I was eighteen years of age when the Tunisian national society of Scouts agreed to send me as one of six Tunisian representatives to the first conference for Islamic and Arab scouts which took place in Mecca. I was the youngest member of the mission, and certainly the least educated, for there were with me two headmasters, a teacher from the capital, a journalist and a fifth whose job I did not know, although I later realized that he was a relative of the then minister for education. Tijani wrote on pg.91 [Then I was Guided / The Companions of the Prophet as seen by the Shi’a and the Sunnis]: My students used to wait with eagerness for these religious circles and some of them came to my house for I bought a number of Islamic books and read them thoroughly to bring myself up the standard of the questions I used to be asked. During the year in which I did the pilgrimage to Mecca, I completed the other half of my religious duties by getting married. Observe well dear reader, see how this contemporary Shī`ah scholar describes the Companions who conquered the lands of Persia (that the nationalistic author longs to) he describes them as a bunch of primitive Bedouins, thugs who worship desires and thirst for the modesty of Persian women. We don’t comprehend what modesty was there in Persia at the time, when it was part of their culture for a brother to marry his sister!?

Some of our religious leaders said: Either-way, there must be no difference that they do not insist on committing those minor mistakes or falling into many of them. Nor would they commit a minor mistake that drops their modesty and virtue or causes them to lose their reputation as these are all forbidden for prophets by consensus.” [35]Allāh most High said: {To Him is the call of truth; and those upon whom they call, apart from Him, answer them nothing, but it is as a man who stretches out his hands to water that it may reach his mouth, and it reaches it not. The prayer of the unbelievers goes only astray.} [13:14] Nuh, he is not of thy family; it is a deed not righteous. Do not ask of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge} [11:46] Shī`ah scholar al-Kāshānī says: “Whoever rejects the leadership of any of them (the twelve Imams) then he is in the rank one of one who rejects the prophet-hood of all the prophets (peace be upon them).” [50] It is criticism towards those who go to extremes in venerating the close-friends of Allāh – they seek their aid in distress – while ignoring the mention of Allāh. They sacrifice for them and even the moderate ones among them say, ‘They are our means to God. We only sacrifice for Allāh but offer the reward for His close-friend’. It is no secret, that their first words resemble those of the idol worshippers who argued {We only serve them that they may bring us nigh in nearness to God} [39:3] [12] As an example, return to the stories of Imam al-Zuhrī with Caliph Hishām bin `Abdul-Malik [62], that of Imam Mālik with Abū Ja`far al-Mansūr [63], that of al-`Izz bin `Abdul-Salām with the Mamlukes [64], that of Ibn Taymiyyah with al-Nāsir Qalawun and Baybars al-Jāshinkīr [65], that of Al-Imam al-Awzā`ī with `Abdullāh bin `Ali [66], that of Ibn Abī Dhi’b with Abī Ja`far al-Mansūr [67], that of Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal with al-Mu`tasim [68] and many others.

I add, Aḥmad Amin’s books are readily available. He quotes the words of al-Kulayni from al-Kafi and refers to Nahj-ul-Balaghah, Wasa’il-ul-Shi`ah, Bihar-ul-Anwar and Waqfat-ul-Za’irin by al-Majlisi among other Shī`ah books. I ask: Is reading these books and quoting from them not sufficient for him? Why then would he say: “I know nothing about the Shī`ah”!? Scholars of Ahlul-Sunnah only reject Tijani’s delusions which he attributed to `Abdul-Qadir al-Jīlānī in the previous sections. This is what our pious predecessors, the Companions and followers and those who followed them were upon.And Dawud thought that We had only tried him; therefore he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he fell down, bowing, and he repented} [38:24] Al-Khomaynī as well blessed Tusī’s action and considered it a victory for Islam. He said, “If the circumstance of Taqiyyah forced any of us (i.e. Shī`ah) to be from the servants of the Sultans, then we must refrain from doing so even if it leads to our death. Unless, presenting oneself as an apparent follower will lead to a real victory for Islam and Muslims, such as what `Alī bin Yaqtīn and Nasīr-ul-Dīn al-Tusī did.” [17] Master, I have washed myself from my work and knowledge and I have nothing left except that which Allah has granted me through your hands." At that moment the pious man said, "Now you can sit down,"

If the Great Prophet Muhammad (saw) cannot help, nor could he intercede, then what is the value of those saints and pious people who came after him? This is because the rules and regulations which are mentioned in the Book of Allah take the form of general concepts rather than details. We are far from the time of the Message, and have thus inherited the rules of our religion through our fathers and grandfathers with the help of these Sihahs, which cannot be ignored. c- Conducting celebrations when the Ottoman army was beaten by the Russians and their constant wars against the Ottoman Empire. [20] Shi’ite Reference: Usul Al-Kafi, Chapter Of "Reason And Ignorance", A Part Of Tradition #12 - Majority Vs. Minority (Part 7) When they believe that this sand is a cure then they resemble the pagans who thought their stone idols could cause benefit or harm.

The Beginning of the Research

Q5) The Shi’a state that the mother of Imam Mahdi (as) was a bondwoman. Isn’t it shameful that he (as) should be born to a slave-girl?