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The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) then said, “O Juwayabir, Allah by means of Islam has removed those who were called noble in pre-Islamic time of darkness and ignorance and has honored them with Islam. To those who did not have any social position before Islam, Allah has granted honor as well as to those who were considered low in the time of ignorance. With Islam He has removed the pride of the time of ignorance and people’s expressing pride because of tribes and strong genealogy. Today (we say) all people, white and black, those from Quraysh, Arab, non- Arab are all from Adam, and Adam was created by Allah from clay. The most beloved in the sight of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, on the Day of Judgment will be those who are most obedient to Him and most pious before Him" Al-Kafi, Saheeh https://thaqalayn.net/hadith/5/3/21/1

1. I would like to see a few examples of those 'woke' political groups in the West supporting militant Sunni Islamism. Establishmentarian forces in the West, whether 'liberal' or 'conservative', have often supported Sunni groups to check the influence of the Shi'a, whom they identify with Iran. But I would like to see some of these 'woke' supporters to know them better. Quoting one or two cases won't do. You will have to bring sufficient quantitative evidence to establish that this is indeed a trend. Without it your claim remains merely a claim, and hypothetical. 2. Support for Hamas is a matter of necessity rather than choice. You can verbally profess your support for the resistance, including armed resistance, while steering clear of the largest armed resistance group among them, but this will make your support nothing more than pious fiction and lip service. No one here is blind to Hamas's past or their flaws and opportunism. But the Hamas of 2023 is not the Hamas of 2013-14; their brief dalliance with militant Sunnism and the oil monarchies is all but over, and they know that they have been used and thrown and thar they have no choice but to rely on Iran and Hezbollah. With this new realization they are hoped to do better this time. Personally I would like to see other groups like the PIJ lead from the front, but my likes and dislikes don't matter, the concrete ground realities do. The fact is that they are the largest armed resistance group and you can not support the armed resistance meaningfully without acknowledging/supporting them. Your support can either be meaningless or merely platonic moral fiction with a thousand ifs and buts or critical yet candid support.

Inshallah before their 80th year they will disappear.

Instead of calling things potential fabrications because of what seems to be a contradiction - especially among reliable hadiths - one should strive to reconcile these ahadith, without accidently falling into the trap of rejection of ahadith. One of the explainations offered by scholars regarding the differences in the thawab of a'maal among various narrations is the external circumstances of the societies when these hadiths were narrated. For example, we have ahadith, some of them reliable, that the ziyarah of Al-Ridha (عليه السلام) is even greater than the ziyarah of Al-Husayn (عليه السلام). While we have other ahadith, also reliable, that the reward of the ziyarah of all the Imams (عليه السلام) are equal in thawab. Is this a contradiction? At face value it might sound like one, but the scholars have mentioned that one of the reasons why the ziyarah of Al-Ridha (عليه السلام) was a higher rewarding act than the ziyarah of Al-Husayn (عليه السلام) was the external circumstances of the time, wherein you had (1) the fitna caused by the Waqifi cult who had split the believers into various camps, (2) that the Imam (عليه السلام) was buried far away from where most believers lived, making the journey to his ziyarah difficult, (3) as well as the political situation surrounding the Abbassid rulers and their spies. However, now that the ziyarah of Al-Ridha (عليه السلام) is not surrounded by these same external circumstances, the reward of the ziyarah of both Imams (عليه السلام) should be the same. Here is Al-Haydari quoting Al-Majlisi (rah) who mentioned this view, and also explains it: Another explaination mentioned by the scholars is that depending on the visitor himself, the reward may differ based on the ma'rifah of the Imam (عليه السلام) by the visitor himself. That may explain why one of the reliable hadiths quoted previously in the thread promises the high reward of many Hajj and Umrah visits by visiting the Imam (عليه السلام) whilst knowing his "right". Keep in mind, that the narrations which mention this "heavy reward" for the ziyarah are plenty, and a couple are authentic, so to resort to rejection is extremely risky, and reconciliation is the safest option. And as mentioned previously, this is not exclusive to the reward of ziyarah, as you will find other a'maal which promise different rewards for the same deed. And finally, there is no need to conflict ziyarah with umrah or hajj. The message to the believers should be that we should strive to fulfill all mustahab a'maal to the full extent as much as possible. There is an entire chapter in Kamil Al-Ziyarat with ahadith wherein the Imams (عليه السلام) call those who visit Al-Husayn (عليه السلام) infrequently as negligent: https://thaqalayn.net/chapter/24/2/97 So my message - and the message of everyone who fears Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) to the believers - go do Hajj, Umrah, and all the Ziyarahs as much as possible, and don't conflict them against eachother.

The settlers are the modern day colonialists. They are trying to steal land that belongs to someone else and hope their colonial masters, ie the Zionist State will back them up. So far they have If they studied history, the would realize that colonialism only works under certain conditions. First, that there is an information vacumn and an unclear understanding of the people being colonized what the plan of the colonizers is. Second, there is an extreme imbalance of power on one side, i.e. the colonizers which the other side has no chance of 'catching up'. This was the case when the US Govt did the genocide against the Native Americans, Canadian Govt against the Native Canadians, and the Australian Govt against the Aborigines. The Native people of these places didn't understand fully what the colonizers were trying to do. They thought that they just wanted to live side by side with them, and share their land and resources. The Native Americans, etc, were very much used to this and used to do this with other tribes. They thought of the Europeans as just another tribe. Also, they had no examples to study in order to understand what the real goal of the Europeans was. By the time they figured out what was really going on, it was too late and most of them were already dead. It wasn't because they were not intelligent, as the settlers claims, it was because they lacked information and context to know what was going on. Europeans understood what was going on because Kingdoms in Europe had been fighting with each other for centuries before this and killing and looting each other in order to gain a few more hectares of land. This wasn't the case in North America, or Australia, or at least this was very rare. The second thing was that Europeans had technology, like firearms and cannons, that the Native Americans didn't have. By the time they learned how to use them, again it was too late. Neither of these apply to the Palestinians. They know, and probably by now everyone in the world knows exactly what the Zionists are up to and what their end game is (i.e. to control the entire ME). The Palestinian population is not decreasing but increasing. They have also shown, by this current operation, that they have closed the 'technology gap' and can use modern technologies of warfare better and more effectively than the Zionists can. So time is on the side of the Palestinians. They may not defeat the Zionists this time ( then again they actually might do it, InShahAllah), but time is on their side. The win is inevitable.

Hello, in the context of financial systems and Islamic finance, what are the Shia perspectives and opinions on the idea of implementing a separate universal payment system specifically for Muslims? How do you view the potential benefits and challenges of such a system, and what are your thoughts on its compatibility with Islamic principles? We invite you to join the discussion and share your thoughts and opinions on this important topic. Your insights and viewpoints are valuable in understanding the diverse perspectives within the Shia community. What is your opinion on the idea of a separate universal payment system for Muslims, and how do you see it aligning with Islamic principles and values? Your participation will contribute to a richer understanding of this concept and its potential implications."

Prophet Musa (عليه السلام) said this about bani Israel: When all these things have happened to you, the blessings and the curses that I have set before you, if you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2and return to the Lord your God, and you and your children obey him with all your heart and with all your soul, just as I am commanding you today, 3then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you, gathering you again from all the peoples among whom the Lord your God has scattered you. 4Even if you are exiled to the ends of the world, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will bring you back. 5The Lord your God will bring you into the land that your ancestors possessed, and you will possess it; he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. Deuteronomy 30:1–5 There is two requirements for gathering. 1. All Jews must have faith on Allah and obey all his commands. 2. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) will bring them back means he will send a representative of God and not an atheist zionists who brought them back illegally. In current Palestine, majority of these jews are atheist and it was atheist zionist who brought them to Palestine. From Judaism, anyone with intellect and fear of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) understand that these jews do not follow this verse because they really do not obey Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) command There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. Proverbs 6:16-19 All of these are witnessed on these Zionist jews. Maimonides, a prominent medieval Jewish scholar, connected the materialization of this return with the coming of the Davidic Messiah. Which is absolute correct. Only a prophet or messiah can really bring all belivers jews back to Palestine, which is one of the requirement.

In reality there is only Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) alone and nothing else beside Him and everything else are manifestation of His attributes and names which we call creations. This means that you and me are only real because we are God manifestation of his names and attributes. If you say that God and creations are separate, then this is giving independence to creation, thus it entails that God does not control this creation. But at same time God and creations are not identical either, because that means God and creations have same essence with multiplicity which is shirk. So creations are actually nothing but a limited manifestation of some God names or His attribute. So actually in reality only Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) exist and nothing else, and He is the Reality. There is an infinity of these manifestation (creations) because God is Eternal and there is no limit in His names and attributes.

addendum 29. The Origin Of The Name Allah The Origin of the Name Allah1 Islamic Insights: Writings And Reviews John Andrew Morrow https://www.al-islam.org/islamic-insights-writings-and-reviews-john-andrew-morrow/29-origin-name-allah

Salam in shia jurisprudence people won't forbidden from reading their holy book & praying after this surgery which their prayer & reading holy book will be accepted in similar fashion of their status quo before surgery . According to ISNA news agency Ayatollah Sistani also answered the question: Is transplanting from pig to human permissible? his majisety said: It is permissible and Allah is All-Knowing. Ayatollah Sistani and Alawi Gorgani said regarding the transplantation of a pig's heart to a human: it is permissible. https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/بخش-سایت-خوان-62/3833983-نظر-مراجع-تقلید-درباره-پیوند-قلب-خوک-به-انسان#:~:text=آیت الله علوی گرگانی طی استفتاء در خصوص,است؟ فرمودند%3A جایز است و خدا عالم است. https://www.ziaossalehin.ir/fa/forums/40261/حکم-شرعی-پیوند-کلیه-خوک-به-انسان Transplantation of animal organs to humans Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi: There is no problem in transplanting animal organs (even pigs) to humans in cases of necessity. https://setare.com/fa/news/17770/حکم-شرعی-پیوند-اعضا-از-فرد-مرده-یا-زنده-چیست/

Salam nobody has denied it also many Shias go to Hajj from Iran & Iraq & lebanon & etc which according to shia Islam for going to Hajj you must have minimum qualification likewise financial qualification & other factors which it's a signifant journey for shias in opposition to wahabis who have considered it something likewise going yo Picnic , also are are you a religious (sharia) police who says who is muslim or not muslim by going to Hajj or not which you do investigation on private matters of people which is between themselves & Allah to categorize them by going to Hajj or not or by going to Zyarah or not as being muslim or not !!!!??? also going to Zyarah has no contradiction with going to Hajj for shia muslims in opposition to Wahabis & Salafis . also my zyarah except going to Najaf & Karbala & Samira for once have done inside Iran which has no limitation for both of Sunnis & Shias in opposition to humilation of both sunnis & Shias by Wahabis & salafis in KSA & it's tyrant government also my my Zyarah to Najaf & Karbala & Samira has been happened after wining in a Halal sortition because personally I have not financial prerequirement for going to Hajj .

Salam his fans has called him Ayatollah Tabrizian which he has some degree of religious education but his title has given by his fans which doesn't relate to other revered great Ayatollah.

In New Testament there is great example and very clear where Isa (عليه السلام) clearly say that he is doing God work. Here God work is the will and act of God trough the mean of Isa Ibn Maryam (عليه السلام). He still refers it to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) and not to Himself. Now the Jews fall for this like how salafis usually do about the shirk this and shirk that. They think when Isa (عليه السلام) did these things, they think Isa (عليه السلام) is God Himself. What is sad is that Christians take this as sign that because Jews though him to be God, then he must be presenting himself as God. This is the verse: 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.” (John 10) [ESV]

Imams (عليه السلام) and Prophets (عليه السلام) are the names of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) but not in absolute sense. This is because God uses them as means to manifest His will and action. Imams and Prophets have reached a state where they don't anymore have their own will but rather they only will and act what Gods will and act. People can easily get confuse about this. Christians have confused about this because they think that Jesus is God himself by flesh (means that this Jesus have absolute attributes of God while in human form), which is shirk. Rather Jesus is God creation but Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) act and will trough him as a mean. So whatever Jesus do, it is God will and act. Thus Jesus is God's beautiful names. The burning bush is just a mean, but whatever I hear from it, the words are Gods words. God is not the bush, nor the bush is God, nor the bush is manifesting God absolute attribute of speech. God uses the bush as mean to manifest particular words He wills. Christians are actually very near to tawheed, but Shaytan have confused them to shirk. If Christians can understand and come to point to realize that Jesus is just a creation and mean, but he do manifest Gods words, will and act, then they truly become Muslims. No creation can manifest God Absolutely attributes and names. This is because Absolute is God Itself and everything else is just fragments of manifestation of His names and attributes.

A growing number of reports indicate Israeli forces responsible for Israeli civilian and military deaths following October 7 attack – Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2023/10/a-growing-number-of-reports-indicate-israeli-forces-responsible-for-israeli-civilian-and-military-deaths-following-october-7-attack/ "This testimony would seem to indicate that many Israeli captives were still alive on Monday, October 9, a full two days after the events of Saturday, October 7. While it might be understandable if captives had been killed in the hectic crossfire of an initial Israeli response to the attack on the 7th, this account would seem to indicate that the decision to assault the kibbutz and everyone inside was made as a clear military calculation. It is clear Palestinian militants were hiding in these buildings with their Israeli captives as Israeli soldiers were blasting their way in with massive tank shells in close quarters. It deserves to be investigated who caused most of the death and destruction that took place. This is especially important as these deaths are now being used to justify the destruction of Gaza and the killing of thousands of civilians there."

Illustration of the terror label being applied in a context where it's now seen as propaganda.

Maybe it's just to make it easier for us to remember that everything is merely projections of His Names.

@Haji 2003 I do believe that Turkey and Qatar are providing much more support for Hamas than Iran is, however. The following source admits as much: Another factor is that Israel has never really imposed a stringent blockade on Gaza. Had Israel done so, Hamas would have been ousted a decade ago. Israeli strategy benefits more from a Hamas–Fatah stalemate than outright Israeli control over Palestine, at least in the short term. So long as the Palestinians remain divided Israel can consolidate its hold over time. Israel relies on the Saudis to support Fatah and the Qataris (and Turks) to bolster Hamas, while excluding Iran and Hezbollah.

I am not entirely sure this is a fair representation of what happened in Algeria. Unlike 'terrorist' the term 'settler' in English is quite anodyne, perhaps even positive. Certainly, it does not reflect the expropriation of others' land that has been the case in both instances. Choi, Sung-Eun. Decolonization and the French of Algeria : Bringing the Settler Colony Home, Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015.

A girl from our university made a petition to remove Starbucks and subway from our university, more than 500 student signed including me, what shocked me is that less than 5% where male, what a shame.

I can't comment on the N.American experience. But the experience of the British in India is one of traders discovering the opportunity of a colony over many decades. To some extent, I think the Zionist project reflects this. I don't recall seeing early 20th-century references to an undivided Jerusalem being an Israeli capital for all eternity as some currently claim. I put this down to an ex-post realisation that this could actually be achieved. Similarly, I do not think historically there was much thought paid to the possibility that the wider ME could become an Israeli commonwealth - but the Abraham Accords certainly seemed to point in that direction.

Yes thats something required from countries such as Yemen, Syria, and other Muslim war torn countries.

Salam all of them in Iran have used homegrown vaccines likewise Barakat vaccine but on the other hand alla of them have opposed using American & British & zionist vaccines although all of them have supported a naturopathic approach to health too which only a controversial scholar who has no relation any of Ayatollahs ha s opposed using any vaccine or modern medicine which his fans are a too tiny grouplet .

wa alaykum al salam This is your own tafsir and it isn't wrong per se, in fact there are hadiths which support what you said aswell, such as the following: Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim said on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu al-Salt `Abd al-Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi, on the authority of `Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ((عليه السلام)), on the authority of his father ((عليه السلام)), on the authority of his forefathers ((عليه السلام)), on the authority of `Ali ((عليه السلام)) that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: For Allah, the Mighty and High, are Ninety-Nine Names. Whoever calls Allah by them, He will grant him what he asks. And whoever enumerates them shall enter Paradise. https://thaqalayn.net/hadith/14/2/29/9 However, it doesn't have to contradict the hadith in your opening post, and in fact the mufasireen have mentioned both hadiths in their tafasir and never had an issue that resorted to them picking one over the other. It is legitimate to call upon Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) by His Names directly and it is also legitimate to call upon Him by the manifestations of His Names, and there is no reason to pin one against the other. Asking Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) through the Imams (عليه السلام) is something established in many of our Du'as, including some with reliable chains, such as the following: Ali bin Ibrahim from his father (Ibrahim bin Hashim) from Husayn bin Said from Fadhala (bin Ayub) from Aban (bin Uthman) AND Muawiya bin Wahb who said: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: when you stand to (go and) pray then say: O my Lord, I give preference to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله (over myself in front of You) and place Him between my outsretched hands in need (of You), and turn to You through Him, so make me through Him an intimate of Yours in this world and the next, and from among the close ones (to You), and make my prayers through Him accepted, and my sins through Him forgiven, and my supplications through Him answered, Indeed You are the most Forgiving – the Merciful. (Hasan due to Ibrahim) https://mutabaralkafi.wordpress.com/?s=preference&submit=Search I'm not sure where you keep getting the idea that the Imams (عليه السلام) are simply cut off from us as soon as they die, and that we cannot connect with them after their death. If I believe - as all Muslims believe - that the salam that I send to the Prophet (saww) in my daily prayers reaches the Prophet (saww) - as a miracle, would it be wrong for me to also believe that my calls to the Imams (عليه السلام) also reach them as a miracle, based on hadiths that indicate that my calls reach them? And is it wrong to believe that - as a miracle - Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) informs them of the affairs of their Shi'a after their death? Would it be wrong for me to believe that they (عليه السلام) can hear me near their graves as established by certain ziyaraat, some which may be authentic? The following is reliable according to the standards of many scholars: My father and Muĥammad ibn Ĥasan, both narrated to me from Ĥusain ibn Ĥasan ibn Abān, from Ĥusain ibn Sa’ǐd, from Faďālah ibn Ayyūb, Šafwān, and Ibn Abǐ ‘Umayr, from Mu’āwiyah ibn ‘Ammār, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Šādiq ) said: Before going to Madǐnah or prior to entering it, perform a GHUSL. Then proceed to the grave of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and say Salām to him. Move to the pillar which is located on the right side by the head of the grave. Stand there with your left shoulder toward the grave, your right shoulder toward the pulpit of the Prophet ﷺ, and face QIBLAH, for this is the (closest) location to the head of the Prophet ﷺ. Then recite (the following): ﷺ I testify that there is no god but Allāh; He is alone and He has no partners, and I testify that Muĥammad ﷺ is His slave and messenger. I testify that you are the Messenger of Allāh and you are Muĥammad, son of ‘Abdillāh. I testify that you announced the messages of your Lord, you advised your nation, you fought in the way of Allāh, and you worshipped Allāh with wisdom and by giving good counsel until that which is certain (death) came to you. You fulfilled your obligations. You were kind toward the believers and harsh toward the disbelievers. Therefore, Allāh granted you the highest honoured position of the honourable ones. Praise be to Allāh who, through you, saved us from polytheism and from going astray. O Allāh! Send Your blessings, the blessings of Your high-ranked angels, the blessings of Your righteous slaves, the blessings of Your prophets who were sent as messengers, the blessings of (all of) the inhabitants of the heavens and the earths, and the blessings of everyone from the first to the last who sanctifies the Lord of the Worlds, on Muĥammad, Your slave, Your messenger, Your prophet, Your trustee, Your confidant, Your love, Your chosen one, Your special (slave), and the best of Your creation. O Allāh! Grant him the ladder and the WASǏLAH in Paradise, and resurrect him in the Praised Position which will be envied by everyone from the first to the last. O Allāh! You said, “And had they, when they were unjust to themselves, come to you and asked forgiveness of Allāh and the Messenger had (also) asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allāh Oft-returning (to mercy), Most Merciful” (4:64). And I have come to Your Prophet, repenting and asking for forgiveness for my sins, and I have turned to You through Your Prophet, the Prophet of Mercy, Muĥammad ﷺ. O Muĥammad! I have turned to Allāh, Your Lord and mine, through you, so that He forgives my sins. Then Imam continued: If you have a request, face the Qiblah with your back toward the grave. Raise your hands and ask for your request. (If you do this) your request will more likely be granted In-Shā`allāh. https://thaqalayn.net/chapter/24/2/3 All of this is in addition to something I mentioned to you before, which is that the belief that the Imams (عليه السلام) can hear us and that they know about our affairs is something which has been accepted from the era of the classical scholars till now, and so therefore I hope that is not who you refer to when you say their tawheed is at risk.

Except not one scholar I have read has claimed - based on this hadith - that the Imams (عليه السلام) are absolute manifestations of the Names of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى), so you are arguing for nothing. They have all given interpretations on how to understand this hadith in perfectly reasonable ways that does not contradict the intended meaning of the Verse. The Verse in question asks us to call upon Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) by His Names - and there is nothing wrong with calling upon Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) by or through the Imams (عليه السلام) as indicated by many of our Du'as. I'm also surprised by your reliance on the views of Al-Haydari, who himself relies on many weak hadiths to justify his beliefs and in fact criticises the modern rijal method of authentication, and in fact relied upon this hadith in the video I put up in my previous post.

Allahumma salli ala muhammadiw wa ali muhammadin wa ajjil faraja hum Rabbinee lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqir Allahumma innee urreedu an atazawwaja faqaddir lee minan nisaa-I a’fihunna farjajan wa ah’fadh’ihunna lee fee nafsihaa wa awsa-i-hunna lee rizwan wa a-dhamahunna lee barakatan fee nafsihaa wa maaleee faqaddir lee minhaa waladan tayyiban tajaluhoo khalafan saalihan fee hayaatee wa ba`da mawtee. Oh Allah! I desire to marry, so arrange for me a woman from those who willingly abstain from what is unlawful and who safeguards her soul for my sake and because of her, not only my means of sustenance will increase, but also make there be in it abundance and also make it sure that she will give me a virtuous son, who will be a noble successor in my life and after my death. Ya Rabb, help me in finding a good wife in the same boat as me, who also understands and accepts me as I am. May she find peace and be filled with joy wherever she goes. May she have the strength and courage to find me, love me and live with me. May she find and be filled with much wisdom and clarity in her words and from her experiences. May she in her kindness, share these experiences with me and help us grow together. Verily with hardship comes ease. (إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا - 94:6) Ya Rabb, You alone know what is truly in my heart. You alone know my struggles and pain, Al-Wadud. I feel unbearably lonely and do not wish to incur Your displeasure by remaining unmarried, Al-'Aziz!

Funnily enough again, Kamal Al-Haydari also has lectures on this topic, where he affirms this belief, as he did with other beliefs you didn't like the sound of. It is strange that you are against ecosteric beliefs, when he is a supporter of many such aqaed. Here he is explaining this:

Allahumma salli ala muhammadiw wa ali muhammadin wa ajjil faraja hum Rabbinee lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqir Allahumma innee urreedu an atazawwaja faqaddir lee minan nisaa-I a’fihunna farjajan wa ah’fadh’ihunna lee fee nafsihaa wa awsa-i-hunna lee rizwan wa a-dhamahunna lee barakatan fee nafsihaa wa maaleee faqaddir lee minhaa waladan tayyiban tajaluhoo khalafan saalihan fee hayaatee wa ba`da mawtee. Oh Allah! I desire to marry, so arrange for me a woman from those who willingly abstain from what is unlawful and who safeguards her soul for my sake and because of her, not only my means of sustenance will increase, but also make there be in it abundance and also make it sure that she will give me a virtuous son, who will be a noble successor in my life and after my death. Ya Rabb, help me in finding a good wife in the same boat as me, who also understands and accepts me as I am. May she find peace and be filled with joy wherever she goes. May she have the strength and courage to find me, love me and live with me. May she find and be filled with much wisdom and clarity in her words and from her experiences. May she in her kindness, share these experiences with me and help us grow together. Verily with hardship comes ease. (إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا - 94:6) Ya Rabb, You alone know what is truly in my heart. You alone know my struggles and pain, Al-Wadud. I feel unbearably lonely and do not wish to incur Your displeasure by remaining unmarried, Al-'Aziz!

I do not know my post is compatible in this forum or not as I am new member. But kindly let me share my views. What I think is there are other matters to be completed first in order to dive into more complex and greater matters. For example, Muslim countries are not so developed yet in terms of education and political stability. I do not want to discourage so let me say Muslims have the power of oil. But the reality is Muslims are yet far behind from developed world/countires in terms of technology and education.

Except you are not well-versed in Ilm Al-Rijal despite reading a couple things on the internet, so I don't see how your opinion on this matters carries any weight. I'm not sure where the brother has seen the statement of Al-Milani regarding the changing of the view of Al-Khoei (rah) regarding the Tawtheeq, but the only thing I can see is his own statements in his books and the statements of his students where he affirms this view. And whether the book has questionable things or not is irrelevant, because Al-Khoei (rah) didn't say the book was sahih in all its content and all its narrators. There is no confliction in the Prophet (saww) being the cause of creation and that we are created to worship Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى). There are multiple ways to reconcile this belief with the Qur'anic Ayah. One of which is that without the Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام), Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) would not have been worshipped, which is proven through authentic narrations. Funnily enough, Kamal Al-Haydari accepted this belief. I don't believe this hadith justifies making Du'a to anyone but Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى), but as far as the Imams (عليه السلام) hearing us, and our calls reaching them, and that they are aware of our affairs, this is something many of our classical scholars accepted, among them Al-Mufid (rah).

That hadith is actually sahih according to the standards of Sayyed Al-Khoei (rah). And once again, you dismiss beliefs because of how they "sound" at face value and refuse to look at what the sharh and different interpretations of the hadiths may be, and how they can be reconciled with other beliefs. We don't need to cater to the other sects in any way shape or possible.

This is only statement of Wahabists which praying toward creation even infallible imams by shias countless times have been refuted although wahhabist are repeating it non stop in every thread in similar fashion of your accusation which have based on rhetoric of Wahabists .

Kulyani is on record that the Quran is authentic but what about the threefold caused by Hz Aisha and Caliph Umar wanting to change the Quran but was scared of Muslims to do it. Let's not forget the tahreef by Caliph Uthman too. I mean really start at the source...

there's a chapter in Al-Kafi: باب أن الأئمة عليهم السلام يعلمون علم ما كان وما يكون وأنه لا يخفى عليهم الشئ صلوات الله عليهم The Imams ((عليه السلام)) do have the knowledge of what was and will be, and that nothing is unknown to them If believing in it is Ghuluw, then declare Sheikh Kyulani as Ghali LOL. Here are a few hadiths from that chapter: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الاحْمَرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ سَيْفٍ التَّمَّارِ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله ((عليه السلام)) جَمَاعَةً مِنَ الشِّيعَةِ فِي الْحِجْرِ فَقَالَ عَلَيْنَا عَيْنٌ فَالْتَفَتْنَا يَمْنَةً وَيَسْرَةً فَلَمْ نَرَ أَحَداً فَقُلْنَا لَيْسَ عَلَيْنَا عَيْنٌ فَقَالَ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ وَرَبِّ الْبَنِيَّةِ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَوْ كُنْتُ بَيْنَ مُوسَى وَالْخَضِرِ لاخْبَرْتُهُمَا أَنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُمَا وَلانْبَأْتُهُمَا بِمَا لَيْسَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمَا لانَّ مُوسَى وَالْخَضِرَ (عَلَيْهما السَّلام) أُعْطِيَا عِلْمَ مَا كَانَ وَلَمْ يُعْطَيَا عِلْمَ مَا يَكُونُ وَمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ وَقَدْ وَرِثْنَاهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ وِرَاثَةً Imam ((عليه السلام)) said the following. “An eye is watching over us.” We then looked right and left and did not see anyone. We said, “No eye is watching over us.” The Imam ((عليه السلام)) said, “I swear by the Lord of the Ka‘ba. I swear by the Lord of the House.” He said so three times. “Had I been with Moses and al-Khidr I would have told them that I had more than they did and would have informed them of what they had no knowledge. This is because Moses and al-Khidr were given the knowledge of what was in the past and they were given the knowledge what will be in future or what will exist up to the Day of Judgment while we have inherited all of them from the Messenger of Allah as heirs.”, (Knowledge of past, and knowledge of future is everything includes programming in javascript typescript who was/will be a kaafir, who was/will be momin etc) عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَعِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا مِنْهُمْ عَبْدُ الاعْلَى وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَعَبْدُ الله بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْخَثْعَمِيُّ سَمِعُوا أَبَا عَبْدِ الله ((عليه السلام)) يَقُولُ إِنِّي لاعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الارْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا فِي النَّارِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا كَانَ وَمَا يَكُونُ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَكَثَ هُنَيْئَةً فَرَأَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَبُرَ عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ عَلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ فِيهِ تِبْيَانُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ. they heard abu ‘Abdallah ((عليه السلام)) say the following. “I certainly know what is the heavens and what is in the earth. I know what is in paradise and what is the fire. I know what was there and what will be there.” The narrator has said that the Imam ((عليه السلام)) paused for a while and found that what he had just said was much heavy for the audience then he ((عليه السلام)) said, “I learned all of it from the book of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High. Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, “In it there is the clarification of all things.” (notice فَقَالَ عَلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ فِيهِ تِبْيَانُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ. here. this is literally the same as what brother cool was saying before and quoted verses for) عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ عَنْ جَمَاعَةَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ الْمُفَضَّلُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله ((عليه السلام)) فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمُفَضَّلُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَفْرِضُ الله طَاعَةَ عَبْدٍ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ وَيَحْجُبُ عَنْهُ خَبَرَ السَّمَاءِ قَالَ لا الله أَكْرَمُ وَأَرْحَمُ وَأَرْأَفُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَفْرِضَ طَاعَةَ عَبْدٍ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ثُمَّ يَحْجُبَ عَنْهُ خَبَرَ السَّمَاءِ صَبَاحاً وَمَسَاءً Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Aabu Nasr from ‘Abd al-Karim from Jama‘a ibn Sa‘d al-Khath‘ami who has said that al-Mufaddal was in the presence of abu ‘Abdallah ((عليه السلام)). Al-Mufaddal asked the Imam ((عليه السلام)) the following. “May Allah, take my soul in service for your cause, does Allah command (his) servants to obey a servant and hide the news of the heavens from him?” The Imam ((عليه السلام)) said, Allah is by far much honorable, kind and caring towards His servants than to command them to obey a servant (of His) and then hide form him the news of the heavens mornings and evenings.” مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ ضُرَيْسٍ الْكُنَاسِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ((عليه السلام)) يَقُولُ وَعِنْدَهُ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ عَجِبْتُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَتَوَلَّوْنَا وَيَجْعَلُونَا أَئِمَّةً وَيَصِفُونَ أَنَّ طَاعَتَنَا مُفْتَرَضَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ كَطَاعَةِ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ ثُمَّ يَكْسِرُونَ حُجَّتَهُمْ وَيَخْصِمُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِضَعْفِ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَيَنْقُصُونَا حَقَّنَا وَيَعِيبُونَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى مَنْ أَعْطَاهُ الله بُرْهَانَ حَقِّ مَعْرِفَتِنَا وَالتَّسْلِيمَ لامْرِنَا أَ تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى افْتَرَضَ طَاعَةَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ ثُمَّ يُخْفِي عَنْهُمْ أَخْبَارَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالارْضِ وَيَقْطَعُ عَنْهُمْ مَوَادَّ الْعِلْمِ فِيمَا يَرِدُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِمَّا فِيهِ قِوَامُ دِينِهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ حُمْرَانُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ رَأَيْتَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ قِيَامِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَالْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ ((عليه السلام)) وَخُرُوجِهِمْ وَقِيَامِهِمْ بِدِينِ الله عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَمَا أُصِيبُوا مِنْ قَتْلِ الطَّوَاغِيتِ إِيَّاهُمْ وَالظَّفَرِ بِهِمْ حَتَّى قُتِلُوا وَغُلِبُوا فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ((عليه السلام)) يَا حُمْرَانُ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَدْ كَانَ قَدَّرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَضَاهُ وَأَمْضَاهُ وَحَتَمَهُ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الاخْتِيَارِ ثُمَّ أَجْرَاهُ فَبِتَقَدُّمِ عِلْمٍ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ قَامَ عَلِيٌّ وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ ((عليه السلام)) وَبِعِلْمٍ صَمَتَ مَنْ صَمَتَ مِنَّا وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ يَا حُمْرَانُ حَيْثُ نَزَلَ بِهِمْ مَا نَزَلَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَإِظْهَارِ الطَّوَاغِيتِ عَلَيْهِمْ سَأَلُوا الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَدْفَعَ عَنْهُمْ ذَلِكَ وَأَلَحُّوا عَلَيْهِ فِي طَلَبِ إِزَالَةِ مُلْكِ الطَّوَاغِيتِ وَذَهَابِ مُلْكِهِمْ إِذاً لاجَابَهُمْ وَدَفَعَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُمْ ثُمَّ كَانَ انْقِضَاءُ مُدَّةِ الطَّوَاغِيتِ وَذَهَابُ مُلْكِهِمْ أَسْرَعَ مِنْ سِلْكٍ مَنْظُومٍ انْقَطَعَ فَتَبَدَّدَ وَمَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ الَّذِي أَصَابَهُمْ يَا حُمْرَانُ لِذَنْبٍ اقْتَرَفُوهُ وَلا لِعُقُوبَةِ مَعْصِيَةٍ خَالَفُوا الله فِيهَا وَلَكِنْ لِمَنَازِلَ وَكَرَامَةٍ مِنَ الله أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْلُغُوهَا فَلا تَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ الْمَذَاهِبُ فِيهِمْ. heard abu Ja‘far ((عليه السلام)) the following to an audience of his companions. “What an strange case is the case with a group of followers! They acknowledge us as the Divine authority over themselves, accept us as their Imam and say that obedience to us is obligatory just as is the case with the Messenger of Allah. They then destroy the veracity of their belief as such and dispute against their own selves due to weakness of their hearts. They then diminish our right and blame those whom Allah has granted evidence to know us as it should be and the (abulity) to submit themselves to our Divine authority. Do you not consider that how would Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, make it obligatory to obey those who possess Divine authority over his servants and then hide from them (people who possess Divine authority) `the new of the heaves and the earth? How would He cut them off of the sources of knowledge that might come to them to maintain their religion?” Humran then said to the Imam ((عليه السلام)), “May Allah, take my soul in service for your cause, how would you explain the case of the uprising of Ali ibn abu Talib, al-Hassan and al-Husayn ((عليه السلام))? They came out and rose up for the cause of Allah, Whose mention is so Majestic. How much they suffered and how mercilessly were they murdered at the hands of the rebels? They were defeated, murdered and over powered.” Abu Ja‘far ((عليه السلام)) then said, “O Humran, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, had determined it on them. He had decreed, approved and made it unavoidable though the voluntary manner. He then allowed to take place. It, thus, happened with a pre-existing knowledge that had come to them from the Messenger of Allah. Ali al-Hassan and al-Husayn ((عليه السلام)) rose up for the cause of Allah with full knowledge of the consequences and remained silent from us those who remained silent. Had they, O Humran, when facing what Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, made them to face and suffer defeat at the hands of the rebels, asked Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, to remove their suffering and would implore Him to destroy the government and kingdom of the rebels He would have answered their prayers and would grant them relief. In such case the destruction of the governments of the rebels and the ending of their time would take place quicker than the dispersal under a great pressure, of beads threaded together. The suffering, O Humran, that befell them, because of the sins that they might have committed or the punishment for their opposition to Allah. It was because of the high marvelous position that Allah had prepared and wanted them to reaCh Do not let people’s opinions take you away from the right path.” (Majlisi said Sahih) مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ((عليه السلام)) يَقُولُ لا وَالله لا يَكُونُ عَالِمٌ جَاهِلاً أَبَداً عَالِماً بِشَيْ‏ءٍ جَاهِلاً بِشَيْ‏ءٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ الله أَجَلُّ وَأَعَزُّ وَأَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَفْرِضَ طَاعَةَ عَبْدٍ يَحْجُبُ عَنْهُ عِلْمَ سَمَائِهِ وَأَرْضِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لا يَحْجُبُ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl from abu Hamzah who has that he heard abu Ja‘far ((عليه السلام)) say the following. “No, I swear by Allah, the scholar (who possesses Divine authority) is never ignorant or knowledgeable in something and ignorant of other things. The Imam ((عليه السلام)) then said, “Allah, the Most Holy, Most High and Most Gracious, is far exalted and above imposing the obedience of a servant (of His) on the others and then hide the knowledge of things in the heavens and on earth from him and then say, “Do not hide that from him.” That all hadiths except for one from the chapter. Also focus on the title of chapter, أن الأئمة عليهم السلام يعلمون علم ما كان وما يكون وأنه لا يخفى عليهم الشئ . it says alot about the beliefs of Shia like Sheikh Kulayni. They believed imams know what has happened and what will happen and nothing is hidden from Aima (عليه السلام). Call him a Ghali.

Read Quran and see what Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) has said: عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ 96:5 taught man what he did not know! What is the sphere of this لم يعلم and how much should we consider the sphere of عَلَّمَ ? It is Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) who has taught the Quran, then created the Insaan according to Sura e Rehman.

First of all, I haven't "rejected" any hadith till yet. I only said "I can reject". Secondly, you are not focusing at the الشهادة? how can anyone ignorant be a witness? And how a person become a witness over people? We are talking about knowledge, so why you people ran away when these clear meanings from the verses of Quran came before you?

I think this is not the case. Quran has not only mentioned the sadiqeen but also have introduced them clearly. For instance, وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الصِّدِّيقُونَ ۖ وَالشُّهَدَاءُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ وَنُورُهُمْ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ {19} [Shakir 57:19] And (as for) those who believe in Allah and His messengers, these it is that are the truthful and the faithful ones in the sight of their Lord: they shall have their reward and their light, and (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our communications, these are the inmates of the hell. According to the above verse, it is clear that the truthful one are the witnesses in the sight of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) Then the divine command: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ {119} [Shakir 9:119] O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and be with the true ones. Then the truthful ones introduced by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) Himself: فَمَنْ حَاجَّكَ فِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَنِسَاءَنَا وَنِسَاءَكُمْ وَأَنْفُسَنَا وَأَنْفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَلْ لَعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ {61} [Shakir 3:61] But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what has come to you of knowledge, then say: Come let us call our sons and your sons and our women and your women and our near people and your near people, then let us be earnest in prayer, and pray for the curse of Allah on the liars. I don't need to mention who are the truthful ones in above verse as the whole muslim ummah recognize them!

Brother, you are engaging in tadlees of the words of Al-Mufid (rah), and cutting what you wish to cut. If you read the full passage, the Shaykh (rah) says that the consensus is that the Imams (عليه السلام) know the ahkam (rulings) of what is coming, not that they know in detail all of what is coming. However he also adds that there is no issue with the Imams (عليه السلام) knowing what is to come if Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) gives them that knowledge, and then he proceeds to answer the question of the questioner where he explains how and why the Imams (عليه السلام) did what they did despite them having knowledge of what will transpire such as in the case of Imam Ali (عليه السلام). The Shaykh (rah) did not deny that they don't have knowledge of the future, he is saying that it is not general and that they know simply what Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) has allowed them to know, and in the case of Imam Ali (عليه السلام) he seemingly affirms that the Imam (عليه السلام) knew he will be killed and knew who his killer is, and so on. Basically, what Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) revealed to them then that is what they know.

There infact are some shias who don't ponder over the verses of Quran. What is meant by being witness over people? هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَفِي هَٰذَا لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ 22:78) He named you Muslims before and in this, that the Messenger may be a bearer of witness to you, and you may be bearers of witness to the people; How much is the knowledge of Imam, if Imam (عليه السلام) is the witness over people? Can any ignorant claim what has been claimed by the Imams by saying "salooni salooni"? So people used to ask from him the names of their fathers lol. Some have asked the scientific questions too. Some have asked the philosophical questions. Some have asked the religious questions. All have received the answers. Although, I am using the words like finite & limited here (that is only because of them being divine creation only), but I have no idea of the vastness and depth-ness of their knowledge.

My dear brother! I am sorry if I am unable to explain you my point. Please consider me an ignorant and don't compare me and my knowledge with Imams. I only know that I know nothing. I only consider Imams as nitiq Quran and not something else. I consider Imams as creation of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى), and that's why I am using the words like "finite-ness" & "limited-ness". While Quran has explicitly stated that the knowledge of everything has been enveloped in "Imamin Mubeen" and I have seen the hadith where Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) has introduced Imam Ali (عليه السلام) as Imamin Mubeen, therefore I am considering the finite-ness. Allah's knowledge is not limited, not even limited to Lauhin Mehfooz, not even limited to Kitabin Mubeen, not even limited to Ummil Kitab.

Salam! What I am viewing brother is the fact that if knowledge of everything is in the protected or manifest book, this embodiment of knowledge means it is something finite. Because any book has a beginning and an end. We know God's knowledge as infinite. So there must be, much infinitely more, with God than the knowledge of everything and that includes the knowledge of divine essence, knowledge of the hour etc.

Normalisation https://thespectator.com/topic/saudi-arabia-israel-deal-off-table/ Before the establishment of Israel this was precisely the way arguments were presented for how the Palestinians would become better off with the migration of Europeans to their country. The cake would become bigger and the Palestinians would see a rise in their living standards. The cake has become bigger, but they've always had a tiny and diminishing slice of it. If Saudi does normalise relations with Israel and Israelis establish businesses in Saudi and migrate there, what are the odds that the Saudis end up in the same position as the Palestinians? Saudi does not need to become part of greater Israel for the Arabs to have a bad outcome - but a situation where Israelis run the economy and the Arabs are just taxi drivers is a possibility.

It is my sincere belief, that Shia Islam in the 21st century is not a God centric Islam. Sunni Islam is misguided, but far more God centric. The percentage of Sunnis who have performed Hajj or Umrah must be significantly higher, than the Shia. The percentage of Sunni's who have memorised the Quran significantly higher than the Shia. The percentage of Sunnis who have memorised and can narrate direct traditions of the Prophet significantly higher. In a typical Sunni mosque, you will hear Allah and his Prophet almost exclusively, with some mention of the companions only to justify something mentioned about Allah and his Prophet. In Shia centres, it's heavily imam focused.

If anyone , shia or sunni can not afford to go to Hajj, Umrah, or Ziyarah, they are not the ones i refer to in my post. The people i am explicitly referring to are those who have been to many Ziyarah , but not a single Umrah or Hajj.

Walaykum salam: This is an extreme stance brother. The 30-40 day packages are rare, and the vast majority of Hajj packages are about 14 days, including Madina visits. Some are 21 days. Remember, holiday/time off for many does not include weekends - so this in real terms would be 15 days off for a 3 week package, or 10 days off for a 2 week. It would be impossible for anyone in the UK to even do the 30-40 day package, whether Shia or Sunni, that is an absolutely ridiculous amount of time to be expecting people to take out. <<<<<<>>>> This also does not justify how Shias go on 5, 6, 7 Ziyarahs, and you ask them - have you been on a single Umrah, and their reply is no. They go to Ziyarah year after year, when they could attend Umrah. They don't, because of the Hadiths i cited and the fact that modern day Shia Islam from the Mimbarghar has gone from a God centric one, to an Imam centric one.

It's good in some ways and depends on the individual and what sort of style of learning they prefer. It does seem modern in terms of high quality recorded lessons etc. They also have tutoring options where you can privately get tutored by a hawza teacher. Tbh the hawza hasn't personally caught my interest. But it may work for someone else. They have a very traditional book styled approach. I have to admit tho ehawza is slightly old and a lot of the initial courses were recorded many years ago and are only in audio and accompanied by slides (except the later ones and the Arabic units). But I think that's not a concern for me and I've actually been drawn to it a lot. I feel the exposure to the practical side of irfan and theoretical mysticism is something that you don't find in many online hawzas. Plus Sheikh Mansour is at a level to be teaching irfan - with these units you can't just get anyone and expect him to be teaching as It depends a lot on the teachers spirituality etc. He is a very good scholar alhumdulillah and I've actually found these lectures extremely beneficial. The way Arabic is taught at ehawza (based on where I'm at atm) is very engaging. In some hawzas you'd literally want to sleep during an Arabic lesson. So lots of positives and grateful for this journey. But online hawza itself is not the solution. Learning on the side, meeting with fellow students have creating discussion circles, extensively researching on the side - all these things are essential if someone wants to be a good student.

In Authentic hadith, Whenever imam (عليه السلام) desires to know anything, Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) lets Imam (عليه السلام) know it. So Knowledge of Ghaib is what Imam (عليه السلام) can access at will, but indeed Imams (عليه السلام) depends upon Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) for that. And @Abu Nur these hadiths show finite knowledge of Imams (عليه السلام) and that Imams (عليه السلام) depend upon Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) for everything and Infinite Knowledge of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) and that Allah doesn't depend upon anyone and Allah gives Imams (عليه السلام) knowledge so this by no means is ghuluw and is in accordance with verses that you indirectly mentioned.

وَعَلَّمَهُ مِمَّا يَشَاء 2:251) and taught him of what He pleased This is the case of Prophet Dawood (عليه السلام) نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيكُمَا ذَلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي رَبِّي 12:37) but I will inform you both of its interpretation before it comes to you; this is of what my Lord has taught me This is the case of Prophet Yusuf (عليه السلام) عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَى 53:5) The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him This is the case of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Both are the cases, they have it in their memory which will remain there subject to the will of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) and they can access to it whenever situation arises. عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ 96:5) Taught man what he knew not. I don't know the sphere of "ma lam ya'lam". How much a man is capable to know? Whatever the limit is, it has been taught to him by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى). Lets take the example of a "servant of Allah" (Khizr (عليه السلام)): فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَا آتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا 18:65) Then they found one from among Our servants whom We had granted mercy from Us and whom We had taught knowledge from Ourselves. Read this whole story to the verse 81 and you will be surprised by the words of Khizr (عليه السلام): رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَمْرِي 18:81) a mercy from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. He did the hole in the boat: فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا and I wished that I should damage it. Then He killed the boy: فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا So we desired that their Lord might give them in his place one better than him in purity and nearer to having compassion. These clear verses further explains the verses of Sura e Dahr: وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا يُدْخِلُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ وَالظَّالِمِينَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا 76:30-31

@313_Waiter, The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and Imams (عليه السلام) know more than us but less than Allah. No one can quantify how much they know but that is not ghuluw. It would only be ghuluw if someone says they know as much as Allah which no one says. As for ilm-e-ghaib, there is no such thing when it comes to Allah. He knows everything so nothing is hidden from Him. Out of his knowledge, He chose to give some to most and most to some.