| Name: | Sheikh Mateen |
| Age: | 39 |
| Location: | Virginia, US |
| Expertize: | Aqaed and Fiqh ('Ibadaat) |
All Questions
Is it permissible to curse the companions?
Please specify do you mean belief that certain companions are cursed and cursing them privately or do you mean publicly cursing them in front of Sunni’s?
is it okay to curse them by name???
Yes but as i said the difference lies in if to do this publicly or not. This you would need to refer to your marja.
All Questions
Is it permissible to curse the companions?
Please specify do you mean belief that certain companions are cursed and cursing them privately or do you mean publicly cursing them in front of Sunni’s?
is it okay to curse them by name???
Yes but as i said the difference lies in if to do this publicly or not. This you would need to refer to your marja.
All Questions
Is it permissible to curse the companions?
Please specify do you mean belief that certain companions are cursed and cursing them privately or do you mean publicly cursing them in front of Sunni’s?
is it okay to curse them by name???
Yes but as i said the difference lies in if to do this publicly or not. This you would need to refer to your marja.
All Questions
Is it permissible to curse the companions?
Please specify do you mean belief that certain companions are cursed and cursing them privately or do you mean publicly cursing them in front of Sunni’s?
is it okay to curse them by name???
Yes but as i said the difference lies in if to do this publicly or not. This you would need to refer to your marja.
While performing salat you will see that a lot of Muslims hold their hands in different positions while in qiyam (standing position). Some will fold their hands across their chest, some by their navel, and some let their hands hang by their sides. You probably asked yourself, “Why do they do these things?” Let us first look at the word qiyam. This word when looked up means: upright, erect. When you stand upright your arms should be straight as well. If your arms were folded then your body would be in qiyam but your arms would not be. To have the whole body erect would be the position of qiyam. According to The Five Schools of Islamic Law by Muhammad Jawad Al-Mughniyyah, all the 4 Sunni schools and the Shia school agree that holding the hands by the side is permissible. None of them states that takkatuf is obligatory.[1] The Shia scholars say that takkatuf will void your salat, because it is a later bidah.[2]
Placing the right hand over the left hand while standing in prayer is what is called Takattuf.
We find that Imam Ali (as) said “The believers should not put one hand on the other during standing erect in prayers like the disbelievers.”[3]
Al-'Allamah ibn al-Mutahhar al-Helli says in Tathkirat al-Fuqahaa: al-Takkatuf invalidates the prayer and it is placing the right over the left during recitation and the scholars of the Shia sect agree on this—al-Sheikh and al-Murtada both said—al-Baqir (as) said: "And do not make Takkatuf (placing right over left), for it is something that the Zoroastrians do."
Also Muhammad bin Muslim asked one of the Imams about the man who places in prayer his right hand over his left. He (as) replied: "That is (called) al-Takkatuf, do not do it."
Al-'Allamah Muhammad Hassan Najafi who was the head of the Shia sect in his time says in Jawahir al-Kalam:
“It was said about 'Umar that when they brought him the prisoners from the non-Arabs ('Ajam), they did Takkatuf (placing right over left) in front of him, so he asked about it and they told him that they did this as a sign of submission in front of their Kings, so he saw that it was good to do it for Allah in prayer but did not pay attention to the unpleasantness of imitating the Zoroastrians in Shari'ah.”
al-'Allamah Najm-ul-Deen al-Tibsi says in Al-Irsaal wal-Takkatuf bayn al-Sunnah wal-Bid'ah pg.13-14:
“There are many narrations from Ahl ul-Bayt (as) prohibiting al-Takkatuf and describing it as being from Zoroastrianism”
And he also said on pg.18-19:
“It was said that it was innovated by the Caliph 'Umar bin al-Khattab, he took it from the non-Arab prisoners.”
Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq al-Shirazi said in Sharae'e al-Islam by al-Helli, #235:
“It is what is called ‘al-Takattuf’ and al-Takkatuf that the 'Aamah (Sunni’s) practice, following the path of 'Umar bin al-Khattab, and 'Umar had taken it from the Zoroastrians then inserted it into salat, this was one of his innovations and it was never done by the Prophet (sawa) nor his Ah ul Bayt (as).”
Grand Ayatullah al-Khoei says in Kitab al-Salat vol. 4 pages 445-446:
“It is no secret that the act of Takkatuf was never practiced during the time of the great Prophet (sawa), even though it was narrated through several chains that do not come through us (Shia) thus they are all fabricated and false. Then we should not be hesitant to class it as one of the later innovations after his time. As for the time of the first caliph as it is said or most probably the second as we see in the narration, that when they brought the Persian prisoners to 'Umar, and he saw them in that state so he asked for the reason and they answered that this is what they do in front of their kings to glorify them, so he was pleased with it and ordered that it be done in prayer as Allah is more worthy of praise.”
[1] The Five Schools of Islamic Law” by Muhammad Jawad Al-Mughniyyah page 91
[2] An unlawful and unauthorized addition into the religion
[3] Tuhaf al-Uqoul pg 127
From the book Mystery of the Shia by Maulana Sheikh Mateen
All Questions
Are arms suppose be up or down whilst praying Namaz?
Takkatuf (Folding the Hands in Salat)
While performing salat you will see that a lot of Muslims hold their hands in different positions while in qiyam (standing position). Some will fold their hands across their chest, some by their navel, and some let their hands hang by their sides. You probably asked yourself, “Why do they do these things?” Let us first look at the word qiyam. This word when looked up means: upright, erect. When you stand upright your arms should be straight as well. If your arms were folded then your body would be in qiyam but your arms would not be. To have the whole body erect would be the position of qiyam. According to The Five Schools of Islamic Law by Muhammad Jawad Al-Mughniyyah, all the 4 Sunni schools and the Shia school agree that holding the hands by the side is permissible. None of them states that takkatuf is obligatory.[1] The Shia scholars say that takkatuf will void your salat, because it is a later bidah.[2]
Placing the right hand over the left hand while standing in prayer is what is called Takattuf.
We find that Imam Ali (as) said “The believers should not put one hand on the other during standing erect in prayers like the disbelievers.”[3]
Al-'Allamah ibn al-Mutahhar al-Helli says in Tathkirat al-Fuqahaa: al-Takkatuf invalidates the prayer and it is placing the right over the left during recitation and the scholars of the Shia sect agree on this—al-Sheikh and al-Murtada both said—al-Baqir (as) said: "And do not make Takkatuf (placing right over left), for it is something that the Zoroastrians do."
Also Muhammad bin Muslim asked one of the Imams about the man who places in prayer his right hand over his left. He (as) replied: "That is (called) al-Takkatuf, do not do it."
Al-'Allamah Muhammad Hassan Najafi who was the head of the Shia sect in his time says in Jawahir al-Kalam:
“It was said about 'Umar that when they brought him the prisoners from the non-Arabs ('Ajam), they did Takkatuf (placing right over left) in front of him, so he asked about it and they told him that they did this as a sign of submission in front of their Kings, so he saw that it was good to do it for Allah in prayer but did not pay attention to the unpleasantness of imitating the Zoroastrians in Shari'ah.”
al-'Allamah Najm-ul-Deen al-Tibsi says in Al-Irsaal wal-Takkatuf bayn al-Sunnah wal-Bid'ah pg.13-14:
“There are many narrations from Ahl ul-Bayt (as) prohibiting al-Takkatuf and describing it as being from Zoroastrianism”
And he also said on pg.18-19:
“It was said that it was innovated by the Caliph 'Umar bin al-Khattab, he took it from the non-Arab prisoners.”
Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq al-Shirazi said in Sharae'e al-Islam by al-Helli, #235:
“It is what is called ‘al-Takattuf’ and al-Takkatuf that the 'Aamah (Sunni’s) practice, following the path of 'Umar bin al-Khattab, and 'Umar had taken it from the Zoroastrians then inserted it into salat, this was one of his innovations and it was never done by the Prophet (sawa) nor his Ah ul Bayt (as).”
Grand Ayatullah al-Khoei says in Kitab al-Salat vol. 4 pages 445-446:
“It is no secret that the act of Takkatuf was never practiced during the time of the great Prophet (sawa), even though it was narrated through several chains that do not come through us (Shia) thus they are all fabricated and false. Then we should not be hesitant to class it as one of the later innovations after his time. As for the time of the first caliph as it is said or most probably the second as we see in the narration, that when they brought the Persian prisoners to 'Umar, and he saw them in that state so he asked for the reason and they answered that this is what they do in front of their kings to glorify them, so he was pleased with it and ordered that it be done in prayer as Allah is more worthy of praise.”
[1] The Five Schools of Islamic Law” by Muhammad Jawad Al-Mughniyyah page 91
[2] An unlawful and unauthorized addition into the religion
[3] Tuhaf al-Uqoul pg 127
From the book Mystery of the Shia by Maulana Sheikh Mateen
Placing the right hand over the left hand while standing in prayer is what is called Takattuf.
We find that Imam Ali (as) said “The believers should not put one hand on the other during standing erect in prayers like the disbelievers.”[3]
Al-'Allamah ibn al-Mutahhar al-Helli says in Tathkirat al-Fuqahaa: al-Takkatuf invalidates the prayer and it is placing the right over the left during recitation and the scholars of the Shia sect agree on this—al-Sheikh and al-Murtada both said—al-Baqir (as) said: "And do not make Takkatuf (placing right over left), for it is something that the Zoroastrians do."
Also Muhammad bin Muslim asked one of the Imams about the man who places in prayer his right hand over his left. He (as) replied: "That is (called) al-Takkatuf, do not do it."
Al-'Allamah Muhammad Hassan Najafi who was the head of the Shia sect in his time says in Jawahir al-Kalam:
“It was said about 'Umar that when they brought him the prisoners from the non-Arabs ('Ajam), they did Takkatuf (placing right over left) in front of him, so he asked about it and they told him that they did this as a sign of submission in front of their Kings, so he saw that it was good to do it for Allah in prayer but did not pay attention to the unpleasantness of imitating the Zoroastrians in Shari'ah.”
al-'Allamah Najm-ul-Deen al-Tibsi says in Al-Irsaal wal-Takkatuf bayn al-Sunnah wal-Bid'ah pg.13-14:
“There are many narrations from Ahl ul-Bayt (as) prohibiting al-Takkatuf and describing it as being from Zoroastrianism”
And he also said on pg.18-19:
“It was said that it was innovated by the Caliph 'Umar bin al-Khattab, he took it from the non-Arab prisoners.”
Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq al-Shirazi said in Sharae'e al-Islam by al-Helli, #235:
“It is what is called ‘al-Takattuf’ and al-Takkatuf that the 'Aamah (Sunni’s) practice, following the path of 'Umar bin al-Khattab, and 'Umar had taken it from the Zoroastrians then inserted it into salat, this was one of his innovations and it was never done by the Prophet (sawa) nor his Ah ul Bayt (as).”
Grand Ayatullah al-Khoei says in Kitab al-Salat vol. 4 pages 445-446:
“It is no secret that the act of Takkatuf was never practiced during the time of the great Prophet (sawa), even though it was narrated through several chains that do not come through us (Shia) thus they are all fabricated and false. Then we should not be hesitant to class it as one of the later innovations after his time. As for the time of the first caliph as it is said or most probably the second as we see in the narration, that when they brought the Persian prisoners to 'Umar, and he saw them in that state so he asked for the reason and they answered that this is what they do in front of their kings to glorify them, so he was pleased with it and ordered that it be done in prayer as Allah is more worthy of praise.”
[1] The Five Schools of Islamic Law” by Muhammad Jawad Al-Mughniyyah page 91
[2] An unlawful and unauthorized addition into the religion
[3] Tuhaf al-Uqoul pg 127
Mystery of the Shia by Maulana Sheikh Mateen pages 70-72
All Questions
Why Shia pray with their hands/arms down and while sunnai Muslim pray with their hands closed. How our prophet Mohammad (SAW) used to pray. Please if possible give me reference of books which I can also go through.
While performing salat you will see that a lot of Muslims hold their hands in different positions while in qiyam (standing position). Some will fold their hands across their chest, some by their navel, and some let their hands hang by their sides. You probably asked yourself, “Why do they do these things?” Let us first look at the word qiyam. This word when looked up means: upright, erect. When you stand upright your arms should be straight as well. If your arms were folded then your body would be in qiyam but your arms would not be. To have the whole body erect would be the position of qiyam. According to The Five Schools of Islamic Law by Muhammad Jawad Al-Mughniyyah, all the 4 Sunni schools and the Shia school agree that holding the hands by the side is permissible. None of them states that takkatuf is obligatory.[1] The Shia scholars say that takkatuf will void your salat, because it is a later bidah.[2]
Placing the right hand over the left hand while standing in prayer is what is called Takattuf.
We find that Imam Ali (as) said “The believers should not put one hand on the other during standing erect in prayers like the disbelievers.”[3]
Al-'Allamah ibn al-Mutahhar al-Helli says in Tathkirat al-Fuqahaa: al-Takkatuf invalidates the prayer and it is placing the right over the left during recitation and the scholars of the Shia sect agree on this—al-Sheikh and al-Murtada both said—al-Baqir (as) said: "And do not make Takkatuf (placing right over left), for it is something that the Zoroastrians do."
Also Muhammad bin Muslim asked one of the Imams about the man who places in prayer his right hand over his left. He (as) replied: "That is (called) al-Takkatuf, do not do it."
Al-'Allamah Muhammad Hassan Najafi who was the head of the Shia sect in his time says in Jawahir al-Kalam:
“It was said about 'Umar that when they brought him the prisoners from the non-Arabs ('Ajam), they did Takkatuf (placing right over left) in front of him, so he asked about it and they told him that they did this as a sign of submission in front of their Kings, so he saw that it was good to do it for Allah in prayer but did not pay attention to the unpleasantness of imitating the Zoroastrians in Shari'ah.”
al-'Allamah Najm-ul-Deen al-Tibsi says in Al-Irsaal wal-Takkatuf bayn al-Sunnah wal-Bid'ah pg.13-14:
“There are many narrations from Ahl ul-Bayt (as) prohibiting al-Takkatuf and describing it as being from Zoroastrianism”
And he also said on pg.18-19:
“It was said that it was innovated by the Caliph 'Umar bin al-Khattab, he took it from the non-Arab prisoners.”
Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq al-Shirazi said in Sharae'e al-Islam by al-Helli, #235:
“It is what is called ‘al-Takattuf’ and al-Takkatuf that the 'Aamah (Sunni’s) practice, following the path of 'Umar bin al-Khattab, and 'Umar had taken it from the Zoroastrians then inserted it into salat, this was one of his innovations and it was never done by the Prophet (sawa) nor his Ah ul Bayt (as).”
Grand Ayatullah al-Khoei says in Kitab al-Salat vol. 4 pages 445-446:
“It is no secret that the act of Takkatuf was never practiced during the time of the great Prophet (sawa), even though it was narrated through several chains that do not come through us (Shia) thus they are all fabricated and false. Then we should not be hesitant to class it as one of the later innovations after his time. As for the time of the first caliph as it is said or most probably the second as we see in the narration, that when they brought the Persian prisoners to 'Umar, and he saw them in that state so he asked for the reason and they answered that this is what they do in front of their kings to glorify them, so he was pleased with it and ordered that it be done in prayer as Allah is more worthy of praise.”
[1] The Five Schools of Islamic Law” by Muhammad Jawad Al-Mughniyyah page 91
[2] An unlawful and unauthorized addition into the religion
[3] Tuhaf al-Uqoul pg 127
Mystery of the Shia by Maulana Sheikh Mateen pages 70-72
The Female Camel of Hazrat Saleh A.S
The Fish which kept Yunus A.S in his belly
The snake which the stick of Moosa A.S turned into
The Lamb Ibrahim A.S. sacrificed in ransom for Ismail A.S
All Questions
Which five animals were created by Allah without a womb. I know three of them, one is She Camel in the time of Prophet Salih(a. s), sheep/goat in place of Hazrat Ismail (a. s), Bat by hazrat Isa(a. s). What are the other two animals.
The Horse on which prophet Muhammad S.A.W.W went to Miraaj
The Female Camel of Hazrat Saleh A.S
The Fish which kept Yunus A.S in his belly
The snake which the stick of Moosa A.S turned into
The Lamb Ibrahim A.S. sacrificed in ransom for Ismail A.S
All Questions
I wanted to ask about what is walayat e Ali? where do we find it's it's obligation? And how is it important?
Wilayat Ali is accepting the authority and position of the Imam.
Imam Ali (as) said said “If a man worships Allah between rukn and maqam and fasts every single day of his entire existence without believing in our wilayat, he will not benefit in any way.”
(Bisharat al-Mustafa, pg. 402, Hadith 30)
Imam Baqir (as) said: “If a man keeps standing the whole night for salat, keeps on fasting during the day, gives out all his wealth as alms, and performs hajj all the years of his life while he does not recognize the guardianship of the vicegerent of Allah so as to love him and perform all his practices under his guidance and leadership does not have any right out of his rewards and is not from among the faithful.” (Discourses of the 14 Infallibles)
* We also have many narrations such as the mutawatir narration from Sunni and Shia sources that the Prophet said He who dies with out recognizing the imam of the time will die the death of Jahiliyya (disbelief). And many many more narrations. Also, it is agreed upon that if someone rejects one of the Daruriyaat of Islam then he is outside of Islam and considered a disbeliever. For example if someone rejects salat as an obligatory act or fasting or Hajj. In our our Usul e Deen we have the fundamental belief in Imamate and if someone rejects this fundamental principle he would be considered as a non Muslim.
Imam Baqir (as) said: “The person who serves Allah according to a religion so putting himself in great inconvenience and hardship for it, and doesn’t have an Imam fixed by Allah, then his endeavor is unaccepted and he is lost, gone astray, and a wandering person in a state of perplexity. Allah is the enemy to his practices and his example is that of a sheep that has lost her shepherd and herd wandering here and there all day long. And by Allah, similarly, in this ummah too anybody who starts a morning in a condition that he doesn’t believe in the Imam appointed by Allah, an Imam who is apparent, evident, just, and equitable. He will start the morning in a condition that he is gone astray and perplexed. And if he dies in this very condition he will die a death of disbelief
(Kufr) and hypocrisy (Nifaq).” (Discourses of the 14 Infallibles)
Imam Sadiq (as) said: “We are those that obedience to whom Allah has made an obligation. Nothing is proper for the people except to know us, nor are the people absolved from being ignorant about us. He who knows us is a believer (mu’min) and he who knows us and denies us is a disbeliever (kafir). He who neither knows us nor denies us is misguided, until he returns to the path of guidance, which Allah has made an obligation for him as a binding obedience to us. If he dies in his misguidance then Allah will do with him what he pleases.”
(Usul Al-Kafi vol. 1 Al-Usul pt. 2-4 “The Book of Divine Proof,” pg.60)
Hadith Qudsi from Imam Ridha (as) on his way to neysabour when the people asked the imam for advice as his caravan was leaving. He said “The statement, there is no god but Allah is my fortress. Whoever enters my fortress will be saved.” Then the Imam said “With its conditions and I am one of its conditions.”
From this we see that belief in the Imam is essential to complete the belief in Tawhid and without it one belief in tawhid will remain incomplete.
One may ask how is this possible? Once the belief in One God is established, we must believe that He is just and due to His being just He will inform us of Himself. He does this by sending us messengers to guide us, after the messenger dies then He must have people to safeguard this message of Islam so He appoints Imams for us. Also this links to Mead on the day of judgement Allah says that he will bring a witness from every nation and bring the prophet as a witness over them. This is one of the ways that believing in the Imam of our time is linked to the belief in the Oneness of God.
Is there any hadees narrated from the prophet of Allah PBUH about about imamat and wilayat? And kindly give me some references from Sunni books if they exist in there?
https://www.al-islam.org/hayat-al-qulub-vol3-allamah-muhammad-baqir-al-majlisi/part-4-it-mandatory-know-imam-time
All Questions
I wanted to ask about what is walayat e Ali? where do we find it's it's obligation? And how is it important?
Wilayat Ali is accepting the authority and position of the Imam.
Imam Ali (as) said said “If a man worships Allah between rukn and maqam and fasts every single day of his entire existence without believing in our wilayat, he will not benefit in any way.”
(Bisharat al-Mustafa, pg. 402, Hadith 30)
Imam Baqir (as) said: “If a man keeps standing the whole night for salat, keeps on fasting during the day, gives out all his wealth as alms, and performs hajj all the years of his life while he does not recognize the guardianship of the vicegerent of Allah so as to love him and perform all his practices under his guidance and leadership does not have any right out of his rewards and is not from among the faithful.” (Discourses of the 14 Infallibles)
* We also have many narrations such as the mutawatir narration from Sunni and Shia sources that the Prophet said He who dies with out recognizing the imam of the time will die the death of Jahiliyya (disbelief). And many many more narrations. Also, it is agreed upon that if someone rejects one of the Daruriyaat of Islam then he is outside of Islam and considered a disbeliever. For example if someone rejects salat as an obligatory act or fasting or Hajj. In our our Usul e Deen we have the fundamental belief in Imamate and if someone rejects this fundamental principle he would be considered as a non Muslim.
Imam Baqir (as) said: “The person who serves Allah according to a religion so putting himself in great inconvenience and hardship for it, and doesn’t have an Imam fixed by Allah, then his endeavor is unaccepted and he is lost, gone astray, and a wandering person in a state of perplexity. Allah is the enemy to his practices and his example is that of a sheep that has lost her shepherd and herd wandering here and there all day long. And by Allah, similarly, in this ummah too anybody who starts a morning in a condition that he doesn’t believe in the Imam appointed by Allah, an Imam who is apparent, evident, just, and equitable. He will start the morning in a condition that he is gone astray and perplexed. And if he dies in this very condition he will die a death of disbelief
(Kufr) and hypocrisy (Nifaq).” (Discourses of the 14 Infallibles)
Imam Sadiq (as) said: “We are those that obedience to whom Allah has made an obligation. Nothing is proper for the people except to know us, nor are the people absolved from being ignorant about us. He who knows us is a believer (mu’min) and he who knows us and denies us is a disbeliever (kafir). He who neither knows us nor denies us is misguided, until he returns to the path of guidance, which Allah has made an obligation for him as a binding obedience to us. If he dies in his misguidance then Allah will do with him what he pleases.”
(Usul Al-Kafi vol. 1 Al-Usul pt. 2-4 “The Book of Divine Proof,” pg.60)
Hadith Qudsi from Imam Ridha (as) on his way to neysabour when the people asked the imam for advice as his caravan was leaving. He said “The statement, there is no god but Allah is my fortress. Whoever enters my fortress will be saved.” Then the Imam said “With its conditions and I am one of its conditions.”
From this we see that belief in the Imam is essential to complete the belief in Tawhid and without it one belief in tawhid will remain incomplete.
One may ask how is this possible? Once the belief in One God is established, we must believe that He is just and due to His being just He will inform us of Himself. He does this by sending us messengers to guide us, after the messenger dies then He must have people to safeguard this message of Islam so He appoints Imams for us. Also this links to Mead on the day of judgement Allah says that he will bring a witness from every nation and bring the prophet as a witness over them. This is one of the ways that believing in the Imam of our time is linked to the belief in the Oneness of God.
Is there any hadees narrated from the prophet of Allah PBUH about about imamat and wilayat? And kindly give me some references from Sunni books if they exist in there?
https://www.al-islam.org/hayat-al-qulub-vol3-allamah-muhammad-baqir-al-majlisi/part-4-it-mandatory-know-imam-time
All Questions
I wanted to ask about what is walayat e Ali? where do we find it's it's obligation? And how is it important?
Wilayat Ali is accepting the authority and position of the Imam.
Imam Ali (as) said said “If a man worships Allah between rukn and maqam and fasts every single day of his entire existence without believing in our wilayat, he will not benefit in any way.”
(Bisharat al-Mustafa, pg. 402, Hadith 30)
Imam Baqir (as) said: “If a man keeps standing the whole night for salat, keeps on fasting during the day, gives out all his wealth as alms, and performs hajj all the years of his life while he does not recognize the guardianship of the vicegerent of Allah so as to love him and perform all his practices under his guidance and leadership does not have any right out of his rewards and is not from among the faithful.” (Discourses of the 14 Infallibles)
* We also have many narrations such as the mutawatir narration from Sunni and Shia sources that the Prophet said He who dies with out recognizing the imam of the time will die the death of Jahiliyya (disbelief). And many many more narrations. Also, it is agreed upon that if someone rejects one of the Daruriyaat of Islam then he is outside of Islam and considered a disbeliever. For example if someone rejects salat as an obligatory act or fasting or Hajj. In our our Usul e Deen we have the fundamental belief in Imamate and if someone rejects this fundamental principle he would be considered as a non Muslim.
Imam Baqir (as) said: “The person who serves Allah according to a religion so putting himself in great inconvenience and hardship for it, and doesn’t have an Imam fixed by Allah, then his endeavor is unaccepted and he is lost, gone astray, and a wandering person in a state of perplexity. Allah is the enemy to his practices and his example is that of a sheep that has lost her shepherd and herd wandering here and there all day long. And by Allah, similarly, in this ummah too anybody who starts a morning in a condition that he doesn’t believe in the Imam appointed by Allah, an Imam who is apparent, evident, just, and equitable. He will start the morning in a condition that he is gone astray and perplexed. And if he dies in this very condition he will die a death of disbelief
(Kufr) and hypocrisy (Nifaq).” (Discourses of the 14 Infallibles)
Imam Sadiq (as) said: “We are those that obedience to whom Allah has made an obligation. Nothing is proper for the people except to know us, nor are the people absolved from being ignorant about us. He who knows us is a believer (mu’min) and he who knows us and denies us is a disbeliever (kafir). He who neither knows us nor denies us is misguided, until he returns to the path of guidance, which Allah has made an obligation for him as a binding obedience to us. If he dies in his misguidance then Allah will do with him what he pleases.”
(Usul Al-Kafi vol. 1 Al-Usul pt. 2-4 “The Book of Divine Proof,” pg.60)
Hadith Qudsi from Imam Ridha (as) on his way to neysabour when the people asked the imam for advice as his caravan was leaving. He said “The statement, there is no god but Allah is my fortress. Whoever enters my fortress will be saved.” Then the Imam said “With its conditions and I am one of its conditions.”
From this we see that belief in the Imam is essential to complete the belief in Tawhid and without it one belief in tawhid will remain incomplete.
One may ask how is this possible? Once the belief in One God is established, we must believe that He is just and due to His being just He will inform us of Himself. He does this by sending us messengers to guide us, after the messenger dies then He must have people to safeguard this message of Islam so He appoints Imams for us. Also this links to Mead on the day of judgement Allah says that he will bring a witness from every nation and bring the prophet as a witness over them. This is one of the ways that believing in the Imam of our time is linked to the belief in the Oneness of God.
Is there any hadees narrated from the prophet of Allah PBUH about about imamat and wilayat? And kindly give me some references from Sunni books if they exist in there?
https://www.al-islam.org/hayat-al-qulub-vol3-allamah-muhammad-baqir-al-majlisi/part-4-it-mandatory-know-imam-time
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I wanted to ask about what is walayat e Ali? where do we find it's it's obligation? And how is it important?
Wilayat Ali is accepting the authority and position of the Imam.
Imam Ali (as) said said “If a man worships Allah between rukn and maqam and fasts every single day of his entire existence without believing in our wilayat, he will not benefit in any way.”
(Bisharat al-Mustafa, pg. 402, Hadith 30)
Imam Baqir (as) said: “If a man keeps standing the whole night for salat, keeps on fasting during the day, gives out all his wealth as alms, and performs hajj all the years of his life while he does not recognize the guardianship of the vicegerent of Allah so as to love him and perform all his practices under his guidance and leadership does not have any right out of his rewards and is not from among the faithful.” (Discourses of the 14 Infallibles)
* We also have many narrations such as the mutawatir narration from Sunni and Shia sources that the Prophet said He who dies with out recognizing the imam of the time will die the death of Jahiliyya (disbelief). And many many more narrations. Also, it is agreed upon that if someone rejects one of the Daruriyaat of Islam then he is outside of Islam and considered a disbeliever. For example if someone rejects salat as an obligatory act or fasting or Hajj. In our our Usul e Deen we have the fundamental belief in Imamate and if someone rejects this fundamental principle he would be considered as a non Muslim.
Imam Baqir (as) said: “The person who serves Allah according to a religion so putting himself in great inconvenience and hardship for it, and doesn’t have an Imam fixed by Allah, then his endeavor is unaccepted and he is lost, gone astray, and a wandering person in a state of perplexity. Allah is the enemy to his practices and his example is that of a sheep that has lost her shepherd and herd wandering here and there all day long. And by Allah, similarly, in this ummah too anybody who starts a morning in a condition that he doesn’t believe in the Imam appointed by Allah, an Imam who is apparent, evident, just, and equitable. He will start the morning in a condition that he is gone astray and perplexed. And if he dies in this very condition he will die a death of disbelief
(Kufr) and hypocrisy (Nifaq).” (Discourses of the 14 Infallibles)
Imam Sadiq (as) said: “We are those that obedience to whom Allah has made an obligation. Nothing is proper for the people except to know us, nor are the people absolved from being ignorant about us. He who knows us is a believer (mu’min) and he who knows us and denies us is a disbeliever (kafir). He who neither knows us nor denies us is misguided, until he returns to the path of guidance, which Allah has made an obligation for him as a binding obedience to us. If he dies in his misguidance then Allah will do with him what he pleases.”
(Usul Al-Kafi vol. 1 Al-Usul pt. 2-4 “The Book of Divine Proof,” pg.60)
Hadith Qudsi from Imam Ridha (as) on his way to neysabour when the people asked the imam for advice as his caravan was leaving. He said “The statement, there is no god but Allah is my fortress. Whoever enters my fortress will be saved.” Then the Imam said “With its conditions and I am one of its conditions.”
From this we see that belief in the Imam is essential to complete the belief in Tawhid and without it one belief in tawhid will remain incomplete.
One may ask how is this possible? Once the belief in One God is established, we must believe that He is just and due to His being just He will inform us of Himself. He does this by sending us messengers to guide us, after the messenger dies then He must have people to safeguard this message of Islam so He appoints Imams for us. Also this links to Mead on the day of judgement Allah says that he will bring a witness from every nation and bring the prophet as a witness over them. This is one of the ways that believing in the Imam of our time is linked to the belief in the Oneness of God.
Is there any hadees narrated from the prophet of Allah PBUH about about imamat and wilayat? And kindly give me some references from Sunni books if they exist in there?
https://www.al-islam.org/hayat-al-qulub-vol3-allamah-muhammad-baqir-al-majlisi/part-4-it-mandatory-know-imam-time
Are their excretion najis
Their urine and stools are najis?
What are the rules regarding making oneself and the floor/place paak if touched by their excretions?
Yes their urine and excretion is najas
To clean urine you must was with water twice when using leas than Kurr water or either once with Kurr water or something connected to kurr water
Excretion needs to be cleaned with water once.
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Is it allowed to keep kitten or cats as a pet in one’s house.
Are their excretion najis
Their urine and stools are najis?
What are the rules regarding making oneself and the floor/place paak if touched by their excretions?
Cats are permissible to have, but it is not allowed to pray with cat hair on ones clothes. This is because, even though being Tahir, we are not allowed to pray with fur from an animal that is forbidden to eat.
Yes their urine and excretion is najas
To clean urine you must was with water twice when using leas than Kurr water or either once with Kurr water or something connected to kurr water
Excretion needs to be cleaned with water once.
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When we think about ALLAH some imagination comes in our mind . Is mental imagination of ALLAH shirk ?
As Allah is beyond from imagination. He is greater then any kind of imagination and boundaries.
https://youtu.be/UeRPLeB_02M
If while thinking of ALLAH swt some image comes in your mind or you imagine something but don't believe it as the image of ALLAH swt . Then is it okay? Or it is shirk ?
You should not imagine anything as the image of Allah because Allah is unlike anything. If something comes to your mind unintentionally then you should dismiss this thought as an evil thought that has no basis.
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When we think about ALLAH some imagination comes in our mind . Is mental imagination of ALLAH shirk ?
As Allah is beyond from imagination. He is greater then any kind of imagination and boundaries.
https://youtu.be/UeRPLeB_02M
If while thinking of ALLAH swt some image comes in your mind or you imagine something but don't believe it as the image of ALLAH swt . Then is it okay? Or it is shirk ?
You should not imagine anything as the image of Allah because Allah is unlike anything. If something comes to your mind unintentionally then you should dismiss this thought as an evil thought that has no basis.
All Questions
When we think about ALLAH some imagination comes in our mind . Is mental imagination of ALLAH shirk ?
As Allah is beyond from imagination. He is greater then any kind of imagination and boundaries.
https://youtu.be/UeRPLeB_02M
If while thinking of ALLAH swt some image comes in your mind or you imagine something but don't believe it as the image of ALLAH swt . Then is it okay? Or it is shirk ?
You should not imagine anything as the image of Allah because Allah is unlike anything. If something comes to your mind unintentionally then you should dismiss this thought as an evil thought that has no basis.
All Questions
When we think about ALLAH some imagination comes in our mind . Is mental imagination of ALLAH shirk ?
As Allah is beyond from imagination. He is greater then any kind of imagination and boundaries.
https://youtu.be/UeRPLeB_02M
If while thinking of ALLAH swt some image comes in your mind or you imagine something but don't believe it as the image of ALLAH swt . Then is it okay? Or it is shirk ?
You should not imagine anything as the image of Allah because Allah is unlike anything. If something comes to your mind unintentionally then you should dismiss this thought as an evil thought that has no basis.