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Al-Muraja'at
A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue (also known as 'The Right Path') Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Imam Husayn (as) Islamic Foundation Beirut Yasin T. Al-Jibouri Prophethood & Imamate Sunni & Shi’a Interfaith dialogue Publis ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Author's Biography
Only a few names of men, who were distinguished for their gifts and genius which lifted them to the highest peaks of recognition, are etched upon the horizons of our Islamic world. Such names, like bright stars, have kept glittering in the depth of the sk ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Introduction and Foreword
These pages have not been written today, and these thoughts have not been born recently: they have been organized for over quarter of a century; they could have appeared in print sooner barring hostile circumstances and calamities that put strong obstacle ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 1
Thul Qi’da 6, 1329 A.H. I.Greeting the Debater 1) Peace and Allah's mercy and blessings be upon the learned honourable Shaykh ‘AbdulHusayn Sharafuddin AlMusawi. I have not been acquainted yet with Shi’as' conscience, nor have I tested their ma ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 2
Thul Qi’da 6, 1329 A.H. I Greetings Reciprocated 1) Peace of Allah be with Maulana Shaykh alIslam, His mercy and blessings. Your very kind letter has granted me and bestowed upon me so many graces for which the tongue can hardly thank you enough, nor can ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 3
Thul Qi’da 7, 1329 A.H. I Why do Shi’as not Uphold the Majority's Sects? 1) I ask you now about the reasons why you (Shias) do not follow the sect of the majority of Muslims, I mean the sect of alAsh’ari, in determining the principles of the creed, ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 4
I Juristic Proofs Mandate Adherence to the Sect of Ahl alBayt, Thul Qida 4, 1329 A.H. 1) Our adherence, in the principles of the creed, to a sect other than that of alAsh’ari, and our following in the branches of Islam of a sect other than those four se ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/23/2015 - 05:06
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Letter 5
Thul-Qi ’ da 9, 1329 A.H. I Admitting Our Argument, 1) Your letter has been quite clear, very well arranged, praiseworthy. It is eloquent, powerful in determination, and strong in argument. It spares no attempt to prove that it is not compulsory to follow ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 6
Thul-Qi’da 12, 1329 A.H. You, thanks to Allah, can be convinced by a mere hint, without the need for an explanation, and you are above doubting the very fact that the purified offspring (‘itra) are superior to all others. Their case is quite clear: they h ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 7
Thul-Qi’da 13, 1329 A.H. I Requesting Proofs from Statements by Allah and His Messenger 1) Bring the proofs from the statements of Allah and His Messenger bearing witness to the mandatory allegiance to the Imams among the Ahl alBayt exclusively, and leav ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 8
Thul-Qi’da 1329 I Overlooking Our Previous Statements, 1) We have not neglected deriving our proofs from the traditions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny. As a matter of fact, we referred to them at the beginning of ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/23/2015 - 05:06
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Letter 9
Requesting More Relevant Texts Thul Qi’da 1329 Do not curb your pen, and do not worry about boring me. I am all ears listening to you; my chest is wide, and in learning from you, my heart is at ease and soul in peace and tranquility. All the proofs and ar ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/10/2015 - 20:38
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Letter 10
A Glimpse of Sufficient Texts Thul-Qi’da 1329 If you have been pleased by receiving my letter, and if you have approached it with selfsatisfaction, then I have often placed my hope on you for victory and concluded my effort with success. Whoever intends ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/23/2015 - 05:07
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Letter 11
Thul-Qi’da 1329 I Admiring Our Clear Texts, 1) I have been honoured to receive your highlyesteemed letter which I found to be authentic in its mainstream, comprehensible. You have filled your bucket to the brim. The flood of your eloquence has surmounted ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/23/2015 - 05:10
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III Asking for Clear Signs from the Book.
3) Could you please, therefore, overcome the latter's stubbornness with convincing proofs from the Book which could curb it and divert it from yielding to the common beliefs? Peace be with you. Sincerely, S ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/10/2015 - 20:49
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Letter 12
Qur'anic Proofs Thul-Qida 1329 You, praise to Allah, have studied the Book thoroughly, becoming acquainted with both its obvious and implied meanings. Has there been anyone praised therein like the Purified ‘itra? Have its perfect verses described an ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 13
Argument Regarding These Traditions Weak Thul-Qi’da 1329 May Allah bless your hand and pen! How elevated their pages above the position of that who challenges and opposes! How defensible their wise writings against the sight of the critic and researcher! ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 14
Thul-Qi’da 1329 I Fallacy of Opponent's Argument, 1) Our answer is that the argument of such opponents is wrong. It is baseless because of the fallacy of its minor and major arguments. As for its minor argument, that is, the claim that "Those wh ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 15
Thul-Qi’da 1329 I A Flash of the Truth, 1) Your latest letter has been perfect in organization, clear in expression, sweet, great in benefit, easily accessible, vast in sphere, farsighted, wellsupported. I have looked into it keenly, and from among its ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
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Letter 16
A Hundred Shi’a Authorities Relied upon by Sunnis Thul-Qi’da 1329 Yes. I will provide you in a hurry with what you have requested, confining myself to some of those personalities who were visited by people from far and wide, on the condition that I will n ...
Syed Ali Abbas - 01/07/2013 - 02:58
