Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

These are few references in relation to the crimes of Muawiyah in killing innocent men, women and children including killing of the pious Sahabi Hujr bin Adi al-Kindi and other Sahaba in Sunni texts:

1. al Bidaya wa al Nihaya, Volume 8 page 53 Dhikr 51 Hijri
2. Tarikh Kamil, Volume 3 page 249 Dhikr 51 Hijri
3. Tarikh ibn Asakir, Volume 12 page 227 Dhikr Hujr ibn Adi
4. Tarikh ibn Khaldun, Volume 3 page 13 Dhikr 51 Hijri
5. al Isaba, Volume 1 page 313 Dhikr Hujr ibn Adi
6. Asad’ul Ghaba, Volume 1 page 244 Dhikr Hujr ibn Adi
7. Shadharat ul Dhahab, Volume 1 page 57 Dhikr 51 Hijri
8. Tabaqat al Kubra, Volume 6 page 217 Dhikr Hujr ibn Adi
9. Mustadrak al Hakim, Volume 3 page 468-470 Dhikr Hujr ibn Adi
10. Akhbar al Tawaal, page 186 Dhikr Hujr ibn Adi
11. Tarikh Abu’l Fida, page 166 Dhikr 51 Hijri
12. Muruj al Dhahab, Volume 3 page 12 Dhikr 53 Hijri
13. Tarikh Yaqubi, Volume 2 page 219

Wassalam.

Young Muslims need to know the reality of Islam from it’s pure source,
away from the propaganda of the media and political groups and the
misleading so-called Islamic groups. It is very important to focus on
the source of the knowledge about Islam.

All the differences between Muslims since 1400 years till today are
based on the differences in the source and from whom to take the real
meanings of the Holy Qur’an and the authentic Sunnah of the Holy
Prophet (SAWA). The Holy Prophet (SAWA) did not leave the Ummah
without clearly informing them about the source of the Islamic
knowledge after him. He orderd all Muslims to keep on following the Thaqalain. the two  most important leaders that must be
followed, the Holy Quran and the Ahlul Bayt (AS) and he
stated that these 2 will never be apart from one and another.

Not only Muslim youth but also every human being who wants to know the real
Islam has no choice but to take it from the most authentic and the
most knowledgeable source of teachings of the Holy Prophet (SAWA) who
are the Ahlul Bayt (AS) who have the knowledge from the Holy Prophet
(SAWA) and the real meaning (Tafseer) of the Holy Qur’an.

After establishing this fact of the most authentic source of
knowledge, young Muslims need to know about the basics of the faith
which can be found in many books and websites like www.al-islam.org
and http://www.islamicmobility.com/

Also it is very important to know the details of the day to day
Islamic life which can be found on websites like www.
http://www.islamic-laws.com/ and http://www.sistani.org.

and www.wabil.com

It is also required to know about the Islamic morals and spiritual
elevation which can be found in books like Jaami’ al-Sa’adaat. It is
also very important to read the Holy Qur’an and the life and sayings
of the Holy Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS).

It is very useful to recite the supplications of the Holy Prophet
(SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS) e.g. dua Kumayl and Saheefa al-Sajjadiyah
al-Kamelah.

A brief knowledge about the history of Muslims is very useful e.g.
Kitab al-Irshad by al-Shaykh al-Mufeed.

These are the starting points which can lead to further steps in
gaining more useful knowledge.

Wassalaam.

No Forms nor manifestations of God :

Islam is the pure message from the One Creator Allah (SWT) for all
people to make them know that there is no god but Allah (SWT) and no
one has the right to suggest any form or manifestation for God.

Allah (SWT) does not need people to suggest forms or manifestations
for Him. In fact the Holy Qur’an is very clear against these so called
forms and manifestations because it leads to polytheism. Allah (SWT)
ordered people to worship him without their imagination or forms or
manifestations and those who create what they claim to be forms or
manifestations are away from Allah (SWT). When they are being told to
worship Allah (SWT) only and not others, they say : “We in fact
worship them to get proximity to Allah (SWT) (ما نعبدهم  الا ليقربونا الى الله زلفى).

(Sura 39, Verse 3)

Islam being the final and ever-lasting message from Allah (SWT) does
not accept any claim of any forms or manifestations of God and deals with it
as a type of Shirk (Polytheism)  which is the most dangerous major sin.

 Wassalaam.

It is recommended to name the newly born girl as Fatima for the first week of her life, then either to keep this name or choose another name from the names of the ladies of daughters of Ahlul Bayt (AS).

The name should be from Islamic source and should have good meaning.

Wassalam.

Ahlul Khibra are the experienced scholars in the Hawza who have the full ability to evaluate the standard of knowledge of highest scholars and give scientific opinion about who is the most knowledgeable among all the scholars. They do not need to be Maraaji' themselves. They are not any normal scholar or intermediate students at Hawza.

Wassalam.

The followers of true Islam which is the Islam of the Holy Prophet
(SAWA) and the Ahlul Bayt (AS) has got the strongest evidence which is not
available with anyone else from any sect from among the Muslims. The
believer ( Mo'min) should share his knowledge and the evidence which he has with
other Muslims who are not aware of it. Attending religious or
scientific gatherings is good as far as the Mo’min gives his knowledge
as much as he can to those who do not follow the Ahlul Bayt (AS). But
attending classes conducted by people who are away from the Ahlul Bayt
(AS) without being able to benefit them is harmful and it must be
avoided. Every believer, no matter how much he knows about religion is
able to give benefit to those who don’t follow Ahlul Bayt (AS). The
Hadeeth from Imam Ja’far Al- Sadiq (AS) says : “If our uneducated
follower does not overcome the educated from our opponent, then we are
not on the right path” (ان لم يغلب جاهلنا عالمهم فلسنا على الحق ).

The believer who knows and follows Ahlul Bayt (AS) does not need to take guidance from outsiders as the Ahlul Bayt (AS) have the most comprehensive and most authentic knowledge from the Holy Prophet (SAWA) which is required by every Muslim.

There is also another negative point in attending religious classes of
other sects which might give a wrong signal to some of them that they
are on the right path and that is why a follower of the Ahlul Bayt
(AS) is seeking knowledge from them.

A narration states : “Seeking religious knowledge from
other that Ahlul Bayt (AS) is like denying the status of Ahlul Bayt
(AS)”.

Wassalaam.

Real Muslim is the person who believes in Islam and behaves in peaceful way with people (المسلم من سلم المسلمون من لسانه ويده))

Every Muslim is required to practice Islamic teachings in his life especially when dealing with people. Those Muslims who do not practice fairness and justice with others are blames in Quran ( O, Those who believed, why do you say what you do not practice?  (Sura Al-Saff, Verse 2).

As being nice to people is one of the best deeds in Islam, being bad and harming people is very bad and it can lead tp punishment in this life and hereafter. When harming an animal is forbidden in Islam (e.g. The Hadeeth about a Muslim woman who will be in hellfire because she tortured a cat), so what about harming a human being?

No one from us can judge who is good Muslim and who is not as Allah (SWT) knows what all creatures did and ae doing and will be doing in the future and He judges who is good and who is not. But Allah (SWT) said clearly (The most honorable of you with Allah is the most practicing Taqwa (piousness). Sura Al-Hujuraat, verse 13.

Those who pray and fast and worship Allah (SWT) but misbehave and harm others will loose their worship reward to their victims, and might be forced to take the sins of their victims.

The Hadeeth says ( Best of people are those who benefit people) and another Hadeeth says (Worst of people are those who harm people).

This shows that the spirit of Islam is to be good to others.

Wassalam.

No, we do not have such rule preventing pregnant woman from visiting graveyards.

Wassalam.

It is not allowed to pray Dhuhr , Asr or Isha as two units unless you are a traveler.

Performing any obligatory Prayer must be be in standing position unless the person is totally unable to stand, the he will be allowed to sit whenever he is totally unable to stand.

Wassalam.

Ghusl of Janabah is obligatory not only because of sexual intercourse
but also if a person ejaculates whether deliberately by masturbating
or unintentionally by wet dream or night discharge. This is for males
and females.

Wassalaam.

This is exactly what was been taught by the Prophet Muhammad to Muslims. Seeking help from the Prophet (SAWA) and his Ahlul Bayt (AS) is because they are the most humble servants of Allah (SWT) and their intercession to Allah (SW) is very helpful to us.

Some ignorant Wahabis claim that seeking help frm non than Allah is Shirk, because they do not understand Quranic verses and Prophetic Hadeeths. In Quran we read that prophets e.g. Prophet Sulaiman did seek help from people. (Sura Al-Naml, Verse 38).

Authentic famous Hadeeth known as the Hadeeth of the blind, narrated by Uthman Bin Hunaif (Tirmithi 3578, and Ibn Khuzaimah 2/225, and Al-Tabaraani 9/17, and Al-Haakim in Al-Mustadak1/707 and mentioned by Al-Albani as authenic (Saheeh)) states that a blind man requested help from the Prophet (SAWA) to get cure from blindness. The Prophet (SAWA) told him to perform Wudhu and pray Salaah and pray in the Sojood of his Salaah: O Allah, I seek from you by your Prophet, The Prophet of Mercy, O Mohammad, I pray to my Lord and your Lord by you, to intercede and get met my need fulfilled.

روى الترمذي بسنده عن عثمان بن حنيف أن رجلا اعمى اتى النبي صلىالله عليه وسلم فقال: اني اصبت في بصري، فادع الله لي، قال: اذهبفتوضأ، وصل ركعتين ثم قل: اللهم اني اسألك واتوجه اليك بنبي محمد،نبي الرحمة، يا محمد اني استشفع بك على ربي، في رد بصري، وفيرواية ( في حاجتي لتقضي لي، اللهم شفعة في ) ( ثم قال صلى الله عليهوسلم ): وان كانت حاجة فافعل مثل ذلك ..

The Prophet (SAWA) do not each but the Truth, and we are the real followers of the Prophet (SAWA).

Wassalam. 

The meaning of Daabbat al Ardh is Not beast of the earth at all. We should not be misled by wrong translations. Baabbat al-Ardh is any being which moves on earth. Some people wrongly think that it means an animal. While in the Holy Qu’ran
we read that every moving creature is a Daabbah as Allah (SWT) says in
Surah Hud verse number 6 : “There is no Daabbah on the earth but its
sustenance is from Allah (SWT)”. And also in Surah Nahl verse 61 : “If
Allah (SWT) blames people because of the wrong they do, no Daabbah will
remain on the earth”. Which means all human beings are also Daabbah. In
Surah Al Anfal verse 22 : “Verily, the worst of Daabbah with Allah
(SWT) are those who are deaf and dumb who don’t reflect (don’t
understand)”. So Daabbah is not only an animal but also all the human
beings are Dabbah as well. The verse in the Holy Qur’an which is
regarding Daabbat al Ardh was discussed among many scholars according
to the references of their knowledge, Those who do not follow the
Ahlul Bayt (AS), they claimed that the Daabbah is an unusual animal
which has abnormal acts, but this understanding goes against the verse
itself when Allah (SWT) says in Surah al-Naml verse 82 : “And when the
word of torment is fulfilled against them, we shall bring out from the
earth, a moving creature (Daabbah from the earth) to speak to them that most of mankind did not believe with certainty in the verses of Allah (SWT)”. So this is the
act of this special creature and it cannot be an animal who speaks the
facts which are known only to the prophets and their successors.
This Daabbah itself will be a miracle from Allah (SWT).
The scholars who follow Ahlul Bayt (AS) understand the real meaning of
this verse from the authentic Hadeeths which says that Daabbah
according to the Hadeeth narrated by Huthaifah Ibn al Yaman that the Holy
Prophet (SAWA) explained this verse and said that the Daabbah will be
supported by Allah (SWT) and no enemy will harm this Daabbah nor can
escape from this Daabbah and this Daabbah will stamp on the Mo’min
forehead that he is a Mo’min and will write on the forehead of a
Kaafir that he is a Kaafir and the Daabbah will be carrying the stick
of Prophet Musa and the ring of Prophet Sulaiman (ref : Majma’ al
Bayan by al Tabrasi).

We have another narration in Tafseer Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from
Imam Ja’far as Sadiq (AS) that the meaning of Daabbah is none but Ameer
ul Mo’meneen (AS) (ref : Majma’ al Bayan by al Tabrasi). Another
narration from Tafseer al Ayyashi gives the same meaning. In Bihaar ul
Anwaar Volume 53  Page 52, authentic chain of narrators from Imam
Ja’far as Sadiq (AS) state that the Holy Prophet (SAWA) entered the
Masjid in Madinah and saw Ameer ul Mo’meneen (AS) sleeping and putting
his head on sand as a pillow. The Holy Prophet (SAWA) put his hands on
the legs of Ameer ul Mo’meneen (AS) and told him : “Get up O Dabbaat
of Allah (SWT)”. One of the companions said : “O Holy Prophet (SAWA),
shall we also call each other with this name?” The Holy Prophet (SAWA)
said : “No. By Allah (SWT) this name is only for Ameer ul Mo’meneen
(AS) and he has been mentioned in the Book of Allah (SWT) (Surah Naml
verse 82)”. And the Holy Prophet (SAWA) told Ameer ul Mo’meneen (AS) :
“O Ali, at the end of time Allah (SWT) will bring you up in the best
of shape with a marker with which you will mark your enemies”.

We have also a mention that Imam al Mahdi (ATFS) will mark the
believers and the non-believers (Tafseer Abul Futooh al Raazi Volume 8
Page 23).

Wasalaam.