The
Shi'a belief on 'Imamat'
The
Shiites believe that after the death of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and
this till the end of the world, Allah has nominated twelve Imams.
According to them, those twelve Imams had been nominated by Allah
through Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The first Imam according to them is
Ali (ra), the second one, his son, Imam Hassan, the third one Imam
Hussein and the rest of the nine Imams being found in their
bloodline.
From
the first Imam (i.e. Ali) till the eleventh Imam (Hassan Askari), all
died a natural death like the rest of mankind. As for the twelfth
Imam, the son of Hassan Askari, he mysteriously disappeared in this
youth and went into hiding in a cave. Now till the end of the world,
according to the Shiites, he alone has the exclusive right to reign
upon the world. The belief in Imamat
is obligatory (Farz)
for a Shiite and the one who does not believe in it shall see himself
being rewarded hell as resting place. In one of their books,
Al-Kafila
there is the mention that if the earth (i.e. the world) remain
without an Imam, it shall sink. Still according to this book, the
(Shiites) Imams are selected by Allah just like Allah chose the
prophets.
Shia
in itself is not a religion; it is a sect in Islam. After the
martyrdom of Hazrat Umar (ra) and during the caliphate of Hazrat
Uthman (ra), Islam propagated in several countries outside Arabia,
such as Persia, etc. Many people accepted Islam at that time. Many
entered the fold of Islam sincerely while many others entered therein
hypocritically.
Among the hypocrites there was one Jewish theologian
from Yemen whose named was Abdullah
bin Saba. He
accepted Islam during the caliphate of Hazrat Uthman (ra). But his
true objective upon embracing Islam was to cause division and havoc
within. He came to Medina to execute his plans but failed because of
the great extent of intelligent people there. He tried his luck in
Basra and thereafter Syria but yet again failed in his attempts. At
last it was in Egypt that he succeeded in beguiling the people and
convinced them to listen to him. What did he do? He began to
exaggeratedly extol the grandeur and status of Hazrat Ali (ra). He
told the people there that it was Ali (ra) who should have been
nominated as the successor of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) after his
demise. According to him, [being previously a Jew], it has been
mentioned in the Torah that it was Ali (ra) who should have been
nominated as the successor of the Prophet of Allah (pbuh), but Abu
Bakr (ra), Umar (ra), and Uthman (ra) stole the rights of Ali (ra).
Therefore,
being the traitor that he is, he raised masses to counterattack
Hazrat Uthman (ra). He prepared and raised an army of malefactors and
vagabonds under his leadership to march towards Medina and they
succeeded in assassinating Hazrat Uthman (ra). After Uthman (ra), it
was Hazrat Ali (ra) who was elected Caliph. During the caliphate of
Hazrat Ali (ra), there were the battles
of Jamal and Siffin,
where the group of Ibn Saba joined the ranks of Ali (ra). Ibn Saba
grabbed this opportunity to put great blames on Hazrat Ali (ra).
Whilst being in the army of Hazrat Ali (ra), he spread false notions
on his account (i.e. on Hazrat Ali) and moreover, he stated that the
archangel Gabriel (Jibril) – God
Forbid – made an
error when he came to give the divine revelations. According to Ibn
Saba, it was Ali (ra) who should have been made prophet, and not
Muhammad (pbuh). God
Forbid.
Therefore,
without any doubt, it is Abdullah bin Saba who began the sect of the
Shias.
Despite the fact that some Shiite “scholars/ theologians/ savants”
deny the role played by Abdullah bin Saba, but their negation or
denial do not stand because the name of Saba has been mentioned in a
Shiite book by the name of ‘Asma-ur-Rijal’
under the sub title ‘Riyal-e-Kashishi’
and it has been mentioned therein that according to Imam Jafar Sadiq
that Ibn Saba believed in the divinity of Ali (ra).
The
advent of the Twelfth Imam
According
to the Shiites, they believe in the advent of the twelfth Imam. Who
is the Imam Mahdi according to them?
When the eleventh Imam, Hassan Askari (CE 846-874) died, he was childless, and this was confirmed by his brother Jafar bin Ali, and according to them, the role of Imam should go only to the son of the previous Imam (i.e. only the son of an Imam can become Imam). [Inset: Al Askari Mosque, Samarrah, Iraq]
When the eleventh Imam, Hassan Askari (CE 846-874) died, he was childless, and this was confirmed by his brother Jafar bin Ali, and according to them, the role of Imam should go only to the son of the previous Imam (i.e. only the son of an Imam can become Imam). [Inset: Al Askari Mosque, Samarrah, Iraq]
This
became a problem when Imam Hassan Askari died. He was sonless.
Therefore, according to the Shiites, four or five years before the
death of Imam Hassan Askari, a son was born to him from a slave girl
and the child was kept hidden so that nobody sees him. Ten days
before the death of Hassan Askari, that child disappeared and took
with him the Quran (the complete and original version) written by Ali
(ra), and all sacred books such as the Torah, Psalm of David, the
Gospels and a leather bag containing the miracles of all the
prophets, as well as the rod of Moses (as), the shirt of Adam (as),
the ring of Solomon (as) etc. The child went into hiding in a cave
called Surra Man
Ra’a.
According
to the Shiites, that child was the last Imam, but as the world cannot
exist without an Imam, therefore, that last Imam shall live (remain
alive) till the Day of Judgement and he shall remain into hiding till
the appointed day when he will come out and he shall rule the world.
According to a Shiite “scholar”
by the name of Allama Baqar Majlisi (CE 1627–1699), he has mentioned in his book Haqqul
Yaqin (Iranian
edition) on page 527 that when Imam Mahdi shall come, he shall
destroy the Sunnis;
he shall begin with their Ulamas
and afterwards shall destroy the disbelievers (Kafireen).
Hatred
for pious Caliphs
Two
persons absolutely hated by the Shias
are Abu Bakr (ra) and Umar (ra). They gave these two caliphs as well
as the members of their families all sorts of bad names. In his book
Kitabur Rauza,
Kalini reported Imam Baqar as saying: “May
the curse of Allah, of the angels and of the whole mankind be,
therefore, on those two (i.e. Abu Bakr et Umar).” (Page
115) – God Forbid.
The
hatred of the Shiites for the caliph Hazrat Umar (ra) is so great
that they called the assassin of Umar (ra), Abu Lulu’ah Al-Majoosi
as ‘Baba
Shujaa-‘ud-Dinsa’
(The brave of the Deen
- religion).
Ali
bin Mathahir, a Shia,
reported that Ahmed bin Ishaq Al-Qummi Al-Ahwas, a Sheikh of the
Shiites had said: “The
day that Umar was murdered is an Eid, a day of pride [rejoice] and
honour, a day of purification and a day of blessing and consolation.”
Whenever
Mullah Baqar Majlisi – a renowned author and Mujtahid
of the Shiites – mentioned the name of Umar Faruq (ra) in his
books, he added “Alaihil-lanat
wal Azaab” (upon
him be the curse and punishment of Allah). God
Forbid.
But
whenever the Shiites mentions the name of the murderer of Hazrat Umar
(ra), Abu Lulu’ah, they say “Rahimullah
[Alayh]” (May
Allah have mercy on him). They send great felicitations and prayers
on a Zaalim (a
wrongdoer) who killed a great companion of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) and
Caliph of Islam.
According
to the Shiites, Karbala is superior to the Ka’aba. In his book
Haqqul Yaqin
on page 360, Allama Baqar Majlisi cite a narration by Imam Jafar
Sadiq, wherein Allah has ordained the Ka’aba to keep silence and
not to declare itself superior to Karbala. According to that
narration Allah has described the exceptional qualities of Karbala
over the Ka’aba. God
Forbid.
----Extracts from the Friday Sermon of 21 September 2018(11 Muharram 1440 AH) delivered by Hadhrat Muhyi-ud-Din Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius.
Mut’a: The Practice of Temporary 'Marriage'
First
of all, let me explain what is meant by “Mut’a”. Mut’a
is the temporary sexual agreement made by a man to a woman. In order
to satisfy his sexual needs, a man approaches a woman and offers her
a sum of money, or wheat, or dates and defines the time limit during
which they shall live together, a day or two, as per the agreement.
Therefore, in Mut’a, there are two things involved: Ajal
(time limit) and Ajr (reward).
Mut’a
is a practice which existed in the times of ignorance (Jahiliya)
by the Arabs. Like the consumption of wine (alcoholic drinks) did not
stop instantly, likewise, the issue of Mut’a needed to be
addressed. The transition from the time of ignorance to Islam was a
difficult one. Islam found its place amidst the Arabs step by step.
At the beginning of Islam, the practice of Mut’a continued
especially in the times of war when a soldier could approach any
woman and propose to stay with her for a limited time and to give
her, her reward, and after securing the agreement, the man satisfied
his sexual needs. In this way, in Islam Mut’a took the form
of temporary marriage and later on was completely annulled,
exterminated and condemned by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) after
he received the divine instruction to put a stop to this practice
completely. (Bukhari, Muslim).
Now
let us see what the Shias
say about the practice of Mut’a.
According to them, this practice is licit (Halal) and highly
recommended. According one of their fabricated tradition which is
found in Manhaj-us-Sadiqin, the Prophet of Islam (pbuh) said :
“He who does Mut’a once will reach the station of Imam
Hussein, he who does it twice will reach the station of Imam Hassan,
and he who does it thrice will reach the station of Hazrat Ali and
the person doing it four times will be equal to me in rank.”
This is completely false. The prophet (pbuh) never said that.
Allama
Majlisi cited another tradition, which according to him, the prophet
of Allah has said (which of course is utterly false): “Whoever
performs Mut’a once in his life is from the people of Jannah. When
a man who makes intention to perform Mut’a and the woman who gets
ready to perform Mut’a, when both of them meet, an angel comes down
and protects them until both of them come out of their house. The
conversation that both of them make is equal to making Tasbih. When
both of them grab the hands of each other, their sins are cooked
through their fingers. When both of them kiss each other, Allah gives
them the reward of Hajj amd Umrah for each kiss. The time until they
are busy in sexual intercourse, Allah gives them reward equal to a
mountain for each every lust. When they get finished and perform
Ghusl, while they know and believe that their God is Allah and to
perform Mut’a is accepted Sunnah, then Allah says to the angels:
‘See both of my men who have stood up to perform Ghusl with this
faith that I am their God, you bear witness that I have forgiven all
of their sins’. No water drops from a hair of their body that ten
rewards are written for them for each hair and ten of their sins are
forgiven and they are exalted to ten top levels… When they finish
and perform Ghusl, then for each drop of water Allah produces angels
who perform Tasbih and its reward will reach them until the Day of
Judgement.”
Allama
Majlisi cited another (false) tradition that the Prophet (pbuh) said
(God knows where he got that!): “Mut’a with believing women is
like 70 times journey to Ka’aba.” And in
another place, still according to Allama Majlisi, the Prophet (pbuh)
said: “He who will have done this virtuous deed (Mut’a) a
large number of times God will elevate his rank. Such people will
cross the Pul Sirat like a flash of lightning. They will be
accompanied by seventy rows of angels. Those seeing them will wonder
whether they were angels, close to God, or Prophets or Messengers.
The angels will tell them: ‘These are the people who followed the
practice of the Prophet (by doing Mut’a) and they will enter
Paradise without any accounting…”.
I
should like to highlight here that these traditions (on Mut’a)
is absolutely false. They are fabrications made by those Shiite
“savants/ theologians”. They don’t have any affinity
with Islam (They do not originate from Islam).
We
all know how authentic the two collections of Hadiths are, i.e. the
Sahih al Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, after the Quran. But the Shiites
reject these two main Hadiths compilations. They do not have any
regard, they do not believe in these two Imams, i.e. Imam
Bukhari and Imam Muslim.
To
conclude this subject for today, it is extremely serious the amount
of falsehoods which the Shiites have invented and thrown on the
Prophet (pbuh). The fabricated Hadiths by their so-called theologians
are what they are: false, completely false. The Prophet of Allah
(pbuh) never said such stupid things.
The
Prophet of Allah (pbuh) warned about the one who lies on his account.
Hazrat Ali (ra) narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “Do
not tell a lie against me for whoever tells a lie against me
(intentionally) then he will surely enter the Hell-fire.”
(Bukhari).
Salama
narrated that the Prophet of Allah (pbuh) said: “Whoever
(intentionally) ascribes to me what I have not said then (surely) let
him occupy his seat in Hell-fire.” (Bukhari).
May
Allah help each one of us against all these kinds of lies and
practices and preserve and maintain us always on the right path and
give us courage to explain them (i.e. the Shias and others)
the true teachings of Islam. Insha-Allah.
Ameen.
----Extracts from the Friday Sermon of 21 September 2018(11 Muharram 1440 AH) delivered by Hadhrat Muhyi-ud-Din Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius.