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Thought: My heart sinks every time I remember Muharram is so soon. ya Allah grant us the opportunity to visit His Karbala :(

lol what's so 'evolved' about sending people to time-out in a box for a few months or years? Let's ask Lindsay Lohan how that's working out. i bet she would straighten her act out pretty quick if she got lashed for drunk-driving and was reminded about her duties to her Creator instead of ruining and humiliating herself in and out of jail and probation. The fact that more than half of people who get out of jail (at least in the U.S) end up going right back to jail (often for the same crime) shows that the Western penal system, overall, does not work.

OP, Just answer the flippin' question posed earlier. If iddah is just about pregnancy falsification, why the different iddahs from case to case. Use your brain, Mac. This thread is surreal. I have to dip in a page at a time, and step back to take a break. Otherwise I'm going to get a brain aneurysm from the sheer foolishness of it. Iddah is one of the most common sense Islamic social laws. Anyone with half a brain gets it. Muslim, non-Muslim, whatever.

Bismillah Salam i don't know what's stranger. People here not believing that doing magic is a real and serious offense, or people not believing in beheading as a punishment. Killing people by beheadings or even throwing them off mountains are legitimate punishments that were established and taught by the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and the Imams of Guidance (as). The only difference is the difference of opinions about whether hudud are done in Ghaybah or which hududs are done. Honestly, if Imam al-Mahdi(as) came and cut off the head of a magician, would people here be like "OMG THATS SO BARBARIC!!" ? w/s

two passages from "Restatement of history of Islam" i found particularly interesting and wanted to share.. A certain woman, one Umm Aufa al-Abdiyya, once asked Ayesha: "O mother of believers, what is your opinion about a woman who kills her own child?" Ayesha said that such a woman would be thrown into hell. Umm Aufa further asked: "What will happen to a woman who killed more than 20,000 of her children at one time and one place?(referring to the battle of the camel)" Ayesha was incensed at the insinuation, and yelled scram at Umm Aufa. (Iqd-ul-Farid, vol. III, p. 108). On one occasion, she sent a messenger to her nephew, Ibn Abil-Ateeq, asking him to send his mule to her for riding. When her nephew received the message, he said to the messenger: "Tell the mother of believers that by God, we have not washed the stains of the blood shed in the battle of the camel yet. Does she now want to start a battle of the mule?" (Baladhuri in Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. I, page 431)

Besmellah Salaam sisters (and occasional brothers), InshAllah you are doing well. I relatively recently learned about the covering of the feet as a necessity of hejab. For this reason, I found it my obligation to pass this knowledge on, as I feel that not many sisters are aware of this issue. According to many (if not, all) Marjas, hejab is considered to be the covering of the body (in which the shape is not shown), excluding the face and the hands. Since there is no mention of feet as being part of the exclusion, we conclude that they are part of hejab as well. Here are just a few Marja rulings I looked up, inshAllah you find it useful. Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei: Q: Which parts of the body should be covered by a woman? A: It is obligatory upon a woman to have her entire body covered in the presence of the non-maḥram (foreigner) except the face and the hands up to the wrists without make up and ornaments. The clothes should not be attractive to non-maḥrams. Q: Is it necessary for women to cover their feet during the prayer? A: At the presence of a non-maḥram, she should cover her entire feet. However, it is not necessary for her to cover them below the ankles if there is no non-maḥram. Source: www.leader.ir Ayatollah as-sayyid Ali Seestani: Question : What are the minimum requirements of Hijab (Islamic modest dress) for a Muslim woman? Answer : Woman should conceal her body and hair from a man who is non-Mahram, and as an obligatory precaution, she should conceal herself even from a Na-baligh boy who is able to discern between good and evil, and could probably be sexually excited. But she can leave her face and hands upto wrists uncovered in the presence of Na-Mahram, as long as it does not lead him to casting a sinful, evil glance or her to doing something forbidden; for in both these cases, she must cover them. Source: http://www.sistani.org/index.php?p=616687&id=1208&page=2&perpage=6 Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Shirazi: Q: According to Qur'an and Sunnah, what is the standard for Hijaab? Some say it is what is being practiced in Iran. I only wear a scarf with long and modest clothing. Please be specific. A:In the case of the covering of the hands and the face, there is a difference of opinion between the Maraje'. Some of the Maraje' consider it mandatory to cover the hands and the face. According to Imam Shirazi's Fatwa, a woman may her hands and face uncovered provided she is not wearing makeup, or that she would not be in a situation where a man would look at her with lustful glances or would fall for her . . . [EDIT] Ayatoollah Saeed Tabatabi Al-Hakeem: Q: I am 13 years old female. Do I have to wear socks when I go outside? A: Yes, covering the feet in the presence of non Mahram is obligatory based on compulsory precaution. Source: http://english.alhak...es.php?Where=48 Eltemase dua,

I have heard all of the stories.....even if they are true I am sure 99.99999999999% of the people in this world aren't able to do such things much less a random foreign worker in Saudi Arabia and the chances that any of us will ever come across it are next to 0. This makes it almost like a fairy tale and this man was most likely executed for being a liar and trying to live in a fairy tale. A mental hospital probably would have been sufficient. By the way....anyone ever notice how all of the witches and wizards go to KSA? LOOOL.

Wow - I expected this interview to cause fireworkds, but alhamdullilah, it was done respectfully and cleanly.

Lebanon is a safe country. You watch too much tv.

thought : only 23 days left buss ya husain a.s

Agreed with ImamAliLover and alimohamed. How does anyone here know that there was no trial or chance given to the sorcerer to repent? If you just assume so and curse them for that, then I'm sorry but you're the one in error here. This happens all the time here, in Riyadh. They've fixed a place (a mosque) for the public beheading and for cutting of fingers (in case of theft) which they do on Fridays. The fact that it is done in public is not barbaric but actually a good practice. One of the reasons for such harsh punishments is to discourage others from doing it. If it's done in public, the purpose is served well. Also sorcery is a real problem in Makkah and Madina. People posing to be sorcerers (or sometimes even real magicians) hoard lots of money from naive pilgrims. The local newspapers report such stories all the time. Iran beheads (and stones) people in public too. If you want to criticize why play double-standards and single out Saudi Arabia? Because they're wahhabis? Well they're pretty good wahhabis if they're not chicken like the rest of the 'Muslim' world to do what their religion asks them to do (even though it maybe different from what the Imami school teaches us). (salam)

1) cutting the head is probably one of the least painful ways of death 2) In imam Alis movie Jundob al azdi also cut the head of the magician because he said he heard from the prophet that the magician gets killed so all your emotional rants are nothing but sectarianism just because its saudi arabia? I mean i hate them too but we need to have some integrity its like people going on about Iran stoning adulterating criminals

Great! It's always good to meet more Shia sisters as we need to stick together :)

Neither do I, but what makes you so sure that it's the Arabic language and the speaking of it that is the cause of unity? We're saying prayers, not magikal incantations. It's not like suddenly saying the prayer in Arabic suddenly unifies our hearts. Arabic speaking Muslims argue over sectarian differences all the time, even though they say the exact same prayer in the exact same language and face the exact same direction. And it certainly hasn't stopped the actual sectarian violence among Arabic speaking Muslims. And just cause we all might say the same prayer or recite the same aya in Arabic, doesn't suddenly mean we don't have different interpretations among ourselves. For example, Shia may interpret the particular Arabic verse they are reciting as a reference to Ahlul Bayt, may God bestow untold blessings upon them, while the Sunnis may recite the exact same Arabic words, interpreting them differently. The speaking of Arabic doesn't suddenly get rid of that individual's own interpretation of the verse. I would say there is value in learning Arabic, and reciting/praying in Arabic, and every Muslim should strive to learn as much of the language as possible, but I don't think speakers and prayers in Arabic are more likely to be answered as though God has trouble understanding English, Greek, Latin, Persian or whatever and needs you to pray in Arabic to understand you more clearly. As long as the language of the believers' hearts are the same, that's what matters, and the reciting and praying in Arabic has done very little to make that so if you ask me and that's evident just looking at the Muslim world today.

Focus on the language of the heart, not the tongue.

Good interview, but can people stop quoting that oversized picture?

salaam the idea of farm is to be a producer and stop being a consumer thats the number one problem we have the mentality of a consumer thats why we are so backwards that the nations don't differentiate much between us and animals we have no say we have no existence but we are complete slaves to the big powers

Recently i have joined a group on fb with the name true shia islam when the topic of matam discussed all the shias were against zanjeer zani and quma zani. Now i want know your point of view about it.

An ancient document has revealed how Sultan Abdul Aziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia assured Britain of creating a Jewish state on Palestinian lands, a news report says. The document, expose the deep commitment of first Saudi King to the United Kingdom and his assurance to British authorities to give Palestine to the Jews. The controversial document, written as a notice to then British delegate Major General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, is yet another proof of Saudi royal family's hostile approach to the Palestinian nation. "I am the Sultan Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud al-Faisal and I conceded and acknowledged a thousand times to Sir Percy Cox, delegate of Great Britain, that I have no objection to giving Palestine to the poor Jews or even to non-Jews, and I will never ever violate their [the UK] orders," read the note signed by King Abdul Aziz. The note also expose the extent of Saudi royals' fidelity to the UK government. Britain used to attaché great importance to Saudi Arabia in 1930s, as it was located along the shortest seaway to India and Australia throughout the Red Sea and shortest air route to the east. Saudi Arabia was also close to the main British motor route and oil pipeline between Iraq and Palestine through Transjordan. The ruling of Al Saud family also added to the importance of Saudi Arabia for Britain, as the UK believed ibn-e Saud kings could greatly influence the Arab countries.

looks like all nighters for the both of us then.....? you'd better make some apple crumble then :P

Lol, first of all, as a participator myself, one thing must be stated: Occupy has no leaders. Sure there are organizers and leaders of various unions and political parties that are participating in hopes of advancing their specific political agenda, but that's as far as it goes. There's no universally recognized leadership of Occupy Wall Street. It operates through General Assembly, and the closest thing to leadership are the mods on the internet forums who post what the General Assembly has mutually agreed upon. Second, Occupy Wallstreet isn't an anti-capitalist movement. That may be the opinion of protesters like myself or other organizers, but that's not the view of everyone as a whole. A lot of protesters say "capitalism isn't the problem," probably just a bit more than those who say it is the problem. I find it strange that it's portrayed as an inherently anti-capitalist movement, when that's only the view of some of us who are participating. All parties and political affiliations are welcome as long as they agree with the umbrella principles of the movement and see the same problems whether they are capitalist, socialist, communist, anarchist, democrat, republican, whatever. Third, this is in Oakland, which is essentially the ghetto counterpart to San Francisco. Oakland and New York City have had a lot of problems with the police even before these protests began and the brutality shown to a war veteran who participated just recently in an Oakland protest has sort of broke the camel's back for many. If you ask me, I think a little bit violent activity is what is needed to knock some sense into people. Unless people who are causing problems are scared of what might happen if they don't listen up and shape up, all of the protesting is just yelling falling on deaf ears.

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Actually sister, you are wrong, as every man woman and child in pakistan and their little dogs can also can black magic. So pakistan has more sorcerers than Saudi arabia I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but lets be realistic, the sorcerers of fir'awn could not even do real magic, so why today can so many people do it? In my experience, all the people who go on about this either to it to con others, or because they are unhappy with life and want to blame others by saying they have had a spell put on them, and take no responsibility for the state their life is in. IT's just supersittions passed down from father to son, but I do agree that if people try it, they should be given the right punishment.

I love how you can never spell his name right. Illiterate rafidhis. Pff.

hmm barader i dont feel satisfied with our interview, ending it now...if its ok with you (and readers) can we continue this a little bit more? plus my next interviewee hasnt got back to me yet

Funny guy, if I didn't know better I would've thought you were Nader Zaveri in a wig.

Not even success bro - Barca's elegance will never be matched for a long time.

I agree, when it comes down to success, City are only infants compared to Barca.

In Islam it is haram to leave a red mark on anyones body, including your own children. If you do leave a red mark or bruise you owe that person Diya or some type of payment.

LOOOL really? That's not what the faeries and elves told me.

i dont think there is anyone alive that we can refer to, who can give us a 100% unbiased, accurate account of what happened in those few months. in times where certainty is impossible, we need to rely on secondary and tertiary evidence. personally, i have seen, read and heard enough to convince me "beyond reasonable doubt". there is no way on earth i would accuse anyone if i had doubt as to their guilt - i dont want to go to hell man. part of my aggressive nature on this topic is the refusal of many to listen to what i am saying, or discuss it any further than rejecting everything or twisting it around to be an attack on me. my problem is that khomeini was a shia, iran was run by shia. i expected better, because he have better role models. we might use excuses such as "he was tired and pressured because of the war", "he was angry at the MKO", "the political prisoners deserved it" and so on for a non shia, because they do not have the imams as guidance. but shias are meant to know and behave better. of course, if someone could talk to me about the other side of the story, im all ears. my mind isnt closed. Was the Banu Qurayza example not enough to convince you? there needs to be a degree of critical thinking from laymen, how else are we to determine who is right? the whole reason mutahari and shariati's discussions and philosophies appear in books are so people like me and you can read them. i prefer the type of disagreement between, say, mutahari and shariati or shaheed sadr and khomeini over WF, as they were at least arguing about things on an academic level. if you ever do get round to reading about it, can you fill us in? Yeah sure I will. im guilty of both things - getting called up for stupid things ive said, and being e-slapped in the mouth by saying other stupid things. is there an example of when you have been particularly satisfied during a thread, for proving your stance right and someone else wrong? Yeah, just last week in the thread where I posted this video: hojjatiyeh society? who are they? what are their beliefs? where are they based? any of them on sc? They are a very anti-political, anti-WF group of individuals in Iran. They are really keen on shafa'ah and tatbeer. Don't know of any of them on Shiachat, but they are in Iran so why would they be on shiachat? Shiachat is an English website, so its members generally live in the West. i suppose thats the benefit of places like this, you get to widen your perspectives. what did you first think of anti khomeini members (like myself), and what do you currently think of them? i think the revolution started out great, and noble, and exactly as it should have been, but it nosedived pretty early on and didnt turn around, just stayed in freefall. That depends on the person. I think some are arrogant, some are ignorant, some are confused, some are crazy, and some simply did wrong ijtihad. In what way do you think it "nosedived?" The 1988 executions? I do not think that was a deviation in the least bit. I think the deviation started under the construction government (Hashemi), with the privatization programs. This was continued under the reform government (Khatami), which continued privatization plans, and added to that a subversive cultural program. But inshallah, all of that will be made up for in the coming years. i think a few contenders of post modern societies are emerging, one being china, and one being iran. apart from the obvious religious issue, what advantages does iran have over china? I'm sorry but in what way do you consider China a post-modern society? They are perhaps even more culturally subverted than Iran is. They have completely abandoned all their values (and even their zhongshan suits :(). They have adopted Western worldview, Western economics, Western methods... Just because they are an emerging power and they are in the Eastern hemisphere does not make them special. What has happened to China in the past 20, 30 years is a cultural tragedy. its only a matter of time until western society collapses. certainly in our lifetimes. how is iran prepared for the collapse? how will it rise from the ashes? I don't know if this collapse is imminent, as you seem to suggest. Western civilization is a very strong one; stronger than it is given credit for. Take a look at US foreign policy, for example. How brilliant is it? They understand the changing tides. They know that they cannot enforce secularist, anti-religious regimes upon the highly religious people in the Middle East any more. So what do they do? They align with Salafis/Wahabis; they play the Arab vs. Persian card, they play the Sunni vs. Shia card, they play the Qom vs. Najaf card. They play all these cards, why? In order to align themselves with certain religious forces, and against the revolutionary religious forces. They are putting so much energy right now into making Najaf a factory for colonized minds. They hate the idea of unity between Najaf and Qom, and are they not right to hate this idea? Is this idea not a threat to them? So they are plenty clever, and they have done a good job of preserving their empire. Don't underestimate their potentials. what would be a "deal breaker" fr a potential mrs jackson? "Please, no Shirazis." (If I ever became a British pop star, that would be my first song) yes, you are right about the aggressive spread of american culture everywhere. do you think steps like banning facebook and other american sites is a positive one, or will it just make those determined to be subversive think of new ways round the blocks? what is the best way to get the youth to reject american culture? In the case of facebook, filters are only a matter of inconvenience. In the case of youtube, filters are quite effective, because a proxy server makes the internet very slow, and so youtube videos would take ages to download. I think the best way is a long-term committment to cultural planning. This is an idea where we have failed in the past. We need hezbollahis in art, hezbollahis in educational establishments, hezbollahis on TV. Too many people who affect how people think in Iran, don't believe in the Islamic system. indeed. so much talent. love them or loathe them - i dont think many of us can deny that they were some of the most brilliant minds iran had to offer. may Allah curse the tyrants and murderers. Not sure if they are brilliant minds. Competent in evil, certainly. sure, it is definately interesting to see what will happen though. i hope rafsanjani doesnt get in though, the site of him makes me want to punch somebody. Hashemi's political life is over, alhamdulillah. er it can be translated as "MARRY ME ASAP" OK good. Then I approve. eggs are fine. whats the most exotic way of eating eggs that you can make? Exotic? Nah son, I just fry them. You know the way that the yellow part doesnt mix with the white part, and it looks like a big circle? That way. interesting choice, are there any books you wish you could have read earlier in your life, with regards to the revolution? Anything to do with spiritual self-purification. Like Imam Khomeini's tafseer of surah al-hamd, for example. It's something I think I neglected. Well, I still neglect it, but I used to neglect it a lot more. bro - archery, swimming, horse riding and fencing! trust me on this. For military purposes? Won't Imam Mahdi's army have some more advanced equipment? may you soon be called to karbala insha'Allah. Inshallah. in shaam the men are much more polite, i think its a paki thing. theres a mental rush, especially on shab e arba'een but everyone gets to touch the zari at least once. since its the same room as the women though. we can hear the commotion. why are iranian women so angry when they get into the zari room? Because worship is serious business. what paki food do you like the most? I only had Paki food on one occasion. It was biryani. So the Paki food I like the most is biryani. is that for only building new projects, or renovation/ restoration etc? what does it encompass? It encompassed everything, MDM. Wiki says: But it was more than that. It also involved a mass literacy campaign. What is most unique and amazing about this program (which was given its own government ministry until 2001 when it was merged with the Agricultural Ministry, which was thereby renamed the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad), is that it was strictly volunteer-based. People signed up and did it without pay; only to please God and to serve the ummah. Today we have Basij-e sazandegi (Construction Basij) which does some similar things but not nearly on the scale. And today's Iranian economy makes moral incentive kind of insufficient. So such grand program could not be succesful today. :(

hmm I may be able to attend, depends, insha'Allah I will see what happens ^_^

I remember the time when we ran through streets and dared each other endlessly You ran, and I would follow as we skipped like those little girls with plaited hair. I remember the time when you scared me in the dark so much so that, I began to cry like a child and hit you a thousand times (sorry if I bruised you) Inseparable were we like sisters, but not at all Your eyes, honeyed like mine and a smile That smile. I'm as numb as when you used to lean on my arm and refuse to get off Though it feels different this time. And doesn't go away Where did it all go wrong? Why didn't you answer my calls? I was going to take you out for the night A coffee perhaps? It could have been. My spontaneous planning, like always. Why did you have to leave? How dare you go and leave me like this Bruised and blue like your face when you died Do I dare call you selfish? Dear Layla As much as nostalgia rubs salt in my wounds I will always love and miss you and will remember you for what you were and not what could have been. Dear Layla. *To all those who read this, a friend of mine has committed suicide. Whatever journey she is experiencing, I ask you to read the fatiha for her*

What love to bury my fist into a saudi Wahab's beard, it's like their only weakness. (other than being complete retards)

yes, sometimes.

I make it with sum modification; 1 1/2 cup of flour, 1/2 cup vegetable oil,1/2 cup of sugar, i used 3 big apples dunno how big would be :wacko: add sum cinnamon powder ~ as available in the kitchen :cry: I make new recipe of urs :P but they like it :lol: should reduce oil if i use it next time, inshalla Im gonna to try the standard recipe next time :mellow: Thank u for sharing ;)

I agree. I was going to do this earlier when I cut my hair short because there was a lot left over but I never got around to doing it. I found another thread about this : http://www.shiachat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/234923496-locks-of-love/

Thought: How I love teacher training days! Three day weekend! :wub:

People need to remember that sometimes the one labeled as a "deviant" is actually the one on the correct path.

sayed fadhallah has a strong base in Iraq represented in the dawa party and some of the sadr movement. It was our dream that he would come and rule iraq for us or at least help create the institutions and system but the racists would not let that happen because they are stuck in their little stinky races. When the attack was against him in 1998 alot of them wrote books to defend him for example a book called: خلفيات ضلت سواء السبيل they responded to the Jafar murtadha al amuly in his famous book " خلفيات جعفر مرتضى العاملي here in australia there was a big attack on him and they took all his tapes away from the library and we clashed with them about this behavior. I had a few encounters with the iraqi communities in london attacking him and I tried my best to explain and the same here in Melbourne. Eventhough i disagreed with some of his fatwas which i had to follow some one else according to tab3eeth but he was like a treasure only if people understood and thats why mohamad baqir alsadr said: all those who left najaf have lost najaf except fadlullah it is najaf that lost him and mohamad baqir alsadr was also another genius and a treasure which the people didnt appreciate at all and killed him but many people who just wanted to have things in an easy way and many nonreligious people followed fadhallah due to the reputation that he made things easy which was untrue many people followed him for lame reasons like they didnt want to keep a beard pr things like this many people folwoed him for racist reasons... for example they hated the iranians hogging the marji3yah and as a reaction they wanted to follow some one who was arabic but reasons like this are very common where people are reactionary one of the attacks agasinst him is they said " the hawza is between najaf and qum only" so some arabism racists replied to the persian racists by following him its like vitnamese comign into islam because of tiher hate for USA or pakistanis following sistani because sistani is next door to balouchistan , i dont know but some people do have this sort of narrow look towards life. but fadhallah He maintained islam as his constitution but he was brave in colliding with wrong things which have been set for 100s of years also fadhalallah has fundamentalist and radical followers which really understood him better and many of them are in london or in the leadership of iraq now in general he is misunderstood even by some of his followers.

Thoughts: No man, no jinn, no realm of time. From apparent dimensions to hidden designs, will ever comprehend the greatness of Hussain... Muharram is coming, Ya Hussain.

Ironically, if you say to a Sunni it was Uthman, they would say "HOW DARE YOU INSULT UTHMAN????" But they comfortably ascribe that verse to the Prophet (pbuh).

A man has intercourse with a woman, he walks free , she gets stuck for 9 months with a baby growing inside her body causing her all sorts of pain and hardships , tell me how is that fair? maybe the god of the feminists is not fair she created this big hardship on her favorite gender and let her lesser favorite gender get away with no burden or responsibility , note that the god of the feminists is a female thats why I used she your making a false assumption that the sole reason for iddah is clearing the womb but that is false because there could be many other reasons for example tell me why there is no iddah after fornication? doesn't that also create possible pregnancy also as haydar asked why are the iddah different in different cases? secondly pregnancy tests are not very accurate and not available to everyone thirdly there are psychological aspects and many other issues The problem is you actually think you know the whole reason. and the 45 days is for those who have irregular cycles isnt it ? dont build on assumptions your assuming that the sole purpose of iddah is clearing the womb and this assumption is proven wrong by the fact that different types of divorce or marriage have different types of iddahs and you only need one menstruation to clear the womb not 2 or three cycles so you have not proven that the Iddah is only for clearing the womb yet you want to abrogate it before you tell us what are the reasons for it ??? But am sure god will be grateful that your helping him doing his homework because he has been tired and very busy so he didn't see it coming, I mean he still uses IPhone 4 thats why Steve Jobs went up there to give them a hand. A woman can not be fertilized by more than one man simultaneously but a man can fertilize 100 women simultaneously If one woman has four husbands the husband can not have his own child except after having to wait 6 years because each of them will take 1 year for pregnancy and another year when the wife is breastfeeding it would be hard to conceive . Also studies showed that a woman who slept with more than one man can not be fair because her body is biologically inclined and would subconsciously give the bigger chance of conceiving to the one that she loves . She can only love one man in her nature.

Well the Prophet (pbuh) loved Allah (swt) the most and his family much more than he loved anyone else, and we follow the teachings of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s) .... tell me why are there so many proofs in sahih bukhari and sahih muslim that prove sunnism to be false, yet you still take it to be true? The Prophet (pbuh) said I am leaving behind two weighty things and if you hold onto them you will not go astray; The Qur'an and my Ahlul Bayt (as). Why do you follow the Qur'an but no the Ahlul Bayt (a.s)? The Prophet (pbuh) said whoever angers Fatima (s.a) angers me. Narrated from Aisha in Sahih Bukhari, Fatima (sa) was angry with Abu Bakr and remained that way till she died. Why do you love abu bakr more than Fatima (sa) and it's obvious you do because you make excuses for abu bakr even though you know he was in the wrong? The Prophet (pbuh) said there will be 12 leaders after me and all of them will be from quraish. Where are your 12 leaders? Ours are the 12 imams. The Prophet (pbuh) said one who dies not knowing his imam (leader) dies a kaafir. (sunni and shia both accept this hadith) So in your case either Fatima (sa) died a kaafir astaghfirullah, which isnt possible because she is the leader of the women of paradise (according to sunni and shia) Or abu bakr was a baatil leader. The Prophet (pbuh) said Hussein (as) is from me and I am from Hussein (as), Allah (swt) loves the one who loves Hussein (as). So why is it that every 10th muharram you sit and talk about fasting on the 10th of muharram because the religion is superior to the jewish religion or w/e ... why don't you commemorate `Ashura? Just because you believe we commemorate it in a wrong way doesn't stop you from mourning in the way you think is right. Why is it that umar said to abu hurairah stop attributing lies to the Prophet (pbuh) yet you still take all his narrations. Why is it that Sahih Bukhari has contradictions yet you still take all the hadiths to be sahih? Why is it that you do sujood on carpet when carpet wasn't introduced into the mosque of the Prophet (pbuh) 300 years after his death? How can you believe the Prophet (pbuh) was gonna commit suicide 7 times astaghfirullah Most Importantly ... HOW CAN YOU CLAIM YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH WHEN YOUR SECT IS WRONG AND YOUR OWN SOURCES (BUKHARI, MUSLIM, VARIOUS OTHERS) PROVE IT ???????

^You troll - what a poor attempt at disguising as a Shia and trying to play devil's advocate. The levels you stoop to are absolutely pathetic.

(bismillah) They are all our "ummahaat" which means they are forbidden to everyone for marriage. If they are pious believing women, then yes, they do deserve respect and honor. You should read some history. `Aisha was firstly one of the many instigating violence against Uthman. She, Talha, and Zubayr led war against Imam `Ali عليه السلام because they wanted Caliphate for themselves and to uphold the superior social/political power the Muhajireen had over everyone else. It is very clear that `Aisha did not like Ameer al-Mumineen al-Murtadhaa عليه السلام from historical as well as hadeeth literature. And we all know what enmity towards `Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام is... Historical sources and hadeeth sources are not examined the same way. Rijal is more or less not applied to it. Recently you'll seem some try to do this in order to try to deny the not so shiny and clean actions of the companions (because it brings doubt to Sunni Islam's only source to the Prophetic Sunnah). Dhahbi said this openly - that the scholars should bury and hide these things from the Muslims. في أمان الله

Resulullah s.a.a said : who is the enemy of Ali is enemy of Allah. (nesai)

SubhanAllah brother an excellent and a very intelligent post!!

though in general, i'm not fan of these kind of posts, this one is pretty good

wow that was clever