Preface

The First Spurious Argument: Seeing Allah

The Second Spurious Argument:Constraint and Free Will

The Third Spurious Argument:Visiting the Shrines of the Prophets, Imams, and Saints

The Fourth Spurious Argument: The Interncession of the Prophets, Imams and Saints

The Fifth Spurious Argument: Beseeching the Prophets, Imams and Saints

The Sixth Spurious Argument: Inheriting from the Prophets

The Seventh Spurious Argument: The Fabrication that the Shias believe the prophetic mission belonged to Imam Ali

The Eighth Spurious Argument: The Traditiongs that the Prophet appointed Imam Ali as guardian and successor

The Ninth Spurious Argument: Who is the family of the Prophet

The Tenth Spurious Argument: The Infalibility of the Twelve Imams

The Eleventh Spurious Argument: The Miracles of the Imams

The Twelfth Spurious Argument: Naming Persons with names such as Abdun-Nabi and the like

The Thirteenth Spurious Argument: Loving the Prophet’s Family

The Fourteenth Spurious Argument: Exergesis and Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur’an

The Fifteenth Spurious Argument: Immoderation

The Sixteenth Spurious Argument: Shia Opinon about Hafsa and Aisha

The Seventeenth Spurious Argument: The Peace Treaty between Imam Hassan and Muawiya

The Eighteenth Spurious Argument: Swearing by the Prophet and the Imams

The Nineteenth Spurious Argument: The Criterion for Accepting and Rejecting Hadith

The Twentieth Spurious Argument: Rejecting Analogy and Discretion

The Twenty-first Spurious Argument: Joining the Prayers

The Twenty-Second Spurious Argument: Temprorary Marriage

The Twenty-Third Spurious Argument: The Origin of Shiism

Shias have been accustomed to receiving accusations and having to put up
with them. The accusations against Shias started on the death of our
Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) and thus, Shias were made the
adversary in the history of Islam. As the adversary, Shias had to bear
the persecution and torture of the ruling authorities and the
accusations, annoyance, and hurt from people across the ages. In this
text, the great scholar Abu Talib At-Tabrizi presents a collection and
analysis of some of the arguments which the Shias face.


Spurious Arguments about the Shia

The Sixteenth Spurious Argument: Shia Opinon about Hafsa and Aisha
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Some people spuriously criticize the Shias cursing the wives of Prophet
Muhammad (s), especially Aa’isha (daughter of Abu Bakr; the first
caliph) and Hafsa (daughter of Umar; the second caliph), and that they
ascribe adultery to them, Allah forbid!

The Answer
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This is a great calumny. When did the Shias ascribe adultery to “Aa’isha
and Hafsa? This is definitely not true. In fact, they condemned their
disobeying Allah and His Messenger and they have determined that they
both indeed had disobeyed and broke the order of Allah and His
Messenger. The Holy Qur’an has confirmed this. Allah says,

***If you both turn to Allah, then indeed your hearts are already
inclined (to this); and if you back up each other against him, then
surely Allah it is Who is his Guardian, and Jibril and the believers
that do good, and the angels after that are the aiders. (Qur’an 66:4)***

The Shia condemn “Aa’isha for encouraging Talha and az-Zubeir to break
their homage to Imam Ali (a), when she gathered a group of hypocrites,
mounted a camel, and set out with Talha and az-Zubeir to fight Imam Ali.
Indeed, they fought him and were unjust to him.


