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Abu Muhammad

Re: GhadirKhumm.com - First Sunni website solely about Ghadir Khumm
« Reply #60 on: November 25, 2017, 04:39:39 PM »
These are two entirely different scenarios. Imam al-Mahdi was not in charge of an entire community , nor the political leader of any region or location.

As expected, your answer would be "two different scenarios". However, how does the "diffrent scenario" your 12th imam lived in do not require anybody be a leader while he is away? What an irony since you claimed Prophet (saw) left Ali behind to lead "not-an-entire-community"* in Madinah while he (saw) was TEMPORARILY away.

*"Not-an-entire-community" since tens-of-thousands others followed Prophet (saw) to Tabuk.

You know what. Surely your 12th imam did not in charge of an entire community. But he certainly in-charged of his own followers. It was still a group that need someone to lead. Ironically, leaving behind his group with no leader is perfectly make sense from his perspective and in contrary to your claim about Prophet (saw).

The ones ruling were an oppressive regime, such that he and his follower were often shunned into secrecy out fear of being murdered.

Being in secrecy does not require a leader to lead the followers? Another logical fallacy here. By the way, do not say that the 12th Imam is the leader because he, in reality, does not lead.

Muhammed[saw] on the other hand, presided over an Ummah that was barely in its infancy, with external enemies waiting to attack, several hypocrite tribes in every region. He was the one people turned  to for everything, and had far more power, influence and control over the Arabian Peninsula. If he were to pass away it would indeed have been an enormous power gap.

Unfortunately for you, history has shown that there was no power gap happened. Not more than 24 hours after the death of Prophet (saw), a leader was selected. And that leader (and the one after him) brought Islam to next level unparallel to the human history i.e. "steamrolling" the 2 superpowers of that time and brought Islam beyond to the world. Hence, your "hypothesis" with regard to so-called concerns of Prophet (saw) above is truly baseless and unfounded.

However, we do not find him -as per the Sunni view- stating that 'you choose amongst yourselves who your leader will be', nor appointing anyone himself. It was dead silence. For Imam al-Mahdi, after he appointed his representatives, he clearly stated no-one will be an official representative and that he is entering into the longer Ghaybah. He still remains the Imam of the time, mind, but circumstances are earth and sky between this, and what was the political scenario at the time of the Prophet [saw]. There was total silence [allegedly] on part of the Prophet [saw], but clear words from Imam Mahdi about the issue of succession.

Thank you, Sir. You are just refuting yourself here. The whole point of your argument in that article was that "it make more sense for a leader leaving his followers behind with somebody in-charged of them". You argued that the current leader should either:
1) pointed out who should be in charged; or
2) the least, tell his followers how to select a leader.

And by you to say that the mahdi "clearly stated no-one will be an official representative and that he is entering into the longer Ghaybah" shows it does make sense for a leader to leave behind his followers without anybody in-charged of them.

What an irony!

Just to add, we also made a note that even if you do not believe he should have appointed anyone, surely he would have made a reference to the people that they must choose amongst themselves? He does not have to appoint like the first Caliph did, but he can organise a Shurah like the second one had done. Even if you claim he did not want to set the terms for the Shurah, he could have at least declared he was passing away, and it was of utmost importance for the Muslims to engage in consultation, and that leadership must to go the Q'uraysh and only they must be made candidates for leadership. Yet again - there is nothing but silence.

Silence from Prophet (saw) was not ok but silence from 12th imam was ok, really?

I stress this point again. Prophet (saw) was silent but the ummah had a new leader in less than 24 hours. A proper leader who took Islam to the world and left nothing for himself. Whereas 12th Imam clearly stated no one should lead after him. No wonder Sunnis became a world power whereas Shias have to wait for Khumaini to wake them up from dream.

Note: We believe that Prophet (saw) did not totally silent with regard to leadership after him. He (saw) did give hints who should the ummah choose after him and that hint led to Abu Bakr.

Please remember, your article was about logical argument on the premise that "it makes more sense for a leader having someone in-charged after him". Your 12th imam is an antithesis of your own argument.
« Last Edit: November 25, 2017, 04:40:52 PM by Abu Muhammad »

Hadrami

Re: GhadirKhumm.com - First Sunni website solely about Ghadir Khumm
« Reply #61 on: November 27, 2017, 03:43:03 PM »
Please remember, your article was about logical argument on the premise that "it makes more sense for a leader having someone in-charged after him". Your 12th imam is an antithesis of your own argument.
Thats why i love shia imamah & ghayba, because shia early belief contradicts the latter. Let shia talks eventually he will refutes himself 😂

Abu Muhammad

Re: GhadirKhumm.com - First Sunni website solely about Ghadir Khumm
« Reply #62 on: November 27, 2017, 07:33:45 PM »
@whoaretheshia

You forgot to put the following hadith inside your article entitled "How did Ali ibn Abi Talib interpret this event as per authentic Sunni traditions?" This is the strongest proof of how Ali understood Ghadeer as not meant for leadership:

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:

'Ali bin Abu Talib came out of the house of the Prophet during his fatal ailment. The people asked ('Ali), "O Abu Hasan! How is the health of Allah's Apostle this morning?" 'Ali said, "This morning he is better, with the grace of Allah." Al-'Abbas held Ali by the hand and said, "Don't you see him (about to die)? By Allah, withIn three days you will be the slave of the stick (i.e., under the command of another ruler). By Allah, I think that Allah's Apostle will die from his present ailment, for I know the signs of death on the faces of the offspring of 'Abdul Muttalib. So let us go to Allah's Apostle to ask him who will take over the Caliphate. If the authority is given to us, we will know it, and if it is given to somebody else we will request him to recommend us to him. " 'Ali said, "By Allah! If we ask Allah's Apostle for the rulership and he refuses, then the people will never give it to us. Besides, I will never ask Allah's Apostle for it."

Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 74, Number 282 (see also Hadith No 728, Volume 5, Book 59)


The above conversation happened just a few days before the death of Prophet (saw) and definitely after the event of Ghadeer itself.

As clearly seen from the hadith, without any shadow of doubt, neither Ali [in red] nor Abbas [in blue] understood that the event in Ghadeer was about Ali's appointment as the leader after Prophet (saw). Hence, it makes more sense that at Ghadeer, Prophet (saw) was addressing the issue of hateful speech against Ali by his soldiers who dissatisfied with Ali's action in Yemen.

You can now close your poorly written article forever.

CASE CLOSED.
« Last Edit: November 27, 2017, 07:35:02 PM by Abu Muhammad »

Hadrami

Re: GhadirKhumm.com - First Sunni website solely about Ghadir Khumm
« Reply #63 on: November 29, 2017, 12:27:19 PM »
smackdown 😂

Optimus Prime

Re: GhadirKhumm.com - First Sunni website solely about Ghadir Khumm
« Reply #64 on: November 29, 2017, 02:44:45 PM »
His response will be the same as always:

Such narrations are not hujah on me. Any narration that supports the Kufr narrative (Shia), then they'll be in full agreement with us.

I genuinely ask the question, if they're not going to comment, or refute opposing narrations, then how do they expect us to take them seriously?

Abu Muhammad

Re: GhadirKhumm.com - First Sunni website solely about Ghadir Khumm
« Reply #65 on: November 29, 2017, 07:18:29 PM »
His response will be the same as always:

Such narrations are not hujah on me. Any narration that supports the Kufr narrative (Shia), then they'll be in full agreement with us.

No, he couldn't do that since I was referring to his article entitled:

"How did Ali ibn Abi Talib interpret this event as per authentic Sunni traditions?"

He also claimed in his website of the following:

"This page is dedicated to providing quality, highly researched*, and academic responses to refutations against Shia Islam and Shia beliefs. We understand the need to be honest about what sources we use, because it is essential not to be disingenuous, nor twist traditions or force meaning where there is not any. We are not intending to convert Sunni muslims into Shia muslims. Our aim is to present to you the fundamental aspects of our beliefs and to defend our creed. You the reader, are thus armed with accurate information about what we believe and can make your own informed judgement."

If he is true to those many claims, he should have included that hadith in his article since it is from the most authentic book of Sunni traditions i.e. Sahih Al-Bukhari.


*highly researched - I doubted it very much since it just needs nobody like me to point out how terrible his research is.

Optimus Prime

Re: GhadirKhumm.com - First Sunni website solely about Ghadir Khumm
« Reply #66 on: November 29, 2017, 07:43:04 PM »
No, he couldn't do that since I was referring to his article entitled:

"How did Ali ibn Abi Talib interpret this event as per authentic Sunni traditions?"

He also claimed in his website of the following:

"This page is dedicated to providing quality, highly researched*, and academic responses to refutations against Shia Islam and Shia beliefs. We understand the need to be honest about what sources we use, because it is essential not to be disingenuous, nor twist traditions or force meaning where there is not any. We are not intending to convert Sunni muslims into Shia muslims. Our aim is to present to you the fundamental aspects of our beliefs and to defend our creed. You the reader, are thus armed with accurate information about what we believe and can make your own informed judgement."

If he is true to those many claims, he should have included that hadith in his article since it is from the most authentic book of Sunni traditions i.e. Sahih Al-Bukhari.


*highly researched - I doubted it very much since it just needs nobody like me to point out how terrible his research is.

Let's watch this space...

whoaretheshia

Re: GhadirKhumm.com - First Sunni website solely about Ghadir Khumm
« Reply #67 on: June 11, 2019, 03:44:02 PM »
@whoaretheshia

You forgot to put the following hadith inside your article entitled "How did Ali ibn Abi Talib interpret this event as per authentic Sunni traditions?" This is the strongest proof of how Ali understood Ghadeer as not meant for leadership:

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:

'Ali bin Abu Talib came out of the house of the Prophet during his fatal ailment. The people asked ('Ali), "O Abu Hasan! How is the health of Allah's Apostle this morning?" 'Ali said, "This morning he is better, with the grace of Allah." Al-'Abbas held Ali by the hand and said, "Don't you see him (about to die)? By Allah, withIn three days you will be the slave of the stick (i.e., under the command of another ruler). By Allah, I think that Allah's Apostle will die from his present ailment, for I know the signs of death on the faces of the offspring of 'Abdul Muttalib. So let us go to Allah's Apostle to ask him who will take over the Caliphate. If the authority is given to us, we will know it, and if it is given to somebody else we will request him to recommend us to him. " 'Ali said, "By Allah! If we ask Allah's Apostle for the rulership and he refuses, then the people will never give it to us. Besides, I will never ask Allah's Apostle for it."

Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 74, Number 282 (see also Hadith No 728, Volume 5, Book 59)


The above conversation happened just a few days before the death of Prophet (saw) and definitely after the event of Ghadeer itself.

As clearly seen from the hadith, without any shadow of doubt, neither Ali [in red] nor Abbas [in blue] understood that the event in Ghadeer was about Ali's appointment as the leader after Prophet (saw). Hence, it makes more sense that at Ghadeer, Prophet (saw) was addressing the issue of hateful speech against Ali by his soldiers who dissatisfied with Ali's action in Yemen.

You can now close your poorly written article forever.

CASE CLOSED.

Salam,

If engaging in dialogue was as easy as just quoting ones own traditions, TSN itself would be run out of business. There is a principle when you engage with your interlocutor in that you demonstrate their sources are inconsistent and in that inconsistency some truth has been retained which should be clear.

When TSN engages with Jafferi Muslims, they use our own sources to try to show inconsistency and demonstrate how part of our works preserved the truth, supports their position, whereas others have not.

When we Muslims engage with non-Muslims, such as Christians, we seek to use their own scriptures to show flavours of truth which have remained and are clear, despite the further interpolations.

It is a well established principle of debating and dialogue.
"I leave behind for you two weighty things, which if you hold onto, you will never go astray...the Quran and my Ahlulbayt" - Musnad Ibn Rawayh (al-Albani classes Isnaad *independently* as Hasan, and Matn as authentic, as does Al-Arnaut, Ibn Hajar and others.

 

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