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http://www.askthesheikh.com/is-the-so-called-eid-e-Zahra-fact-or-fiction/ this is answered by the esteemed Shaikh Bahmanpour. This eid is typically fueled by the lanat circus zakireen looking for a paycheck.

Fabrication. Ahlul Bayt are not as petty as you and I. We want to impose our desires and validate them through Ahlul Bayt. You see Imam Ali being concerned for his killer, yet 3 generations down you are saying his grandson celebrated the death of killers? Inconsistent.

So how does salah not qualify as a means to seek nearness to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى). One could argue salah is a waseelah. How do you concoct that waseelah is only personalities? Also why would one choose one personality over the other? I rarely see Shias use Rasool Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) as a waseelah. If we are to use those closest to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى), is Rasool Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) not the closest? Why use a lesser waseelah?

Can someone help me understand the concept of tawassul. The way I have been informed is not making sense to me. I am told that since we are sinners Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) does not hear us directly. Instead we have to go through those chosen by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) as intermediaries. Since they are closer to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى). my question then becomes are we not binding Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) to his intermediaries? For instance, if I pray directly to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) he will not listen. However, if I ask with the waseelah of Imam Hussain (عليه السلام), Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) must (or increased probability to) listen. In this instance, Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) is bound by Imam Hussain (عليه السلام). Is Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) not above all boundaries? Also, we say bismillah ir-rahman ir-raheem. Does this instance not make Imam Hussain (عليه السلام) more merciful than Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) as Imam Hussain (عليه السلام) will look beyond our sins and short comings but Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) will not? please advise

May I ask what contentions you have with that?

I get zero kicks from insulting anybody. Usually my insults are defensive. The OP has called me derogatory names and has taken jabs at me in the past simply because I disagreed with him. So me calling him delusional to his idea that Allah has explicitly stated the Wilayah of Ali in the Qur'an is not an insult-rather it’s fact because he is fooling himself to believe something that is simply not true. FYI, I have formed a firm opinion on the third shahadah. I used to say it in the adhan, but after research I have came to conclusion that it is not in the sunnah of the messenger or his progeny. Rather it is simply a reactionary implementation by the Safavid dynasty which they borrowed from the ghulaat from previous centuries.

You don’t have to read my posts or threads. Since you are the embodiment of divine akhlaq how about you just take the high road and ignore 15 year olds like myself. I wasn’t even talking to you originally but you come here to be some moral compass when just a few days ago you were being the 15 year old.

Interesting that you are condemning me for being insulting when you were called out by other members for doing the same thing. Clown.

That statement was to OP saying that Allah does explicit iqrar of wilayah of Ali in the Qur'an. To your last point, I’m not concerned about my Shiachat.com legacy lol. If that’s a concern of yours then God bless you. My hopes of engaging in dialogue here is to break the dogmatism and encourage critical thought. I’m not here to be an internet Ayatollah.

Im sorry, but this is a bad approach. You have to introduce tawheed first. Tawheed is the primary pillar of Islam. There are Hindus, Christians and Atheists who go to the Arbaeen walk and remain with their faiths. The main foundation of Shia Islam is not the Arbaeen walk or Karbala. It is Tawheed.

You do realize that Shaykh Suduqs views on Aliyun Waliullah not in adhan are echoed by other scholars from his time right? He is not a one off case. How do you explain that. Promotion of including it in adhan does not come until the times of Majlisi who has questionable ties to the Safavid empire.

That’s your problem. You think by excluding Aliyun Waliullah in adhan Or tashahud is a nasibi trait. However, omitting it in such is the teachings of Ahlul Bayt.

Delusion. It happens to the best of us.

Nowhere in those verses do I see “Aliyun Waliullah” explicitly. Did Allah forget to do explicit iqrar of wilayah of Ali?

You must hate reading the Qur'an. Because Allah fails to do this iqrar as well. Oh wait you think the Qur'an is corrupt. LOL it all makes sense now.