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This is good forum to start with if you are interested to know the Shia Islam. To begin with, we Shias believe in following things: 1. Oneness of Allah (عزّ وجلّ) 2. Adl or Justice. 3. Prophethood and FInality of Prophethood. 4. Imams or Vicegerents of Prophet Muhammad. 5. Qayamat or Judgement day. We believe in the Practice of Following things: 1. Salah 2. Fast 3. Hajj or Pilgrimage 4. Zakat or Charity 5. Khums (Another kind of charity levied in specific situations) 6. Jihad or Struggle in the Way of Allah (عزّ وجلّ) 7. Amar bil Maroof (Enjoining Good) 8. Nahi Anal Munkar (Forbidding Evil) 9. Tawala (Expressing and Showing Love towards Ahlebait (عليه السلام)) 10. Tabbara (Expressing and Manifesting denial of those who are enemies of Allah (عزّ وجلّ) and Ahlebait (عليه السلام).) If you have any questions, please do ask, we will try our best to answer.

The Arab Christian fascists are all trying to utilize the situation to their benefit by fishing in muddied waters. The 'Syrian Christians' telegram channel is blasting the failed Christian fascist Lebanese government for being too soft on Hezbollah; these crusader rent-bois want Hezbollah disarmed (they can try doing that, lol) and blame the Shia and Hezbollah for bringing the war to Lebanon. These ingrates do not and will never acknowledge all that we did for them in Iraq and Syria- opening our shrines for them to shelter in, rebuilding their churches, sacrificing our boys to defend them. They want to create a 'Christian Levant', a return to mandatory Palestine, Syria and Lebanon ruled by their colonial 'Christian' daddies from Europe. The patrimony of Imam al-Asr (aj) will never be allowed to become a Roman Empire 2.0 neo colonial client state, whatever their wet dreams. We will fight to the last Shia who is alive. The crusader rent-bois can lick the boots of their colonial daddies.

This is yet another detailed Video which speaks about the authenticity of the book of Sulaim ibn Qais-e-Hilali: Brief facts are that; This books has one more chain of Narration that did not include Aban ibn Abi Ayyash that is to say it is also narrated throughAls Ibrahim ibn Umar who narrated it from Sulaim ibn Qais Hilali. Also, this scholar gives answer of questions like as to why there are hadith which says there are 13 Imams, in response to which he says that Allama Hili (رضي الله عنه) said that one of Imam being Prophet Muhammad (PBUHHP) because he is Imam-ul-Anbiya.

Salam, I would start with this book Inquiries About Shi'a Islam | Al-Islam.org It give a brief explanation of the main facts of the Jafari(Shia) mathhab. It is brief, strait, and to the point. Any one of the these subjects could be a book by itself but don't get bogged down in the details for now. Just familiarize yourself with the main topics.

Fadak. Sayyida Zaynab's role in and after Karbala. No. They are not the same. The wife's personal property, mobile or immobile, and her disposable income are entirely her own, and the husband has no say in how she spends them.

Salam, welcome. For exploring different topics I would recommend al-islam.org and wikishia.net

I was browsing through the archives and noticed this thread. Ambivalently I adhere to a Deistic—necessarily dualistic—view: while not precluding Divine intervention, I find that God’s transcendence and impersonality pose problems for the notion of communicability. If God is utterly unlike His creation, then He is not relatable; if so, human concepts and/or means do not seem applicable. I.e., human language (‘pleasure’/‘displeasure’) and causality do not work; however, the Quran and Bible (partly?) imply otherwise. Another issue is that there is no logical reason as to why the All-Sufficient (hence All-Knowing) would create at all or wish to be (made) known. Such a Being, Unique, would not have a motive to relate to anything else; all else would be inferior. There is evidence to support His existence, but less to demonstrate His relatability, in my view. So the Abrahamic, even Islamic, conception of God still appears to be internally inconsistent, though I might be missing something. If God is incomparable, then His actions, like His essence, cannot be described; human emotions cannot be used as referents. Somewhat contradictorily, the Bible and Quran insist that God is inconceivable yet relatable. If He is indescribable, then nothing can mirror Him, even indirectly, so one cannot point to creation as proof of His intelligence, for then He would be relatable. Man would be perceiving God through the prism of his own self. Nevertheless I believe in a Creator, but I do not dare to divine (no pun intended) His purpose, if any.

I haven't read those two articles, nor have I investigated the presence of Sulaym's narration so I am not aware if the sulaym narrations have any other source or not, but what I think the article is getting at is that a lot of scholars from that era found his book reliable enough to quote.

I’ve been Sunni my whole life but recently been interested in Shia Islam but I’m not sure where to start and what to learn or what to do any help? I’m not sure if I even put this in the right forum

Bismillah, We have hadith, as well as evidence from psychological studies and other scientific evidence, that it is precisely the sexual relationship between husband and wife that is the thing that keeps the marriage together. What you find in more than 99% of marriages that end in divorce, is that the sexual relationship between husband and wife either slows down considerably or stops completely before divorce happens. Like others have said, if the condition was agreed to by both parties, then it would be a valid marriage, Islamically. At the same time, it would be a 'doomed' marriage which would quickly end in divorce. Now some people will object that 'Well there are some older married couples who have no sexual relationship or have it very infrequently, like once a year, but they are still together'. That is because they have already bonded as a couple thru many years of a sexual relationship and probably the raising of children together. When a couple is bonded in this way, they stay bonded unless one starts to habitually violate the rights of the other spouse, which causes resentment and anger and breaks this bond. A couple who has no prospects of bonding thru sexual relations is a doomed couple, IMHO. This is not something I just thought of, there is alot of evidence and common sense to back up this case. A man and a women who both have a strong aversion to sex should not get married, period. This is an extreme psychological illness and they would only reinforce each other in this illness, leading the the destruction of the marriage. I would say this also about a couple who both have extreme anxiety, OCD, drug addiction, etc. They should not be together because they would reinforce each other in a bad way. A women or a man who has an extreme aversion to sex should get married to a partner who doesn't have this aversion. They should have sex, many times, with their partner who loves them and cares about them and they are halal for, then gradually this aversion will go away once they see that it is not a bad thing. They might not ever have a high sex drive, but they will start to drift toward somewhat of a normal drive over time. Imam Ali((عليه السلام)) says 'If you fear something (or extremely averse to something) which is not haram, you should definitely do it, and by doing it you will conquer fear'. This means that they only way to conquer fear and anxiety is by directly confronting it and going against it, in a way that is halal and safe of course. Going to see a psychologist only without doing this will not help a person conquer the fear, anxiety, and aversion. It is only by doing (action) that you will conquer this. I think (mostly) women and some men become afraid and anxious about sexual relations for three reasons. It could be one of these or a combination of them. First is that they were sexually abused as young children, and this is more common, even in the Muslims community, than most people realize. Second is that they were psychologically / emotionally abused by their parents or others. What I mean by this is that they were punished severely for doing small things like smiling at a boy, talking to a boy (in an appropriate way or setting) and / or were taught that sex is evil and bad. This creates severe trauma around the issue and makes someone averse to it. This is abuse that is 'sold' to the child as 'piety' or taqwa but it is not taqwa. Smiling at a boy (or girl), talking to them in a halal way, interacting with them without lust, etc, is halal and noone should be punished or sanctioned for this, and this is a clear issue in Islam. When parents go to extremes in disciplining their children, and especially girls (who are more vulnerable psychologically and emotionally) and punishing them in ways that are not part of Islam the damage becomes permanent and could result in something like having an extreme aversion to sexual relationships even when it is halal. This is called false piety by our Imams and is a problem in Muslim societies today. Third reason is because of a misunderstanding of the religion of Islam. This misunderstanding equates Islam with Christianity where those who abstain from sex all together are viewed as higher or more enlightened by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى). This is a false idea and a false belief that was delt with directly by Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) and Imams((عليه السلام)) in many hadith. A good example of this is the famous hadith where a women comes to Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) and says she wants to abstain from sex (and not get married) so she can be closer to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى). The Prophet rebukes her and says that what you believe about this issue is not true and the closest to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) from among women is his daughter Fatima Zahra((عليه السلام)) and she has a husband and has children. If you could get closer to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) by abstaining them Fatima((عليه السلام)) would have abstained but this is not the case. So this is showing clearly that this idea that there is some equivalent to monasticism in Islam (as a positive thing) is false. The literal translation of 'Zawaj tul Nikah', the proper name for permanent marriage in Arabic is 'Joining together thru sexual intercourse'. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) named marriage in this way for a reason and there is nothing arbitrary in the way things are named by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى).

Understandable bro no book after Quran can be taken as 100% authentic however, majority of contents are authentic if understood properly. That's what our scholars have claimed and still do. Hadiths are prone to human error because they aren't as mutawatir as Quran Al Kareem is. There's no doubt about it. However, there are plenty of Sahih chain hadiths which you wouldn't take or accept especially regarding tehreef. So point is, if one follows your manhaj, one still ends up with problems that you said we have and to fix whom you made us lean towards Rijali Manhaj. Classical methodology of accepting kutab e arba as reliable is better and has more evidence than those who reject majority of it's traditions.

Our Belief (a primer on Shia beliefs) - Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Nasir Makarim Shirazi (ha) This should suffice for an introduction.

@Haji 2003 I have gone through all the back and forth arguments regarding the book, and have come to the conclusion that we must treat it as just any other book that must be read critically. People generally doubt its reliability on two counts- 1. The soundness of its attribution and transmission 2. The presence of some outlandish narrations in the book. But I believe these are not entirely unsurmountable difficulties, and we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. I don't consider it totally pseudoepigraphical. I am also open to the possibility that the author was indeed one of the companions of Imam Ali (عليه السلام) who wrote under a pseudonym, which is completely understandable given the period of the book's composition- the reign of Hajjaj bin Yusuf (la). This is just my opinion.

https://www.islamquest.net/en/archive/fa21721 Here is a summation of the entire debate. @Haji 2003

Although Wikipedia is rarely an authentic source of information, the page for Shia beliefs covers the basics well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam

I recently came across this hadith which talks about the rewards one gets for fasting on each day in Ramadan. I wanted to ask if this hadith is true and each muslim will get this many rewards for each day of fasting? Can the good deeds that one earns in these days be used to compensate for previous sins (such as not praying frequently when one was younger)

@Haji 2003 (in Urdu). This is Allamah Aftab Jawadi (ha) of Pakistan, and he is one of the greatest bibliologists and archivists of our era. He's known widely in the hawzas of Najaf and Qum, and I'd say he's second only to Agha Buzurg Tehrani (rh) in our era ie the 21st century. He discusses the reliability of the book in this video.

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You did the right thing. Sadaqa is meant to help the needy, it does not require you to investigate if one is really needy. I read a quote of Imam Ali (عليه السلام) in which he was asked how do I know whether a person to whom I am giving charity deserves it? Imam replied that give it to the one who deserves or deserves not for Allah (عزّ وجلّ) will grant you what you deserve or deserve not.

Brother, he just quoted Ayotullah Khoei's opinion on chain that did not include Aban ibn Abi Ayash. Here is the quote: We have to take notice of every kind of chain if one chain has weak narrator but another does not, it does not mean, we have to refute the whole work. We can refute the weak one but if there is sahih chain explaining same things, we have to accept it.

The entire book is available online. Refer to: Wasa'il al-Shia Vol. 15 Section 2: Jihad Against The Self (Nafs) And Related Matters https://wasail-al-shia.net/s/110

By this logic you would take everything in Al Kafi, Al Faqih etc as sahih, which obviously isn't the case. Both have weaknesses Yes, which is why we don't claim Al Kafi to be sahih. Just to clarify for the readers, this is not the statement of Sayyid al Khoie. Anyone who is interested in reading about the different opinions on the work and the author can refer to this article https://iqraonline.net/sulaym-bin-qays-the-thin-line-between-a-fictitious-name-a-loyal-companion/

So considering this, even if Ayatullah khoei says Aban is weak, book is still authentic in view of Ayatullah Khoei because it has a separate SAHIh chain that doesn't have Aban.

Here's more from Ayatullah khoei on Ibrahim Bin Umar directly narrating from Sulaim He first mentions: ثم إن بعض أهل الفن قد استغرب رواية إبراهيم بن عمر عن سليم بلا واسطة، واستظهر سقوط الواسطة Then, some experts in the field found it strange that Ibrahim bin Umar narrated from Sulaim without an intermediary and concluded that an intermediary must have been omitted. Then Ayatullah refutes it: أقول: هذا الاستغراب غريب! فإن رواية إبراهيم بن عمر، عن سليم مع الواسطة أحيانا لا ينافي روايته عنه كتابا بلا واسطة، فإن إبراهيم بن عمر من أصحاب الباقر عليه السلام، فيمكن أن يروي عن سليم بلا واسطة، ودعوى أن ما في الكافي رواية عن كتاب سليم أيضا دعوى بلا بينة وتخرص على الغيب، بل الظاهر أن لسليم أحاديث من غير كتابه، والشاهد على ذلك: ما قدمناه عن ابن شهرآشوب من أنه صاحب الأحاديث، له كتاب، ويشهد له أيضا: أن النعماني بعد ما روى عدة روايات عن كتاب سليم، روى رواية عن محمد بن يعقوب باسناده عن سليم، وقد تقدمت الروايات ويظهر من ذلك: أن رواية محمد ابن يعقوب لم تكن موجودة في كتاب سليم I say: This astonishment is itself strange! The fact that Ibrahim bin Umar sometimes narrates from Sulaim with an intermediary does not contradict his narration of the book from him directly without an intermediary. Ibrahim bin Umar was among the companions of Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him), so it is possible that he narrated from Sulaim without an intermediary. The claim that what is in Al-Kafi is also a narration from the book of Sulaim is a claim without evidence and mere speculation. In fact, it appears that Sulaim had narrations outside of his book. The proof of this is what we previously mentioned from Ibn Shahr Ashub, who stated that Sulaim was a transmitter of hadith and that he had a book. Additionally, another piece of evidence is that Al-Nu‘mani, after narrating several reports from the book of Sulaim, also narrated a report from Muhammad bin Ya‘qub through his chain from Sulaim. These narrations have already been mentioned, and it becomes apparent from this that the narration of Muhammad bin Ya‘qub was not from the book of Sulaim."** http://shiaonlinelibrary.com/الكتب/3000_معجم-رجال-الحديث-السيد-الخوئي-ج-٩/الصفحة_233#top

Not an expert on the subject, but i'm not aware if a different version of book is available. However if you talk about Isnad Chain of book without Aban, yes there is but people have issues with it too. because the two chains go like this 1. Ibrahim bin umar from Aban bin Abi Ayyash from Sulaim Bin Qais 2. Ibrahim bin umar from Sulaim Bin Qais These are two chains we have for EXISTING version of book if i'm not wrong. There were other manuscripts too but they're probably not with us. people say 2nd chain isn't a separate chain and name of aban was missed out, however others say it's not the case and consider it a separate turk which doesn't have Aban and i think most scholars also have the latter view (the chain without aban is Sahih) Ibrahim Bin Umar Al Yamani (رضي الله عنه) having direct access to Sulaim Bin Qais is not impossible because he could've had his book directly as they are from overlapping times and not only Aban Bin Abi Ayyash had access to Sulaim's book means Aban bin Abi Ayyash is not the only person who got Sulaim's book. Here see Ayatullah Khoei's words on this: الوجه الثاني: أن راوي كتاب سليم بن قيس هو أبان بن أبي عياش، وهو ضعيف على ما مر، فلا يصح الاعتماد على الكتاب، بل قد مر عن العقيقي أنه لم يرو عن سليم بن قيس غير أبان بن أبي عياش. والجواب عن ذلك أن ما ذكره العقيقي باطل جزما، فقد روي عن سليم ابن قيس في الكافي وغيره من غير طريق أبان Ayatollah Khoei is saying: **"The second point: The narrator of the book of Sulaim bin Qays is Aban bin Abi Ayyash, and he is weak, as previously mentioned. Therefore, reliance on the book is not valid. In fact, it has been reported from Al-‘Aqiqi that no one narrated from Sulaim bin Qays except Aban bin Abi Ayyash. The response to this is that what Al-‘Aqiqi mentioned is certainly false. The book of Sulaim bin Qays has been narrated in Al-Kafi and other sources through means other than Aban."** Ayatullah Khoei rejects the claim that no one else had the book of Sulaim Except for Aban saying there are plenty of narrations quote in Al Kafi and other sources which narrated text from book of sulaim bin qais without Aban Bin Abi Ayyash So the view that chain is missing ibn Abi Ayyash is just desperate attempt of reformists to somehow prove book is fake. Even if Aban is Weak, the Book is STILL SAHIH. Weak doesn't mean a person is liar and can't pass on a book. There's huge difference between shia/sunni hadith. our hadith isn't heard from someone who heard from someone man that's nonsense thats just never acceptable, who remembers exactly what they heard through generations? Shia hadith were written down and the chains you see in majority of shia books are paths to books or Mashaikh narrating the books.

The red pill movment being pushed in the west, more specifically by the manosphere, has its issues, it goes into extreemes. They have an overt obsession over women having to be traditional and men being the sole breadwinner of the house. They fallaciously think that a marriage with 2 incomes will mostly fail, which is true to a certain extent, but they seem to have no nuance on this, atleast the ones I watched years ago such as andrew tate, the 2 podcast guys and this eastern European guy with black glasses(forgot their names). In Islam, more specifically shia islam, traditional marriages are encouraged, it is the best way to have a marriage where the man is the sole breadwinner of the house. However, by no means is it obligatory on a woman to be traditional. In shia islam, it's up to the husband and wife to divide house chores and the husband should be grateful If the wife decided to be traditional, because she's under no obligation to do so, this has been reiterated a lot of times by people like sayed khamenaei for example. It's not the end of the world if your wife is earning money and focuses a little bit on her career. Another problem they have is they talk constantly about women having to marry young and not go for a career at all. Which again, Islam encourages women to focus on marriage instead of a career, but it's by no means the end of the world if a woman is older in the marriage and decided to chase a career, this mentality that she's screwed if she does so and her chances of finding a husband are slim to none and she will very likley live with cats in her 30s is exaggerating reality, the statistics might look more and more bleak, but these people need to touch grass. The red pill also has no issues with marital r*pe, in islam it's a crime, yes the angels curse the woman if she refuses to have s*x for an invalid reason, but it's still a sin in islam to force yourself on her. The red pill don't seem to have an issue with it. Although some do, so it doesn't apply to the entire manosphere. Another problem is they have this an exaggerated beleif on polygamy, where they have 0 issues with hookup culture for men because men are diffirent. This should be obvious why islam is against this, especially the pump and dump mentality. Another problem is their beleif in men having total be absolutely stoic, which again has some merits in islam, men should be stoic unlike their wives to a certain extent, but there is also limits, if you cry infront of your wife for something extreem in your life, she's not going to automatically see it as a turnoff, this is ridicilous. Men should just try and not cry as much as their wives or "open up" a lot and it should be fine You might have noticed a pattern, the redpill movment takes things that are promoted by islam, but to the extreeme most of the time. They also have a habit of twisting statistics like the feminists do. One example is on male suicide. Feminists use that statistic to promote male emasculation and to tell men to not be stoic at all or barely be stoic and just "open up", which is catastrophic advice. The red pill uses that statistic to claim that they're all commiting suicide because men are very opressed. When in reality women actually attempt suicide more than men, they just fail more at commiting suicide than men because they don't muster the courage (or rather stupidity and recklessness) to shoot themselves with a gun. The red pill basically has this obsession over statistics and "human nature" and it leads to this toxic game of opression Olympics between the red pill and feminists on which gender has it worst, not realizing there is truth and nonsense in both of their ideologies. Point is, the red pill focuses on "hard facts and human nature" and see the world as if they're a cold machine and feminists focus too much on virtue signaling to the point that their ideology just doesn't fit reality.

Allah Humma Salle Ala Muhammadin Wa Aal-e-Muhammad, Wa Aj'jil Faraja Hum

Wa alaikum as salam If she is fine with the man having another wife I believe it could be easily arranged

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!

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!

Salam there is a urdu speaking crowd for Pakistani expats in Kuwait which maybe some Shia Pakistanis between them although of majority of them are Sunni Pakistanis ; which majority of Arabic speaking Shias in Kuwait will go to Iraq since Tasua & Ashura until Arbaeen which they have their own Muwkabs in Iraq which majority of Shias from Kuwait will go there also Pakistani Shia pilgrims will go to Najaf & Karbala during Muharam & Safar until Arbaeen so therefore it seems going to Najaf so then departing at Safwan will be a better option . Urdu community in Kuwait https://kuwaiturdu.com/ https://www.urdukuwait.com/ https://www.networkblognews.com/urdu-in-kuwait-navigating-traffic-fines/ https://www.kuwaitup2date.com/