The following article is taken from the Waqifi website tashayyu.org is a compilation of the narrations found in Al-Tusi’s Kitab Al-Ghayba. The compiler provides many narrations in which Musa Al-Kadhim is the last Imam and that the Imam are not [read more]
Click to see list of all articles from the Ghaybah series The entire point of the belief in Imamah for both Ahlul Sunnah and the Twelver Shias is the need of the Ummah for constant guidance. For Ahlul Sunnah [read more]
Discussing Baqir’s household and how they dealt with Imamah, also the split of the Shia after al-Baqir’s death.
Unlike the Sunni view, the Twelver Shias are in complete agreement as to who the twelve caliphs are. Ironically, their agreement does not suggest any strength, but rather, implies a stubbornness that goes against logic. The twelve caliphs according to [read more]
As suggested in the previous article on the explanation and analysis of the Hadith of the Twelve Caliphs, there is nothing in the narration about the nature of these twelve caliphs. They are not described in any of the narrations [read more]
The Hadith of Jabir b. Samura on the twelve caliphs is one of the most pivotal and controversial Hadiths in Sunni-Shia polemics. Perhaps the inclusion of the number “twelve” in the report along with its relative popularity contributed to the [read more]
In this part we continue looking at the ignorance of the companions and family of al-Baqir about the name and number of Imams and why this cannot be acceptable.
This is a series of articles where we critique the Twelver Imami Shiite belief in the occultation of their 12th Imam. Part-1: The hidden Imam and the need of an apparent Imam Part-2: Imamah and the Iranian regime Part-3: Believers [read more]
In this part, we see how Ahlul-Bayt disputed against one another using the age factor to establish the identity of the Imam, we also begin discussing the ignorance of al-Baqir’s followers regarding the names and numbers of Imams.
In this part, we see more of the ignorance of `Ali bin Husayn’s family members concerning Imamah and we get into the age factor and how that affects Imamah.
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