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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

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What evidence can Shia present to demonstrate that they are more reliable than Sufism in preserving the teachings of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq and Imam Ali ar-Rida, since many Silsilas of Sunni Sufism like Qadiriya go back to those Imams?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Shia Muslims have the most authentic evidence that they following the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS) through the most authentic chains of narrators.

Sufi Silsila needs to prove that they really following Ahlul Bayt in every matter in faith and Shariah.

Wassalam.
Can I supplicate or make a vow to the Ahl al-Bayt in the same manner as I do to Allah for forgiveness, guidance and increase in life?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Believing that every good is from Allah and every wish is granted by Allah, seeking from Ahlul Bayt (AS) their intercession to Allah to grant us our wishes is very good.

'Wassalam.
Are the Ahlul Bayt created from Allah's Nur? Is God not independent of His creation and their limits? How can any creation be a part of Allah? How is this distinct from the shirk of Christians?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

No one is part from Allah. Allah, The Glorious Has Created the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) and his Progeny Ahlul Bayt (AS) from His Noor but no one is part from Allah. Allah Says in Quran abiut the creation of Adam: When I Have Completed creating him and breathed on him from My Spirit, then you fall down prostrating for him. (Sura Al-Hijr, verse 29). This does not mean that Adam was created from a part of Allah.

'We believe that no one and nothing can be part of Allah.

'Wassalam.
Are there any narrations in Sunni sources that mention the animosity and hatred of the Abbasids towards the Ahlul Bayt (as)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Sunni books of history are full of narrations about the crimes of many Abbasid rulers against Ahlul Bayt (AS) including including killing Imam Al-Sadiq (AS) by Al-Mansour Al-Abbasi, and killing Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) by Haroon Al-Abbasi and killing Imam Al-Redha (Aas) by Al-Ma'moon Al-Abbasi and killing other Imams of Ahlul Bayt (AS) by other Abbasid rulers. You can read more details in Tareekh Al-Tabari and Maqaatil Al-Talibiyyeen by abu Al-Faraj Al- Isfahan I.

'Wassalam.