The life of Imām ‘Ali Bin Mūsā al-Ridā

PUBLISHER’S PREFACE

Some years ago, while I was paying a visitation to the Holy Shrine of the eighth Imām, my master, ‘Ali b. Mūsā al-Ridā, peace be on him, I asked myself: “Is it possible for me to find favor with my Imāms, the guides and rightly-guided ones who have said in their traditions: ‘May Allah have mercy on him who enlivens our affairs,’?” So it came to my mind that I had to find a book on the life of the eighth Imām in order to translate it into English. After I had asked the advice of some professors, I chose the book entitled the Life of Imām al-Ridā by Shaykh Bāqir Sharif al-Qarashi. Then I gave the book to Mr. Jāsim al-Rasheed in order to translate it into English, and he agreed to this suggestion; I thank him, and praise belongs to Allah.

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Articles about Imamate and Ghadir

Introduction

The caravan returning from the Hujjatul- Widdah (the Final Pilgrimage) of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny, was halted unexpectedly.

The archangel Jibreel (Gabriel) had come with the message from Allah: ‘0 Apostle! Deliver what has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people’ (Qur’an 5:67). The place where the Muslims had stopped was at Ghadir Khum. The Prophet delivered a sermon and appointed Imam Ali, peace be upon him, as his successor.

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The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts

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A detailed account of the life of Imam Husayn (a) and his personality, the tragedy of Karbala and the sacrifice of the Imam (a) and his companions, and a detailed analysis of Shi’i behaviours, like mourning and crying to refute the doubts of being un-Islamic.

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Western Civilization through Muslim Eyes

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The Author in the book highlights and answers some of the vital questions like: What is the position of Islam today, what is its task and what role should it and could it be playing in helping mankind out of the morass into which the divisive materialism of East and West threaten to plunge us one and all?

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Jesus (peace be with him) through the Quran and Shiite narrations/ selected by Mahdi Muntazir Qaim; translated by Muhammad Legenhausen.

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A Shi’ite Creed

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Author(s): Shaykh as-Saduq

Category: General

Topic Tags: Beliefs Creed

Translator: Muhammad Reza Ja’fari

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Doctrines of Shi’i Islam

Sobhani, Jafar

Doctrines of Shi’i Islam: a Compendium of Imami beliefs and practices[Book]/Ja’far Sobhani؛translated and edited by Reza Shah – Kazemi.

London New york: I.B.Tauris, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2001, = 1380.

Ayatollah Ja’far Sobhani

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