Abu Hadi

Why Jesus (peace be upon him) has so many followers in the modern world has nothing to do with 'Christology' as you put it or your interpretation of the meaning of the word 'Messiah'. It has to do with the fact that Jesus (p.b.u.h) was a Prophet, sent by God and the vast majority of his teachings, thing like being kind to the poor, giving charity, obeying God, prayer, glorification of God, practicing humility, healing the weak and oppressed, etc, are Divine teachings that are reflected in all the Abrahamic faiths, including Judaism and Islam. That is what survives. The truth never dies and anyone who follows truth will also live eternally. Christianity exists (unlike other Messianic cults) because the vast majority of Christians, in their daily lives, try their best to follow those basic teaching, mentioned above. That is why, period, and that is why Muslims and Christians, in the absence of conflicts being stoked by external forces who have a vested interest in this conflict continuing, have lived together in peace for the vast majority of history. At the same time, I cannot stay silent about the corruption that happened within Christianity, which diverted the followers of Jesus into believing in things about Jesus which are not true. Read the Bible. Jesus himself never said 'I am God' or 'I am All Powerful, like God', etc. The trinity is something that was said about Jesus, which Jesus himself did not say. In addition, if you look at those verses in the Bible that talk about trinity, they were introduced into later versions of the Bible, in a language that Jesus did not speak, and many hundreds of years after Jesus left this earth. If the trinity was 'The thing' that would send people to heaven or send them to hell, as some Christians believe, don't you think God would have been clear and explicit about this and would have preserved this throught the Abrahamic faiths, as the concept of Divine Unity (One God) is preserved in all these traditions ? A just God would not speak in riddles and metaphors (as the Christians do to explain the Trinity) and would make the concept prolific and easy to understand. I believe in a just God, therefore I can't accept this idea (i.e. of the Trinity).

Ruling 451. Apart from having sexual intercourse with a ḥāʾiḍ, there is no problem in deriving other forms of sexual pleasure with her, such as kissing and foreplay. From what I was reading here, LAWS OF A WOMAN IN MENSTRUATION (ḤĀʾIḌ) - Islamic Laws - The Official Website of the Office of His Eminence Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani It seems that anything other than intercourse is allowed during this time. You can read the specifics at the link above.

In the famous Hadith from Imam Baqir((عليه السلام)), their is a discussion concerning this. I don't have the exact reference for it, but I have heard it multiple times from credible scholars. The man asks the Imam((عليه السلام)), 'I am surprised how anyone can make it to heaven because of the severity of the test (i.e. refraining from sins when sinning is so easy to fall into)' The Imam answered 'I am surprised how anyone can not make it to heaven (i.e. go to hell) because of the overwhelming mercy of Allah(s.w.a)' The Imam is stating how despite the fact that sinning is so easy and evil is so common place, especially in today's world, the mercy of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) is many orders of magnitude more powerful than this sin and evil and it is always available. Repentance is always an option even up to the point of death (ie before the soul reaches the throat). To your point directly, noone chooses to be born, but they make many millions of choices after that, of their own free will. Every human being, unless they are disabled, has complete control over their hands, arms, feet, mouth, eyes, etc. Also, Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) gave us all the fitra (innate nature) so that we know instinctively what is right and wrong. If we use our freewill to harm ourselves and others (i.e. sin) and do what we know is wrong, then there is repentence and forgiveness. If we do it again, there is repentence and forgiveness again and again up until the time of death. For someone to realize this fact and then believe in their mind that Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) is unjust or punitive or mean, this is not a reality but a result of corruption of the soul on a very deep level as a result of this person's actions and it has no basis in reality. Like I said, hell is not predestined for anyone. It is a result of their actions because Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) gave them free will. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) knows everything, so obviously he knows what the end result will be. At the same time, he didn't cause this person to go to hell and gave them every possible opportunity to change and repent. They didn't take it, that's their choice, their own free will and Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) did not do that. Why he created them may vary. Most likely, they serve as an example for others of what not to do and how not to live your life. You probably know of many stories which are cautionary tales. There are too many examples of this, there are even many which are in the Quran, such as the story of Qaroon, the richest man on earth who became arrogant so Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) caused the earth to swallow him up along with his wealth. Qaroon became arrogant not because of anything Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) 'did to him' and he had every opportunity to stop himself and realize what he was doing. He obviously had a very good and sharp mind and was very disciplined in some areas of his life, as you find that you cannot become wealthy without these two qualities. At the same time, he did not apply this sharp mind and this discipline when it came to thinking about Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى). He choose to do that and he got the consequences. Many people think about these examples, stop sinning and turn toward Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) and gain Paradise after being on a path to Hell. So there is alot of benefit in these 'cautionary tales'. I have personally benefitted from them tremendously It is our choice, as human beings. Do we want Paradise or do we want to be a cautionary tale for others to benefit from. The only person determines that is us, thru the choices we make. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) knowing the choices we are going to make does not effect or negate this fact.

I think everyone who is interested in this topic should watch this video. It addresses two questions, first what is the purpose of Mutah ? Since Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) created everything with a specific purpose, Mutah also has a specific purpose. Second, it answers the objection some Sunnis says 'Would you allow your mother, sister, daughter, to do Mutah?'

The Lebanese one tastes better anyway, lol.

We need much, much more of this along with boycotts to put pressure.

They only difference between Netanyahu and Erdogan and Jolani are their physical appearance and some of their rhetoric. Otherwise, there is no difference. Their main concern is acquiring and holding onto power for themselves. They don't care if the whole world burns, so long as they have their position and power intact. All three of them are the arch enemies of Islam and Ahl Al Bayt((عليه السلام)) and should be treated as such. Some are discussing here a boycott of Syrian and Turkish goods while these Taghut still call the shots in those countries. While I would hesitate to do this before, knowing that some mumineen and muminat who live in those countries might be harmed in the process, I think it has gotten to the point now where we must act in some way to stop these Shayateen. I think a boycott would be a good idea at this point. There are now daily massacres going on in Syria which are being covered up by the Western Media and most of the Arabic media as well. This can't go on indefinitely. We must do something.

1. Yes, so long as conditions of the marriage are met. 2. No, unless you do or say something to intentionally deceive the lady as to your intentions. If you are looking for a short term, casual relationship only, then make sure she knows that from the beginning and she agrees to that. 3. Yes, but good luck, lol. All Sunnis that I have met consider Mutah to be the same as Zina (because it was banned by Umar ? ) I am not attacking you, and I fully understand your situation. Most of the brothers I know had at one point or another, gigantic conflicts with their wife and were one step away from divorce. Some got divorced and some stayed married, but most can empathize. You don't want to get tied down to a permanent marriage and want to focus on raising your daughter. Fine and understandable, from an Islamic perspective. Just make sure that the lady (s) you are doing Mutah with understand this fully and are willing to go into this type of marriage. Nothing you have said so far would make these relationships haram, or even makrooh. The only thing that would do that would be if you intentionally deceived. Addendum, not directly related to your question. Since you are 25, there might be some gap in your knowledge as far as how women think and what they want. The vast majority of women, in my experience (and I am a few decades older than you with lots of life experiences) want a traditional family, long term relationship. That is the ladies who are mumina and even Jewish / Christian ladies who practice their religion. You might come across those ladies, and they might agree to the Mutah, but 99+ percent of the time, they have something in their mind for the future, long term with you. If they didn't, they would never agree to Mutah in the first place. They agree to it because they think that this is the only way they can start the relationship with you. There are some exceptions to this, but I haven't actually met any myself. There is another type of women who wouldn't mind having a short term, casual Mutah relationship with you. In my experience, these are the non practicing, secular / atheist leaning women who might be Muslim / Christian / Jewish as a label but they don't actually apply religion in their life. Mutah with them would be halal and the marriage would be valid, from a Fiqh point of view, but you have to ask yourself the question, what could happen in this relationship that could mess up my life worse than being single. She could get pregnant (the most common thing) and then you would have to co parent with her for 18 years, not a fun time. She is more likely to cheat on you, more likely to steal from you, more likely to go to the police and make up things just to 'get back' at you, etc, etc. Just food for thought. You have to ask yourself this question, why is it that this plan seems good 'on paper' but there are actually so few Muslim men who do this in real life, despite the fact that I am sure there are plenty of them that would like to. The answer has more to do with the nature of women than the nature of men. Salam.

TBH there wasn't much there to work with, meaning their minds Also, people don't realize what an accomplishment this 1 million plus number is. The US is a country of more than 350 million people. The last time there was more than a million people in the street for an event / demonstration was in 1967, the march on Washington led by Martin Luthur King Jr. I can't think of an event where more than 20% of a countries population came out and attended, or maybe the last one was, 'Oh Yeah', the funeral of Imam Khomeni(رضي الله عنه) in 1989. What a coincidence. I am really, really proud of the people of Lebanon. They gave a big kick in the b*lls to the Taught today. May Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) reward Sayyid Hassan(رضي الله عنه) with the best aspects of Paradise and the Akhira for his service to Islam and the country of Lebanon.

Netanyahu: "We weakened support for Hezbollah" People of Lebanon: "Nope" All the bombs, Mossad Operations, pager attacks, destruction of thousands of homes, international intrigue, begging US for weapons and money, billions of dollars spent. All had one purpose, to weaken popular support for Hezb in Lebanon. These events today show that all these things accomplished nothing and actually probably had the opposite effect. If I was a Zionist, I would be pretty embarrassed at this point and probably not show my face for a while.

There are many hadiths from Imams of Ahl Al Bayt((عليه السلام)) regarding religion and isolated communities. I will summarize these below The human being has two paths to guidance to truth, i.e. acknowledgement of Allah(God) and Muhammad(p.b.u.h) being the Messenger of God and Ali(s.w.a) being the Guardian of Faith and Religion. The first path is called 'fitra' in Islamic terminology. This means the internal sense of right and wrong that is developed in every human being and is fully realized in the teenage / young adult years. This sense of right and wrong leads one naturally to the concept of Justice. For example, no human being believes that it is right to rape a women. There are some who do this crime, but they need to justify it in their mind somehow so that it becomes 'right' and 'just' to them. Without this justification, they couldn't do it because this fitra never goes away and is present in everyone. Even the word 'justification' comes from the word 'justice'. They have to make it appear to themselves as if this act is just in order to do it, but they can never do it before first doing this because even criminals still have this fitra. Same thing with crimes like murder, torture, theft, dishonesty which harms others, slander, etc. Even if you go to the most isolated communities, you will find this fitra. Now the question is 'Well how do you prove that', and I figured this would be the next question. Since they are isolated, that means that I (or anyone else) has direct experience with this community, for example an isolated tribe in the Amazon. Well, you can use logic and extrapolate based on what you do know. For example, if you take a hungry lion and place a gazelle in front of it, what do you think it will do ? Stand and stare at it ? No, it will eat it. Now do you have any reason to suppose that if you did this 100,000 times, on the 100,001 time it will not eat it ? No. There is no evidence to support this. You have enough evidence at that point to make the claim that whenever you place a gazelle in front of a hungry lion, unless the lion is extremely ill and / or dying, it will eat the gazelle. Same thing, there have been hundreds of thousands of human communities and societies thru history and all of them have had this same fitra. So you can logically say that all human beings have this. It is not a 'faith based' statement, it is a logical statement based on inductive reasoning. The hadith talk about the fact that if they follow their fitra, and don't violate it or try to do things against it and justify it, then they will be led to the truth. Even if they don't know about Quran, Prophet Muhammad, etc, Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) will not penalize them for this and they will go to heaven. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) only holds you accountable for the knowledge that you have and if you truly didn't know, then there is no penalty. At the same time, everyone will be accountable for following or not following their fitra, because everyone has this. Fitra can be summarized in one statement, 'If you know something is right, do it and if you know something is wrong, don't do it and don't attempt to justify things you know are wrong'. That is what every human being will be held accountable for. The second path is only the acknowledgement of this fitra, and the fact that it's origin is a Designer and Creator who put this fitra in us so that we would progress as a human society toward a goal, which is to live in and realize a world and a hereafter which is based on the qualities of justice, honesty, integrity, humility, honor, dignity, and ultimately hapiness and true pleasure which are the fruits of adopting the qualities of justice and shunning the opposite qualities of injustice. The external part of religion, such as the Quran, Sharia(Islamic Law), the Prophets, and Imams and their teachings are the way to get to this goal. They are connected because once one has acknowledged their own fitra (innate nature) and the fact that they didn't create this nature but it was given to them by the Creator, and the Creator gave this to them in order so that they could get to the goal, stated above, then all that is left is finding a way to get there, which is the adoption of the external or familiar part of religion.

Under normal circumstances, this is not a problem. The vast majority of Mutah marriage contracts are for months and not years. Usually, 3 to 6 months. If at the end of the specified time period, the contract is not renewed, then it ends, without divorce (which is one of the advantages of this type of contract) and the women is no longer married. After the iddah, she can marry again. Easy peasy. The problem happens when people do long term Mutah contracts, i.e. for years. This is not what this type of marriage is for and if someone wants to do that they should go ahead and do Zawaj Tul Nikah, i.e. permanent marriage. At the same time, it is not haram to do this and it is still a valid marriage, but there could be issues, like the one discussed where the women does not want to stay in the marriage. In that case, as others have said, she can ask her husband to terminate the marriage. They can also go to an alim and take advice that way. Usually, the husband is more likely to agree to end a mutah since many of the issues with a permanent marriage (such as inheritance and financial support) don't apply.

As far as the house of Fatima((عليه السلام)) being attacked, there are several reasons for this. First, this incident took place very shortly (maybe a few weeks or a few months) after the death of Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) and that was because Imam Ali((عليه السلام)) refused to give Bayyat to Abu Bakr. In general, there are not many Sunni hadith from this time period between the death of Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) and the mid point of the Caliphate of Umar. This is because Abu Bakr made it illegal to record hadith and he also destroyed many thousands of hadith by having them burned. This is recorded in Sunni books. The main reason Shia know about this incident and it is very well known is because every single one of the Imams((عليه السلام)) including Imam Ali((عليه السلام)) talked about this incident and recorded it, so we Shia have literally hundreds of hadith regarding the attacking of the house of Imam Ali((عليه السلام)), so it is a fact for us, just as we know that the sky is blue. It wasn't recorded by Sunni historians because of what i said previously and also because it casts Umar and Abu Bakr in a very bad light and the Sunni recorders of hadith and historians were the ones who 'cuddled up' to those who were in power. This is how it ties into Ghadir. Ghadir was so well known at the time of the death of Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) that no one denied it, at that time or even now because the hadith for it are considered mutawatir, even by Sunni recorders of hadith. The modern Sunni historians could play around with the meaning of the word 'Maula' but at the time they couldn't do this, since those who witnessed it personally (who were still alive at the time of the death of Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) saw the context of the event (the stopping of the caravans and the raising of the arm of Ali, etc, etc, many details that have not been recorded by Sunni historians). It was because of this that Umar and Abu Bakr had to use an extreme amount of force to get the people of Medina, and then the Muslims in general, to accept the Caliphate of Abu Bakr. There were the incident of Saqifa, Reda wars, the attacking of the house of Fatima, the theft of Fadak by Abu Bakr, and many other incidents during that time that show that there was no 'Shura' and no consensus around Abu Bakr except that which was forced on the people. Once the precedent was set that 'Might makes right' then most people thought that they had no other choice but to accept it. It was a political coup followed by a terror campaign that ended with the establishment of the 'Caliphate' but the first two parts of this are kept 'hush hush' by some Muslims, so people are confused about this. One of the greatest objective proofs of the attacking of the house of Fatima is that noone knows where she is buried, up until today. Noone of the Prophets family, except Fatima, had a funeral in secret, and this was done so that people would inquire as to why this is. It If you start to inquire, then you will learn the reason why. It was also done so that Abu Bakr and Umar would not be able to attend her funeral, and this was Fatima's dying wish. Now why would a lady, so noble and kind and of such great character have a wish like this ? It was because of the heinous crime that these two did against her and her husband, and she knew that this crime would be covered up but she wanted the Muslims to know about it. As to why Imam Ali((عليه السلام)) didn't fight and declare open war against Abu Bakr and Umar, it was because he had a direct order from Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) not to do this. Some of the reasons for this are unknown, but some are known. One of the known reasons is that there were people like Abu Sufyan and others, such as the Romans, who were waiting on the sidelines for this to happen, i.e. a civil war, so that they could take advantage of it and use it for their own purposes. The other known reason is that even if Imam Ali((عليه السلام)) would have been successful and defeated those individuals and taken the Caliphate by force, it would have left a rift and a schism in the Ummah and the religion of Islam might have split into parts. Imam Ali((عليه السلام)) talks about this in his sermon known as 'Shaqshiqiyya' in Nahjul Balagha. Although some don't acknowledge it, most acknowledge that, even today and despite our differences, we have one Ummah, as it says in the Holy Quran and this is ultimately the reason why, as it says in the Quran 'Islam will prevail over all other religions'. One of the main reason why this is the case is because Imam Ali((عليه السلام)) followed the order of Rasoulallah (unlike others who many times disobeyed the direct orders of Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) and this is recorded in history) and did not launch a war against these two, although many at that time were urging him to do it and although he most likely would have been successful (as far as winning the war). This is because Imam Ali((عليه السلام)) was known to be the greatest warrior among the Arabs and noone would face him directly on the battlefield.

It isn't a contradiction. The Prophet and Imams (peace be upon them) have knowledge of the unseen (Alim Al Ghaib) ONLY in regards to what is necessary for them to fulfill their mission in the dunya (this world). No human being, and no one of creation, i.e. noone except Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) has Alim Al Ghaib (Knowledge of the Unseen) in the full and complete sense. Even in the Holy Quran, it says regarding the hypocrites of Medina. وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ الْأَعْرَابِ مُنَافِقُونَ ۖ وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ ۖ مَرَدُوا عَلَى النِّفَاقِ لَا تَعْلَمُهُمْ ۖ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُمْ ۚ سَنُعَذِّبُهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ عَظِيمٍ 9:101 And among those around you of the bedouins are hypocrites, and [also] from the people of Madinah. They have become accustomed to hypocrisy. You, [O Muhammad], do not know them, [but] We know them. We will punish them twice [in this world]; then they will be returned to a great punishment. It says in the Quran in the above ayat that Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) did not know who the hypocrites were. This makes sense because these individuals, during the lifetime of Prophet(p.b.u.h) acted in a way that was perfectly in line with the religion. It was only after the death of Rasoulallah(p.b.u.h) that they acted on their hypocrisy which was present all along and they became exposed.

This is why I said previously in this thread, the most important thing is a just leader, and those directly underneath the leader are acting in a just manner in accordance with teachings of Ahl Al Bayt((عليه السلام)). Not that they are masoom, of course they wouldn't be, but overall, and in the vast majority of cases, their actions are an accurate reflection of those teachings and they are acting in the interests of the community, primarily, and not for their own interests. This would be my criteria for whether I join / participate in this community or not.