Questions & Answers

Question: If Abu Bakr and Umar were the usurpers of the Caliphate, why did Imam Ali (PBUH) cooperate with them? Answer: Abdulrahman al-Salimi states: “If Imam Ali (PBUH) had ill…

Why does mourning for Imam Hussain (PBUH) and his faithful companions begin on the beginning of Muharram, even though he was martyred on the tenth of Muharram? Answer According to…

Answer Besides the polytheists’ plan to assassinate the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) in Mecca, the event of attempted assassination of him on his return from the battle of Tabuk has…

Answer The followers of Bani Umayyah and Wahhabism have tried to misrepresent the rise of Imam Hussain (PBUH) as a gesture of revolt, riot, scattering the nation and an act…

Does not Imam Ali (PBUH) consider the caliphate as his right in Nahj al-Balagha? Answer From the Shia point of view, the caliphate and Imamate are divine and appointed duties,…

Question: Why didn’t Imam Hussain (PBUH) pray for it to rain when he was banned from drinking water in Ashura? Answer: According to Shia quotations, Imam Hussain’s prayer would not…

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One of the issues that is propagated about Islam is that, this religion promotes violence. Some by referring to the 5th verse of chapter Al-Tawbah (Chapter nine) claim that the…

Question Why Imam Hussain (PBUH) had to be martyred like this? Why God didn’t help him out? Answer Greeting and thanks to you dearest reader First of all, it’s God’s…