Why Shias don’t pray Tarawih?
The prayer of Tarawih is among the recommended prayers of the Sunnis performed in congregation in the nights of month of Ramadan at an estimated twenty units daily. There exists a divergence of views...
View ArticleTarawih: Sunnah or Bidah?
Sunnat or Innovation? The books of Islamic laws and traditions of both Shias and Ahle Sunnat mention innumerable recommended prayers. Some of the prayers exceed a thousand units. The prayer of...
View ArticleDid Umar Ibn Khattaab himself pray the Tarawih prayers?
Regarding Tarawih, it is recorded that one day, Umar Ibn Khattaab, visited the mosque in the second year of his caliphate during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramazan. (It should be borne in...
View ArticleWhy Umar abolished ‘Hayya Alaa Khairil Amal’ from the Azaan?
Is the call to prayer (Azaan) practiced by a majority of Muslims free from innovation? Some Muslims – who are quick to point out innovation even when it isn’t so – should reflect for a moment on this...
View ArticleIs ‘Every day Ashoora’?
Many Shias from both classes – the common folks and the scholars – consider the slogan ‘Every day is Ashoora, every land is Karbala’ as Hadith Qudsi or authentic tradition from the Ahle Bait (a.s.) to...
View ArticleImam Baqir’s (a.s.) debate on the permissibility of Mut’ah
One of the objections of the opponents against the Shias is they have innovated in religious practices such as making permissible temporary marriage (mut’ah). One of their objections against mut’ah is...
View ArticleWas the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in favour of Tarawih?
The recommended congregational prayers of the Month of Ramzan, better known as Tarawih, is deemed highly recommended in the Sunnah. In fact, it is labelled as Sunnah Muakkadah i.e. highly recommended...
View ArticleWas Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) in favour of Tarawih?
The Muslim majority has adopted the Tarawih prayers based on the whims and fancies of companions turned caliphs. The Tarawih has no basis in the Holy Quran or even the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet...
View Article‘Tarawih is a wonderful innovation’
While the Muslim nation goes about praying Tarawih with extreme enthusiasm in the Month of Ramazan, it is a good idea to pause and reflect over the reality of Tarawih. The inventor of Tarawih, the...
View ArticleIf Ashura is not the blessed day marking all those events, then when did the...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA large section of the Muslims maintain that Ashura is a blessed day when Allah bestowed one prophet / nation or another with some divine favour. They claim that to show...
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