SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS
ABOUT THE SHIA

شبهات حول الشيعة

By: ABU TALIB AT-TABRIZI

Translated by: Abdullah Al- Shahin
Edited by: Ahmed Haneef

Tabrizi, Abu Talib,
Spurious arguments about the Shia/ by Abu Talib at-Tabrizi;translated by Abdullah al- Shahin; edited by Ahmed Haneef -
Qum: Ansariyan Publications, 1380 – 2001.119 p.
Original Title: شبهات حول الشيعة
ISBN: 964-438-338–9
1. Shia – defense and answers. I. Al- Shahin, Abdullah Tr.
II. Haneef, Ahmed Edit. III. Title.
297.417 BP212.5

Author: Ayatulla Abu Talib Tajlil at- Tabrizi
Translator: Abdullah al- Shahin
Editor: Ahmed Haneef
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
First Edition 2001 - 1380 - 1422
second Edition 2005 - 1384 - 1426
Thamin Ali-a'immah Press
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Number of pages: 120
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ISBN: 964-438-338-9
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

The First Spurious Argument: SEEING ALLAH

The answer
The First Proof:
The Second Proof:
Proof of Application:
The Third Proof:

The Second Spurious Argument:CONSTRAINT AND FREE WILL

The answer
Qur’anic Verses that reject constraint
The First Kind:
The Second Kind:
The Third Kind:
The Fourth Kind:
The Fifth Kind:
The Sixth Kind:
The Seventh Kind:
The Eighth Kind:
The Ninth Kind:
The Tenth Kind:
The Eleventh Kind:
The Twelfth Kind:
The Thirteenth Kind:
Verses that refute free will
Shias’ interpretation of the Conception of intermediacy

The Third Spurious Argument:VISITING THE SHRINES OF THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS

The answer
Proving the legitimacy of visiting the Prophet’s shrine
The First Evidence:
The Second Evidence:
The Third Evidence:
The Fourth Evidence:

The Fourth Spurious Argument: THE INTERCESSION OF THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS

The answer
The First Type:
The Second Type:

The Fifth Spurious Argument:BESEECHING THE PROPHETS, IMAMS AND SAINTS

The answer

The Sixth Spurious Argument:INHERITING FROM THE PROPHETS

The answer

The Seventh Spurious Argument:THE FABRICATION THAT THE SHIAS BELIEVE THE PROPHETIC MISSION BELONGED TO IMAM ALI

The answer

The Eighth Spurious Argument:

THE TRADITIONS THAT THE PROPHET APPOINTED IMAM ALI AS GUARDIAN AND SUCCESSOR

The answer
Other sources of The Ghadir tradition
QUR’ANIC VERSES concerning The Homage AT AL-Ghadir
The Companions pay homage to Imam Ali and congratulate him
the Linguistic meaning of Mawla
Further evidence of the significance of the tradition of al-Ghadir
The First Evidence:
The Second Evidence:
The Third Evidence:
The Fourth Evidence:
The Fifth Evidence:
The Sixth Evidence:
The Seventh Evidence:
The Eighth Evidence:
The Ninth Evidence:
The Tenth Evidence:
The Eleventh Evidence:
The Twelfth Evidence:
The Thirteenth Evidence:
The Fourteenth Evidence:
The Fifteenth Evidence:
The Sixteenth Evidence: