faqih, Tahdhib al-Ahkam, al-Istibsar fi ma-khtalafa min al-Akhbar) are rightly considered to…
What is the First thing that is Wajib on Humans? The View of an Akhbari Scholar
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction Not everyone in the Shi’i scholarly tradition has been on-board with the direction of travel of…
Did the Sahaba become Kafir? Pt. I
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction There are reports which indicate that all the companions were destroyed except three, these were then joined by…
Are Shia Hadiths Reliable?
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction One of the claims made by those seeking to weaken confidence in our Hadith corpus is…
Who was the Greatest Companion of them All?
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction Who was the greatest companion of the Imams of Ahl al-Bayt? Different answers can be given…
Is Dua Samat a Jewish Supplication?
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction Any casual reciter of Dua Samat knows that there is something different about this Dua. It…
The Grandson of George and Temporary Marriage
Originally published on Shiitic Studies. Introduction A more distinctive feature of the Imami Madhhab is its acceptance of Mut’a (temporary marriage), which it claims was sanctioned…
Did the Imams praise Abu Bakr and Umar?
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. ما على وجه الارض شئ أحب إلي من التقية There is nothing on the face of the…
Salman and the Mileu of Ghulu
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction It is not hard to account for the presence of Ghulati reports in the Imami corpus…
Some Notes on the Status of Salman in Early Shi’ism (Pt. 2)
Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction Occasionally, historical figures transcend the limited planes of their earthly life to become symbols around whom…
Some Notes on the Status of Salman in Early Shi’ism (Pt. 1)
By Ammaar Muslim – Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. أدرك سلمان العلم الاول والعلم الاخر، وهو بحر لا ينزح، وهو منّا أهل…
Muhammad b. Abi Umayr: The Trial of Faith
By Ammaar Muslim – Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. كان واحد أهل زمانه في الأشياء كلّها He (Ibn Abi Umayr) was the Unique…
Muhammad b. Sinan: A Controversial Narrator (II)
By Ammaar Muslim – Originally posted on Shiitic Studies Was he Praised by the Imam? There exist narrations in which Muhammad b.…
Muhammad b. Sinan: A Controversial Narrator (I)
By Ammaar Muslim – Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. Introduction Abu Ja’far Muhammad b. Sinan (d. 220) was a descendant of Zahir the Mawla (client)…
Yunus b. Abd al-Rahman: The Salman al-Farsi of his Times (I)
By Ammaar Muslim – Originally posted on Shiitic Studies. سمعت الرضا عليه السلام يقول: يونس بن عبد الرحمن في زمانه كسلمان الفارسي في…
Book of Intellect and Knowledge – Mu’jam al-Ahadith al-Mu’tabara | Ayatullah Asif Muhsini
Download PDF The first section (The Book of Intellect and Knowledge) of volume 1 of Ayatullah Muhammad Asif Muhsini’s 8-volume work Mu’jam…
The Need for ‘Ilm al-Rijal – Shaykh al-Suwaydan
This discussion is taken from 2 of 166 lessons given by Shaykh Suwaydan. The audios for the lessons were transcribed and translated by…
Blood on Hisham b. al-Hakam’s Hands
By Br. Ammaar Was Hisham Responsible for the Murder of al-Kadhim (a)? Hisham Culpable There exist narrations in our sources which hold…
Hisham b. al-Hakam: God = A Body Unlike Other Bodies? – Part 4
By Br. Ammaar كان من غلمان أبي شاكر الزنديق، وهو جسمي ردي He was a student of Abi Shakir the Zindiq and a…
Hisham b. al-Hakam: God is a Body? – Part 3
By Ammaar Hussein Click for Part 2 وأول من عرف في الإسلام أنه قال إن الله جسم هو هشام بن الحكم The…
Hisham b. al-Hakam: Founder of a Theological School – Part 2
By Ammaar Hussein Click for Part 1 دعا له الصادق عليه السلام فقال: أقول لك ما قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه…
Hisham b. al-Hakam: Defender of the Madhhab – Part 1
By Ammaar Hussein Click for Part 2 ورفعه الصادق عليه السلام في الشيوخ وهو غلام. وقال: هذا ناصرنا بقلبه ولسانه ويده al-Sadiq عليه…