1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

188 Questions

Is it allowed to marry a Sunni man who doesn’t have animosity toward Ahlulbayt AS but also has affection for their adversaries?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Many men show something before marriage or soon after marriage but change after few years after marriage. Are you sure that this man will not change after few years? You need to be sure that your faith and religious practice will never be harmed by anyone now and in the future.

Wassalam.
What narrations of the Prophet (s) and the Ahlulbayt (a) can be used to prove the concept of Taqleed during the occultation of the Imam (a)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

In Quran we read ( So, ask those who know if you don't know ( Sura 21, verse 7).

'Many Hadeeths from the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS) order Muslims to learn the religious rules from those who know and never act with out knowledge. The Prophet (SAWA) said: Ask those who know. ( Amaali al-Tousi). Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq (AS) said: People who don't ask the knowledgeable persons will perish. (Munyatul al Merced).

Muslim needs to know the right Islamic knowledge to follow it and be on the right path. Right knowledge can't come from lay people or from the parents or friends etc, but it must come from knowledgeable persons Ulamaa' who have spent their life in studying and researching the Islamic knowledge from Ahlul Bayt (AS). This following the evidence taken by Mujtahids is called Taqleed, without which your religious acts will be with out authentic evidence.

Wassalam.
As a recent convert influenced by Sunni Salaf, I am now exploring Ahlulbayt. Is it acceptable to adopt some beliefs from both perspectives, or would that create a conflicting identity for me?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'āla

I would rather recommend that you continue to explore the Ahlul Bayt School of Thought, and then make your decision as to which school of thought you are going to adopt, then commit to it. Should you pick and choose various beliefs and practices from different madhahib, this will do nothing but confuse you. On what basis and criterion will you follow in what to adopt, and from which madhhab?

If one was to do this, they will end up creating their own madhhab. This is why studying and following evidence would be the best approach. 

And Allah knows best
Is it permissible to seek help directly from Hazrat Ali or other Masoom figures instead of Allah using their Waseela? If yes, what evidence exists in Sunni and Shia Islamic texts?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

The fact that everything is in the hands of Allah (SWT) is unchangeable and non negotiable whether you ask directly from Allah or request help from Allah's humble servants to get your work done. When you ask help from Allah's humble servants, you are not asking them to get your work done by them with out Allah. You are seeking their help because of their status with Allah. Wahabi claim based in their misunderstanding the real Tawheed, but Quranic Tawheed states that seeking help from Allah;s humble servants is just like seeking from Allah. We read in Sura Al-A'raaf , verse 134: And when the punishment fell on them they said: O Musa (Moses) : Invoke your Lord for us because of His Promise to you, If you remove the punishment from us, we will believe in you and let Israel's children go with you.

When they told Musa ( If you remove the punishment from us) he never object on them, because he knows that Allah and only Allah removes the punishment and they asked Prophet Musa to do that because of his status as a humble servant of Allah.

We are allowed to seek directly from Allah or seek from His humble servants whose supplication to Allah in our favor is more effective that our supplication,v knowing that everything is in the Hands of Allah.

Wassalam.