Why we wearing black clothes in Moharram

It is a sign of grieving for Imam Hussain (as)

Can a daughter/son in law offer qadha namaaz for a mother who had no son and she passed away?

Yes

People say we shia do shirk!
coz we give the attributes of Allah swt to Ahlulbayt a.s like they come on every farshe Aza so they are Omni present and like they listen our prayers and they see us so they r all seeing and hearing...
plz explain in detail

Shirk means associating partners to Allah. The Imams have special knowledge but it is not independent. Whatever power they have been given is dependent on Allah.

مَنْ سَمَّعَ النَّاسَ بِعِلْمِهِ سَمَّعَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مَسَامِعَ خَلْقِهِ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ وَحَقَّرَهُ وَصَغَّرَهُ
God will in the Hereafter echo in the ears of people the disgrace of whoever echoes his knowledge in the ears of people (in this world), and will lower and belittle him.Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (s.a.w.w.)Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 751; Page No. 107

what does this hadith mean? what does it mean by whoever echoes his knowledge in the ears of people (in this world), should I not spread knowledge or do I do it in a different way

The author has compiled ahadith from shia and sunni sources. This one happens to be a sunni hadith. Means if a person disperses his knowledge in a way just so the people hear him and to become known then he will be lowered in status by Allah.

So one should do it for the pleasure of Allah and for the guidance and well-being of the people

Yes not to show off or gain reputation as the hadith is speaking of

مَنْ سَمَّعَ النَّاسَ بِعِلْمِهِ سَمَّعَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مَسَامِعَ خَلْقِهِ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ وَحَقَّرَهُ وَصَغَّرَهُ
God will in the Hereafter echo in the ears of people the disgrace of whoever echoes his knowledge in the ears of people (in this world), and will lower and belittle him.Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (s.a.w.w.)Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 751; Page No. 107

what does this hadith mean? what does it mean by whoever echoes his knowledge in the ears of people (in this world), should I not spread knowledge or do I do it in a different way

The author has compiled ahadith from shia and sunni sources. This one happens to be a sunni hadith. Means if a person disperses his knowledge in a way just so the people hear him and to become known then he will be lowered in status by Allah.

So one should do it for the pleasure of Allah and for the guidance and well-being of the people

Yes not to show off or gain reputation as the hadith is speaking of

Are there any Islamic legislations from the Noble Prophet (S) and the Infallible Leaders (as) by way of the noble ahadith or verses of the Quran in which we have been recommended to marry up to four and not more than four?

“And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice].” Quran 4:3

وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَىٰ فَانكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ النِّسَاءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا - 4:3

There are many narrations that state that the Prophet has 4 daughters; however, many state there are narrations that he has only Sayeda Fatima (AS), but I haven’t see one.

In your opinion, do you think that he has 4 or only 1 daughter? If there are narrations that state he has only Fatima (AS), would you be able to share them?

The scholars have different opinions about this matter. Ive read some books from authors stating that the prophet only had one daughter and then others saying he had four. Allah knows best.

Is there, by any chance, a way where you can tell me someone of those books that state he only has one daughter?

Prophet Muhammad a Mercy to the World by the late Sayed Muhammad Shirazi page 4. The biography of Prophet Muhummed by Sheikh Baqir Qurayshi says the other daughters were his foster daughters Page 131 he says that Fatima (as) is the prophets (s) only daughter

What is the reason that we as a community do not hear about the other daughters of Rasulallah? Additionally, if he knew what Uthman would become why would he let two of his daughters marry him?

The reason is that we don’t believe the Holy prophet had more than one daughter. According to our tradition, he had only one daughter ( Bibi Fatema (as))
The other daughters according to our tradition were the Children of khala ( Bibi Khadija’s Sister).
They came to stay with the holy prophet the lost their mother.

I was reading history of the prophet by Ayatollah Jaffer Subhani and he makes it clear that the prophet had 6 children from Sayida Khadija?

The general shia opinion is not. Ayatullah Subhani is no doubt a great scholar and one of my teachers. The reason why you don’t hear our centres or mosques talking about other daughters is because not most uphold the view that he had more than fatima as daughter

There are many narrations that state that the Prophet has 4 daughters; however, many state there are narrations that he has only Sayeda Fatima (AS), but I haven’t see one.

In your opinion, do you think that he has 4 or only 1 daughter? If there are narrations that state he has only Fatima (AS), would you be able to share them?

The scholars have different opinions about this matter. Ive read some books from authors stating that the prophet only had one daughter and then others saying he had four. Allah knows best.

Is there, by any chance, a way where you can tell me someone of those books that state he only has one daughter?

Prophet Muhammad a Mercy to the World by the late Sayed Muhammad Shirazi page 4. The biography of Prophet Muhummed by Sheikh Baqir Qurayshi says the other daughters were his foster daughters Page 131 he says that Fatima (as) is the prophets (s) only daughter

What is the reason that we as a community do not hear about the other daughters of Rasulallah? Additionally, if he knew what Uthman would become why would he let two of his daughters marry him?

The reason is that we don’t believe the Holy prophet had more than one daughter. According to our tradition, he had only one daughter ( Bibi Fatema (as))
The other daughters according to our tradition were the Children of khala ( Bibi Khadija’s Sister).
They came to stay with the holy prophet the lost their mother.

I was reading history of the prophet by Ayatollah Jaffer Subhani and he makes it clear that the prophet had 6 children from Sayida Khadija?

The general shia opinion is not. Ayatullah Subhani is no doubt a great scholar and one of my teachers. The reason why you don’t hear our centres or mosques talking about other daughters is because not most uphold the view that he had more than fatima as daughter

I just wanted to ask why Shirk was the greatest sin in Islam and not something else like murder or rape? Because I was under the impression that if you hurt someone else then Allah won’t forgive you until that person does, and once that person does forgive you then it becomes between you and Allah. So why isn’t hurting someone else in cruel ways such as murder or rape one of the greatest sins instead of shirk?

All the sins can be forgiven by Allah because that person may still believe in Allah but committed a crime against humanity. Whereas one who doesn’t believe in Allah’s oneness is a disbeliever. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِۦ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱفْتَرَىٰٓ إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا “Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with him, and forgives what is besides that to whomsoever He pleases, and whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.” (Quran 4:48) So, we see here that Shirk is a sin of great magnitude. It is even the greatest sin! He has set this as an unforgivable sin. This is for those who are persisting knowingly in this act. Allah is the one who has established the laws and rules of creation, so he is the one who says which sins are greater than others. Some may say is how can a thought like shirk be worse than an action like murder, theft, etc? We can see, just as an example, that sometimes even in our society that people are punished more for conspiracy to commit a crime than some who have actually done the crime. Another aspect is that when one commits a crime against another person that person may forgive them or overlook them. Even in some cases we see the family of the one who was murdered forgive and hug the killer in the court room. However, when we come to the sin of shirk it is a continuous sin against Allah where the person is constantly rejecting the Oneness of Allah. He must stop the crime in order to get forgiveness. Also, when we look at crimes, they vary in degree according to who the crime was against. It is natural for us to react to a man killing another man in the street as a horrible thing, but how much worse would we view it if that man killed his mother or grandmother who nurtured him and raised him with love and affection?! What about in the case of shirk? This is not even a crime committed against another human being, but it is against the nurturer and sustainer of mankind. Despite man committing this sin against Allah, He is still merciful by providing them with the faculties they need to be alive such as air to breathe and He also gives them sustenance whether they are believers in Him or not. Imam Sadiq (as) has mentioned in a longer narration: “Do you not see the sun shines upon the believers and the nonbelievers, and the rain comes down upon the good and the bad?” “When it rains, it pours upon both the houses of the faithful and the unfaithful. When the sun shines, its rays enter both the houses of the Prophet and the Abu-Jahl. The rivers pass through the cities of the believers and the disbelievers. God’s blessing are always like this. It is the nature of this world.” -The late Sayed Mohammad Shirazi Shirk is the root of many sins and this corruption in beliefs is the chief of all wrong beliefs. Committing Shirk would lead one to gain no benefit from their actions. وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَاءً حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ اللَّـهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ وَاللَّـهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ﴿٣٩﴾ “The deeds of the unbelievers are like a mirage which a thirsty man thinks is water until he goes near and finds nothing. Instead, he finds God who gives him his due recompense. God's reckoning is swift.” Quran 24:39

But from Allah’s perspective wouldn’t it be worse for someone to hurt his creation rather than Him?

We cannot hurt Allah.

As far as shirk being worst sin: Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) says:

“The greatest of the Greater Sins is to attribute partners to Allah.”

The following verse of the Holy Qur’an asserts:

“Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with him, and forgives what is besides that to whomsoever He pleases, and whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:48)

It means that whoever dies as a polytheist, there is no chance of his salvation. Although Allah (S.w.T.) may forgive any of those who have committed any other sin. Allah (S.w.T.) says:

“Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.” (Surah al-Mā’ida 5:72)

Also the Holy Qur’an states:

“Do not associate aught with Allah; most surely polytheism is a grievous inequity.” (Surah Luqmān 31:13).

“And whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:48)

https://www.al-islam.org/greater-sins-volume-1-ayatullah-sayyid-abdul-husayn-dastghaib-shirazi/first-greater-sin-shirk

I just wanted to ask why Shirk was the greatest sin in Islam and not something else like murder or rape? Because I was under the impression that if you hurt someone else then Allah won’t forgive you until that person does, and once that person does forgive you then it becomes between you and Allah. So why isn’t hurting someone else in cruel ways such as murder or rape one of the greatest sins instead of shirk?

All the sins can be forgiven by Allah because that person may still believe in Allah but committed a crime against humanity. Whereas one who doesn’t believe in Allah’s oneness is a disbeliever. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِۦ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱفْتَرَىٰٓ إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا “Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with him, and forgives what is besides that to whomsoever He pleases, and whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.” (Quran 4:48) So, we see here that Shirk is a sin of great magnitude. It is even the greatest sin! He has set this as an unforgivable sin. This is for those who are persisting knowingly in this act. Allah is the one who has established the laws and rules of creation, so he is the one who says which sins are greater than others. Some may say is how can a thought like shirk be worse than an action like murder, theft, etc? We can see, just as an example, that sometimes even in our society that people are punished more for conspiracy to commit a crime than some who have actually done the crime. Another aspect is that when one commits a crime against another person that person may forgive them or overlook them. Even in some cases we see the family of the one who was murdered forgive and hug the killer in the court room. However, when we come to the sin of shirk it is a continuous sin against Allah where the person is constantly rejecting the Oneness of Allah. He must stop the crime in order to get forgiveness. Also, when we look at crimes, they vary in degree according to who the crime was against. It is natural for us to react to a man killing another man in the street as a horrible thing, but how much worse would we view it if that man killed his mother or grandmother who nurtured him and raised him with love and affection?! What about in the case of shirk? This is not even a crime committed against another human being, but it is against the nurturer and sustainer of mankind. Despite man committing this sin against Allah, He is still merciful by providing them with the faculties they need to be alive such as air to breathe and He also gives them sustenance whether they are believers in Him or not. Imam Sadiq (as) has mentioned in a longer narration: “Do you not see the sun shines upon the believers and the nonbelievers, and the rain comes down upon the good and the bad?” “When it rains, it pours upon both the houses of the faithful and the unfaithful. When the sun shines, its rays enter both the houses of the Prophet and the Abu-Jahl. The rivers pass through the cities of the believers and the disbelievers. God’s blessing are always like this. It is the nature of this world.” -The late Sayed Mohammad Shirazi Shirk is the root of many sins and this corruption in beliefs is the chief of all wrong beliefs. Committing Shirk would lead one to gain no benefit from their actions. وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَاءً حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ اللَّـهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ وَاللَّـهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ﴿٣٩﴾ “The deeds of the unbelievers are like a mirage which a thirsty man thinks is water until he goes near and finds nothing. Instead, he finds God who gives him his due recompense. God's reckoning is swift.” Quran 24:39

But from Allah’s perspective wouldn’t it be worse for someone to hurt his creation rather than Him?

We cannot hurt Allah.

As far as shirk being worst sin: Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) says:

“The greatest of the Greater Sins is to attribute partners to Allah.”

The following verse of the Holy Qur’an asserts:

“Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with him, and forgives what is besides that to whomsoever He pleases, and whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:48)

It means that whoever dies as a polytheist, there is no chance of his salvation. Although Allah (S.w.T.) may forgive any of those who have committed any other sin. Allah (S.w.T.) says:

“Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.” (Surah al-Mā’ida 5:72)

Also the Holy Qur’an states:

“Do not associate aught with Allah; most surely polytheism is a grievous inequity.” (Surah Luqmān 31:13).

“And whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:48)

https://www.al-islam.org/greater-sins-volume-1-ayatullah-sayyid-abdul-husayn-dastghaib-shirazi/first-greater-sin-shirk