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  1. Shia Islam

    Making a Deal With the Devil.

    Explain your claim!? What is it that you know about God and you claim others don’t?
  2. Shia Islam

    Making a Deal With the Devil.

    Religiously speaking, when you follow God, the devil is your enemy, and expect difficulties from the devil and his group.. On the other hand, when you serve the devil path, he will support you.. But you are nothing more than a tool in his hand, and one day you will no longer be needed..and at...
  3. Shia Islam

    Were Imam Ali, Hassan and Hussain killed by Sunnis ?

    It's a long story.. However, during prophet Muhammad (pbuh) time, the enemies of Islam were led by Abusufyan, the head of the Ummayds' tribe.. Shortly before the death of the prophet, the conquest of Mecca happened and the Ummayds declared themselves Muslims.. The Shiites believe that this...
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    After more than one decade in RF, it is time to say goodbye from your brother “Shia Islam”!

    After more than one decade of active participation here in RF, it is time to say goodbye to you all. I joined RF after moving to the UK to do my Higher Education. I stayed in the UK for many years. I am from the small Island country of Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf, which known outside the Arab...
  5. Shia Islam

    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Thanks for your participation. I am surprised of the lack of engagement with this important thread though. I don’t know what is going on. If it was posted some years back, I would not be able to read the expected overwhelming number of responses. Things has changed. There are other things that...
  6. Shia Islam

    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    You can also read the article from my personal website: Study of Shi'ism by the Orientalists Although the title is shown wrongly, the article is shown correctly.
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    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Section 6: Stated reasons for the Success of the Muslim conquests In the book the we mentioned many time, which is "A new reading of the Islamic conquests" (قراءة جديدة للفتوحات الاسلامية‎), Sheikh Ali al-Kourani gave many explanations of the success of the Muslim Conquests, despite the Shia...
  8. Shia Islam

    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Malik al-Ahstar Malik al-Ahstar was the main cavalry and commander of the army of Imam Ali in his battles. He played the main role in the conquests of Syria. His title "al-Ashtar" signifies an eyelid injury he received during the Battle of Yarmouk. Al Kourani quoted many sources that show how...
  9. Shia Islam

    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Section 5: The Shiites were the Commanders of the Military Forces who Brought the Muslim Conquest In Futuh al-Buldan, by al-Baladhuri, it is mentioned that Khalid Ibn Sa'id was supposed to command one of the three armies left for the conquest of the Levant, but due to his objection to Abu...
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    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Section 4: The Conquest of Persia The Conflicts with the Persians began even before AbuBakr agreed to it! According to Dinwari, ever since (Puran) sat on the throne in Iran, rumors began to spread that there was nothing left of the Iranian glorious kingdom. Hearing about this, two people from...
  11. Shia Islam

    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    The Continuation of the Wars with the Romans and the Conquests of the Levant after the Death of the Prophet We have seen earlier that the wars with the Romans have started since the life of the prophet (s). That is why it's strange to see that the first Caliph, Abu Bakr was hesitant about...
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    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Section 3: The Conquest of the Levant: As we mentioned earlier, the conflicts between the Muslims and the Byzantines and the Persians started during the life of the Prophet. In this section we will talk about the wars with the Byzantines and the conquest the Levant, where as we mentioned, the...
  13. Shia Islam

    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Abu-Bakr, Omer and Uthman fleeing from Battles: Seeing what we have talked about of the bravery of the divinely supported miraculous warrior of Islam Imam Ali, and what we are going to talk about here of the undeniable traits of the Caliphs, seeing all of this, in addition to evidences we are...
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    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Islam’s Miraculous Warrior: ImamAli (a.s.) The talk about the battles of the prophet, is a talk about Imam Ali. "One of the distinctions of the Commander of the Faithful is that he accompanied the Prophet and was his standard-bearer in all Islamic battles except in the Battle of Tabuk, when he...
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    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Section 2: responding to the Sunni view regarding the Muslim Conquests: Now regarding the arguments of the Sunnis - whose view is that the Ummah (the Muslims) have the right to appoint the successors of the prophet - we will concentrate on our counter-argument on emphasizing that regardless...
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    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View Written by some team members of ReligionInform.com. Section 1: An Introduction: The debate about the Muslim conquests which happened mainly during the fifty years that followed the death of the prophet of Islam, Muhammed (Pbuh&hh), is a common debate...
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    The Early Muslim Conquests: A Shia View

    Hi, I have been engaged some time back in kind of discussions about the early Muslim conquests, with many members here in RFs, and especially, our with our friend @YmirGF, who we have missed recently. At that time -which was some years back :) I have promised to write about the Shia view...
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    Does it really matter what people believe?

    An essential belief such as believing or not believing in God will certainly affect our behaviors. Those who think otherwise are wrong. I won’t elaborate much here, but one can contemplate the issue to find out that this is the case. Then, there is the question of: Can the choice of believing or...
  19. Shia Islam

    The corona and end time plagues

    Apart from the Christians, Muslims too believe in the end time plague, before the appearance of the Mahdi and Jesus Christ. However, throughout history, Humanity have been stricken by many plagues, and no date is given for the end time major events. So how do we know that Covid-19, is the end...
  20. Shia Islam

    Are Shrines a Form of Idolatry?

    In Islam, we believe that only God can bring good and ward off evil. Even the prophet, and the 12 Shia Imams are nothing but slaves of God, who are in need of God’s mercy. However, everything attached to God should be revered and is sacred. This includes the prophets and the Imams, and their...
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