Shi`a and Sunni issues: Schools of Thought within Islam

A Shi'ite Encyclopedia Version 2.0  
A vast collection of information that addresses Shi`a/Sunni inter-school related issues. The primary tools used to investigate are the Holy Quran, logical reasoning, and the traditions that have been narrated by reliable Sunni and Shia sources.

Al-Muraja'aat  
A Sunni/Shi'i dialogue otherwise known as The Right Path.

Peshawar Nights  
Peshawar Nights is the English translation of a dialogue amongst several Sunni sholars and a 31 year-old Shi'a scholar, Muhammad al-Musawi Sultanu'l-Wa'izin, of Shiraz, Iran, held over a period of ten nights in Peshawar, India, beginning on 27 January 1927. The dialogues were a model of mutual respect and decorum. A condition of the dialogue was that only sources acceptable to both sects would be cited. The dialogue was held in Farsi, commonly understood in the city of Peshawar. The transcript, made by four reporters and published in the newspapers daily, was published in book form in Teheran and soon became a classic authority in the East. The present work is based on the fourth edition, published in Teheran in 1971, the year i n which Sultanu'l-Wa'izin died at the age of 75.

Then I was Guided  
An English translation of Thumma Ihtadaytu by Sayed Mohamed Tijani Smaoui. Then I was Guided is an autobiographical account of Sayed Tijani's search for knowledge. His style is very conversational and this book is very easy reading. Besi des being an inspirational account of his journey in search of truth, this work also aims to remove some of the barriers that exist between the schools of thought of the ahl-as-Sunnah and the shi'a by clearing a lot of the misconceptions that have been fa bricated against the shi`a in religious literature.

Ask Those who Know  
An English translation of Fasaloo ahl al-Dhikr by Sayed Mohamed Tijani Smaoui, the same author of Then I was Guided. In this work, Sayed Tijani examines issues of free will/predestination, the infallibility of the Prophet (s) and th e Ahl al-Bayt (a), the companions of the Prophet (s), and the authenticity of the books of traditions compiled by al-Bukhari and al-Muslim.

Hadith ath-Thaqalayn: A Study of its Tawatur  
A detailed proof of authenticity of the famous hadith: The Messenger of Allah - may Allah bestow peace and benedictions upon him and his Progeny - said: "Verily, I am leaving behind two precious things (thaqalayn) among you: the Book of God and my kindred (`itrah), my household (Ahl al-Bayt), for indeed, the two will never separate until they come back to me by the Pond (of al-Kawthar on the Judgement Day)." Includes Arabic text of ahadeeth.

Questions on Jurisprudence  
The focus of this book is to introduce to the reader those practices and beliefs of the shi'a faith which are not a part of the practice of the majority of the Muslims yet, their existence is witnessed in the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah of the Holy Pr ophet (PBUH&HF). The author discusses the issues of: combining the afternoon and evening prayer, 'Bismillah' is a verse preceding almost every of chapter of al-Qur'an, condensing of the prayer by the traveller, temporary marriage, and wudhu. This a transl ation of al-Masaail al-Fiqhiyya by al-Imam 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi. This author was a major contributor to Muslim unity and his works have focused on explaining the belief and practices of the shi'a via the Qur'an and authentic sunni texts.

Shi`a by Allama Tabatabai  

A Pledge of Allegiance Under the Tree
An examination of ayah 18 in Surat al-Fath regarding the believers who swore allegiance under the tree.