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Ithnashri Union Literary Section

Imamate- The perfection of Deen

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In Surah Rum verse 43, Allah (swt) tells "Then set your face upright towards the established religion before that day comes from God, when there will be no escape". We are told to turn to Deen before the Day of Judgement when people will be separated. The verse tells mankind to search for that perfect deen.

If we look at the world around us, we commonly see an object whose recognition comes through it's individual characteristics. If you remove these characteristics, the object will loose its identity, it will become unrecognisable.

There exist some things in nature whose recognition requires no identification, for example the sun coming out, its very presence serves as its identification, it requires no further verification. In some cases, something has no identity, it does not present itself, rather it depends upon others to present it, for example adalat (justice), ibadat (worship) are concepts which on their own have no identification, they have no physical presence, you can not just point at something and conclude this is adalat.
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So who killed Imam Hussain (as)? – Lets investigate history

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Ansar website had perpetuated the common lie that the Shia killed Imam Hussain (as). In this refutation we shall analyse the facts of history to expose the fallacy of such a claim. Their argument can be summarised as follows
  1. The Shi’a invited Imam Hussain (as) by writing letters and requesting that he come to Kufa so that they can recognise him as their Imam.
  2. Imam Hussain (as) sent Muslim bin Aqeel (as) as his representative to assess the situation
  3. The Shi’a gave bayya to Imam Hussain via Hadhrath Muslim bin Aqeel (as).
  4. The same Shi’a subsequently abandoned him following the entry of Abdullah ibn Ziyad.
  5. The Shi’a failed to support Imam Hussain (as) as a result he was killed.

The approach we have taken is to focus on the historical sources in detail and then identify and expose the beliefs of the Kufan people.

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Origins of SHIA

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Islam is a deen (religion) that passed through 124,000 Prophets, it came bit by bit. Imagine a jigsaw. Each Prophet brought a piece of the puzzle, starting with Hadhrath Adam (as) until the final piece of the puzzle came in to the hand of Hadhrath Muhammad (saws). This role of Prophethood was explained beautifully by the Prophet (saws) himself:

"My relation to the long chain of Prophets can be understood by the parable of a Palace. The Palace was most beautifully built. Everything was complete therein except the place for one brick. I have filled in that place and now the Palace has been completed".
Towards understanding Islam by Sayyid Abu'l Ala Maudoodi, page 49 Editors footnote quoting Sahih Bukhari and Muslim (Islamic Foundation publishers)
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