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Quran
Muammad, the Apostle of
Allah, and those who are with
him are hard against the
faithless and merciful amongst
themselves. You see them
bowing and prostrating [in
worship], seeking Allahs grace
and [His] pleasure. Their mark
is [visible] on their faces, from
the effect of prostration. Such is
their description in the Torah
and their description in the
Evangel. Like a tillage that
sends out its shoots and builds
them up, and they grow stout
and settle on their stalks,
impressing the sowers, so that
He may enrage the faithless by
them. Allah has promised those
of them who have faith and do
righteous deeds forgiveness and
a great reward. (Quran, 48:29)
Hadith
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There
will come a time when the town of
Qum & its people will be an
authority (hujja) over the rest of
people. This will be during the
time of the occultation of our
Qaim (AS) until his
reappearance. And if this was not
so, the earth would swallow up its
people. Verily, the angels guard
Qum &its people from disasters,
& no tyrant can aim towards it
with evil intentions without being
annihilated by Allah, the
Annihilator of tyrants.'(Bihar alAnwar, v. 60, p. 213, no. 22)
Observing Spiritual
disciplines in Salat
by: Imam Khomeini
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Unity Fatwas
(According to Shias
and Sunnis)
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Unity Fatwas
According to Shias
Ayatullah Sayyid Fadl Allah (ra) [Late Ayatullah was
one of the prominent Shia Marjaa Taqlid (Supreme
Religious Authority) in Lebanon]:
Islam, with all the theological necessities that are found in
the Noble Quran, can be summarized in the shahadatayn.
Every individual who accepts the shahadatayn is a
Muslim. He is entitled to all of the rights that is due on
any Muslim, and he is obliged to perform all the Muslim
duties. Moreover, the rejection of the essential aspects of
religion does not make one an apostate except if the
individual knows that the consequence of his rejection is
to deny the Prophet (s) of Allah (swt)which, because of
the topic being clear, is usually the case.
However, differences of opinion in theoretical matters
that most of the 'ulama havewhich may be due to a
difference of opinion regarding the reliability of a
narrator, or the meaning of a hadith, or some other
commotion- causing matter that becomes the basis of
their differencedoes not lead to apostasy.
In light of this view, we are of the opinion that all
Muslims and the followers of the schools of the thought
are included within the Islamic Ummah. Hence, it is not
permissible to proclaim kufr on them for any reason.
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Observing Spiritual
disciplines in Salat
"Know that for the Salat, beside
its form, there is a meaning, and
apart from its exterior it has an
interior; and as the exterior has
its disciplines, neglecting which
would render the outer form of
the Salat invalid or incomplete,
likewise its interior has cordial
spiritual disciplines, neglecting
which would render the spiritual
Salat invalid or incomplete;
whereas observing them would
inspire the Salat with a heavenly
spirit." - Imam Khomeini (ra)
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