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My
attention has been drawn to a booklet, What
is Shi'aism?, which has been printed in
Nairobi and and distributed throughout East Africa
by the Wahabis. The main purpose of such publications
is to sow seeds of discord and disunity amoung
the Muslims of East Africa and elsewhere. The
Shi'a comunity is well-aware of this motive;
and we had not wanted
to glorify such rags by writing their reply.
The Wahabis take
their order from the Saudi family who in their
turn are controlled by the White House in Washington;
and as everybody knows, it is the declared policy
of Washington and its satellites that Islam is
their enemy No. 1. Naturally they want to destroy
Islam by all possible means; and unfortunately,
Kahlids, Fahds, Mubaraks and their ilk are dancing
to their tunes.
We feel that replying
to such trash would be playing in the hands of
those enemies of Islam. And it was this feeling
that had kept us silent for such a long time.
But now we have reached a stage where silience
is misinterpreted as weakness. Therefore, a few
short comments on the said booklet will not be
out of order.
Another thing which
had prevented us from replying was the blindness
of these writers. They never look in the Shi'a
books; they just go on lapping what their ancestors
have vomitted; and then they transfer in on paper,
thinking that they have conquered the Everest.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of replies have been
given to their books, but these writers never
look into them. And the fallacy is further compounded
when a writer is as ignorant as the author of
the booklet under review, a writer of uknown identity
and origin. No torture can be greater for a student
of religion than to be forced to talk with such
an ignorant man. However,
with much reluctance I have decided to undergo
this torture, and "I will only complain of
my grief and sorrow to Allah".
(1)
The booklet, What
is Shi'aism, is written in a haphazard
manner, and to follow its sequence would have
resulted in annoying repititions.
In this reply,
i have tackled all its main points in as much
an un-emotional way as possible, ignoring the
abusive language which its writer has used for
the Shi'as. Only those whose proofs are weak try
to compensate for that weakness with abusing their
opposite party.
In the begining
i have included one of my old arrticles, Meaning
and origin of Shi'aism, and a few important
chapters which describe in short the fundamental
belief and faith of the Shi'a Ithna 'Asheris.
It will help the readers to compare the truth
with the baseless accusations of the unknown author
of the Wahabi booklet.
Before touching
the subjects of the said booklet, let me make
it clear that i have written for those who are
in search of Truth, with open minds, without any
bias or preconceived ideas. I am not writing for
those whose logic runs as follows:-
1. To curse the
Sahabah (companions of the Prophet, peace be upon
Him) is Kufr and anyone indulging in it is Kafir.
2. Mu'awiyah began
cursing Amiru 'I-Mu'mineen 'Ali (the cousin and
son-in-law and companion of the Prophet peace
be upon Him, and the forth amoung the Sunnis'
Khulafa-e-Rashidin), in the Khutbas of
Friday and 'Idayn, and this cursing continued
for morethan 90 years throughout the Islamic empire
from Sindh to Spain and from Africa to Turkistan.
3. Therefore, Mu'awiyah
was a sincere believer and a most honoured companion
and Khalifah of the Prophet, peace be upon Him.
Such people should
better not read this book.
I pray to Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) to make
this book a light for the guidance of the Muslim
Ummah in these dark days, Bihaqqi Muhammadin wa
'alihi 't-tahireen.
Dar es Salaam
24th September, 1993
Sayyid
Saeed Akhtar Rizvi
(1)
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