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

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

162 Questions

How do I live my life as a Muslim, adhering to the teachings of Islam found in the Quran, Hadith, the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH, as well as the teachings of authentic scholars?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

After your firm decision to be an obedient servant of Allah in every matter in your life, you need to know what to do and what to avoid. You need to read books on Islamic practical laws which are available online like www.Sistani.org

If you have any question, you can ask trusted scholars who can guide you.

May Allah Bless and Help you.

‘Wassalam.
Are there any hadith or Quranic verses that mention the existence of 12 imams after our Prophet Muhammad (saw)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes. There are Quranic verses as well authentic Hadeeths.

'Quranic verses mentioned the similarity between Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) and Prophet Musa (AS) (Verily, We Have Sent to you a Messenger (Muhammad) , who will witness on you, as We sent Musa to Pharaoh as a Messenger) (Sura Al-Muzzammil, verse 15. The successors of Musa were twelve as we read in a Quran (Sura Al-A'raaf, verse 160). These two verses show that as Musa (As) had twelve successors, Muhammad (SAWA) will have twelve successors.

'Authentic Hadeeths narrated in Shia and Sunni books including Bukhari, Muslim , Tirmithi, Musnad Ahmad Bin Hanbal, Mustadrak of Al-Haakim and many others mentioned that the successors after the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) will be twelve .

'Wassalam.
How can someone effectively use books like Al-Kafi for reference? When asked to find a specific reference such as Al-Kafi 1:289, does it imply volume 1 hadith 289?
Amina Inloes

This likely refers to volume 1, page 289.

Frequently, the standard Arabic printing is cited, and so you can find it in that version. If the book was written in Farsi, they may be citing a version in Farsi or with Farsi in it. So you may need to dig to find the exact narration, if they have not given publication information.

Sometimes it is easiest to try to find it by back-translating it and searching online or on library software such as ablibrary.net until you find what you are looking for. This website can also help with seaching: https://hadith.academyofislam.com/

Best wishes!
Why did the Prophet Muhammad (s) and Imams not write their own books of Ahadith?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Imam Ali (AS) did write Hadeeths which he heard from the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA). His book is called Al-Jaami'ah الجامعة. or Kitab Ali.

'It remained after him with the Infallible Imams and now it is with Imam Al-Mahdi (AS).

Ahlul Bayt (AS) encouraged their students to write books in Hadeeth and other fields of knowledge. Four hundred main books were complied by the sydents of Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq (AS) but the enemies destroyed them. We have now Fiur Hadeeth books ( Al-Kaafi, Al-Tahtheen, Al-Istibsaar and Al-Faqeeh) which contain main narrations which are much more than the narrations in Bukhari and Muslim.

Wassalam.