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  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

163 Questions

I heard a Shia scholar mention a narration in which the Prophet Muhammad (s) stated that he witnessed Imam Ali creating Prophet Adam with his own hands? Is this authentic?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

I have never seen such narration. Please ask those who claim it to provide its reference so that we can check it and research the authenticity of the narrators.

‘Wassalam.
Some Shia folks claim that not all the Hadith mentioned in Biharul Anwar by Allama Baqir Majlisi are authentic. Is this true? If so, what proportion is inauthentic?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

Other than the holy Quran, we do not have a book that is completely authentic, from cover to cover. Even our early hadith books like al-Kafi, etc, are to be individually evaluated and scrutinised by experts of hadith grading. 

The great book Bihar al-Anwar, by al-'Allamah al-Majlisi (q.s.) is no exemption as well. As for percentage or proportion, that cannot be defined as a whole, because each scholar could have different methodology of grading authenticity, and other related issues to hadith grading.

And Allah knows best
Is it necessary to blindly follow a Marja in Taqleed? Is there any proof from Ahadith about this matter?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

In every field of knowledge, reasonable persons follow the highly knowledgeable experts in that field. It is the logic of life that the less knowing must refer to the most knowing. It is in medicine, engineering, law, etc and no one objects on it at all. Why some people doubt it when it comes to religious knowledge? This doubt is illogical. Allah is Quran ordered to refer to those who are more knowledgeable.(Sura Al-Nahl, verse 43 and Sura Al-Angiaa', verse 7 and Sura Faaturm verse 14).

Following the verdict of the Marje' is the way for people to follow the authentic evidence derived by the highly learned experts in Islamic knowledge. Those who doubt Taqleed do not have any other way to know the evidence because they themselves are not experts in Islamic knowledge. Some of them follow less knowledgeable persons instead of following more knowledgeable which is type of injustice.

Wassalam.
I have fertility problems, and I have come across Hadiths stating that a woman who cannot bear children is considered less valuable in marriage. Some hadiths also suggest that not having children implies a life not fully lived. Are these authentic?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Allah (SWT) Says in Quran: He (Allah) Renders barren whom He Wants).(Sura Al-Shura, Verse 50). It is the Decision and Wisdom of Allah who should be barren and sterile. No blame at all on the person who was created by Allah as barren or sterile. Marriage which aims having children needs a fertile wife, and that is the reason of the narrations. No doubt that Allah (SWT) Makes some of His creatures as sterile for reason in their favor even if they don't know it but it is definitely in their favor. It can be avoiding them a harm which can happen if they had children or any other serious reason.

'Wassalam.