91. The Christians and Jews were not pleased with the companions of Mūsā and ʿĪsā, and likewise, the Rawaafid were not pleased with the companions of Muḥammad — for they judged that these companions had all agreed upon disbelief and falsehood. [Al-ʿAwāṣim]
92. Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said, clarifying the ruling on accusing the Mother of the Believers ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her): “The Ummah has unanimously agreed upon the disbelief of whoever slanders her.” [Zād al-Maʿād, 1/102]
93. As for the collection of lies of the Rawaafid and the later generations among them — anyone who has a trace of reason and faith knows that they are fabricated and falsely attributed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
94. “Whoever slanders ʿĀʾishah with what Allah has absolved her from has committed disbelief without any difference of opinion. More than one scholar has reported the consensus on this, and more than one of the Imams has explicitly stated this ruling.” [Al-Ṣārim al-Maslūl]
95. Mālik said: “Whoever insults Abu Bakr is to be flogged, and whoever insults ʿĀʾishah is to be executed.” He was asked, “Why?” He said: “Whoever accuses her has opposed the Qurʾān.” [Al-Ṣārim al-Maslūl, p. 568]
96. The Rawaafid are known for spreading vile doubts and fabricating them in order to attack the Companions, focusing their efforts particularly on the Mothers of the Believers — especially ʿĀʾishah — so may Allah give them what they deserve.
97. Ahl al-Sunnah stood in firm opposition to the Rawaafid, aware of their plots and exposing their falsehood. There is no doubt, big or small, except that Ahl al-Sunnah addressed it with refutation and invalidation — and all praise is due to Allah.
98. The Rawaafid claim that the Mother of the Believers ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to hate Fāṭimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and speak ill of her mother Khadījah. [Al-Khiṣāl by al-Ṣadūq] — and this is false.
99. ʿAlī came to ʿĀʾishah after the fighting ceased in the Battle of the Camel, greeted her, and said: “How are you, O my mother?” She replied: “I am well.” He said: “May Allah forgive you.” [Al-Bidāyah wa-l-Nihāyah]
100. ʿAlī, when he heard the statement of the Sabaʾiyyah: “How is it lawful for us to shed their blood but not lawful for us to take their wealth?” He replied: “Which of you would like the Mother of the Believers to be allotted to him as part of his share?” [Al-Bidāyah wa-l-Nihāyah]
101. Al-Majlisī narrated that ʿĀʾishah said: “I have never seen anyone more truthful than Fāṭimah except her father” [Biḥār al-Anwār]. Yet the Rāfiḍah (Shiʿah) criticize her and accuse her of enmity toward Fāṭimah.
102. Some Shīʿah are named with names involving servitude to other than Allah, Blessed and Exalted, such as ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn and ʿAbd al-Aʾimmah. Is there any evidence in their sources indicating the permissibility of this?
103. The Shīʿah use the ḥadīth of al-Thaqalayn as evidence for the Imāmah of their Imāms, interpreting the greater weight as the Noble Qur’an and the lesser weight as the Imāms.
104. The Shīʿah deny the claim of Qur’ān distortion, saying it is a fabrication by Ahl al-Sunnah against them. But what then do they say about the book Faṣl al-Khiṭāb fī Ithbāt Taḥrīf Kitāb Rabb al-Arbāb?
105. An important question for the Rāfiḍah: Do Ahl al-Bayt have any book other than the Qur’ān from which they take their knowledge and which they recite in their prayers? Did ʿAlī, Fāṭimah, and their two sons have anything other than this Qur’ān?
106. The Rāfiḍah believe that the Qur’ān was not compiled as it was revealed except by ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. So did he bring forth this Qur’ān that he preserved when the caliphate came into his hands?
107. ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with him) fought under the banner of Abū Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) in the war against the apostates and those who withheld zakāh. This is proof of the love they had for one another.
108. The case of Fadak — the Rāfiḍah have wearied us with it. But what did ʿAlī do when the caliphate came to him? Did he divide it among the heirs of Fāṭimah (may Allah be pleased with her)?
109. The Rāfiḍah believe that when their Mahdī appears, he will rule according to the law of the family of Dāwūd. So where is the law of Muḥammad, the Prophet of Allah, which abrogated what came before it? This is proof that they are not upon Islam.
110. Shīʿah books state that the Imāms do not die except by their own choice [Uṣūl al-Kāfī], and also state that there is no Imām except that he died being killed [Biḥār al-Anwār]. So how does one choose to be killed?
111. Taqiyyah (dissimulation) and infallibility cannot coexist, for taqiyyah is either silence about the truth or silence upon falsehood — and this is a flaw in infallibility.
112. Taqiyyah contradicts the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the narrations transmitted from Ahl al-Bayt that encourage patience in the face of trials and steadfastness upon the true principle, even if it brings great harm.
113. The Rāfiḍah’s stance toward al-Ḥasan (may Allah be pleased with him) is negative due to his relinquishing authority to Muʿāwiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), but they cannot attack him since he is one of the People of the Cloak (Aṣḥāb al-Kisāʾ).
114. Some Rāfiḍah say: “The rest of the descendants of al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī committed heinous acts which cannot be attributed to taqiyyah.” [Tanqīḥ al-Maqāl (3/142)].
115. If al-Ḥasan (may Allah be pleased with him) was infallible, then his relinquishing authority to Muʿāwiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) must have been correct and right — yet Shīʿah sources mention that his brother al-Ḥusayn disliked his relinquishing it.
116. The ḥadīth of Ghadīr Khumm is one of the most important texts the Rāfiḍah use to prove ʿAlī’s succession. But did ʿAlī ever use it as an argument against Abū Bakr and the rest of the Companions regarding his caliphate?
117. The Rāfiḍah curse and insult Muʿāwiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), while nothing has been transmitted to us showing that ʿAlī (may Allah be pleased with him) ever cursed him.
118. If ʿAlī pledged allegiance to Abū Bakr under compulsion, then he pledged allegiance to ʿUmar willingly and without compulsion. In fact, he was a minister to ʿUmar, and ʿUmar even said: “I seek refuge with Allah from a difficult issue for which Abū al-Ḥasan is not present.”
119. If belief in the Imāmah of the twelve Imāms is a pillar of religion, and whoever does not believe in it is a disbeliever, then why did Allah not mention it in His Noble Book?
120. How could it be permissible for ʿAlī (may Allah be pleased with him) to say, when the caliphate was offered to him after the killing of ʿUthmān: “Leave me and seek someone else, for we are facing an affair with many faces and many colors”?
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