Since this shameful allegation to Shia regarding Zaid, the martyr is
mentioned in many ancient and modern Ahle Sunnat books, allegations, which
were the root cause of every mischief and corruption, created in people the
feeling of religious prejudice, destroyed Islamic unity, annihilated the fabric of
Muslim unity, and was against general welfare, which encouraged them to hurt
the sentiments of Shia society.
All this makes us aware that we should explain some of present allegations
in Ahle Sunnat books so that the reader may become aware how they hurt the
sentiments of Shia, and evaluate their scholarly truthfulness and honesty.
Also, scholastic theologians have indentified different beliefs and
viewpoints; exegesists are aware of the interpolated verses; for the jurist, it is
clear, which divine laws have become playthings for followers of lust; tradition
experts know well, which tradition they have wasted from Sunnah of Prophet; for
scholars of morals sciences, it is clear how they initiated practices, which cause a
human being to become so debased.
وَلَئِنْ آتَيْتَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَبَ بِكُلِّ آيَةٍ مَا تَبِعُوا قِبْلَتَكَ : وَمَا أَنْتَ يتابع قِبْلَتَهُمْ وَمَا بَعْضُهُمْ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ وَلَبِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَمِنَ الظَّلِمِينَ
“And even if you bring to those who have been given the Book
every sign they would not follow your Qibla, nor can you be a
follower of their Qibla, neither are they the followers of each
other’s Qibla, and if you follow their desires after the knowledge
that has come to you, then you shall most surely be among the
unjust.”1
1. Iqdul Fareed2
In the beginning, the reader regards this as a literary and not a religious book
and finds it pure and unblemished; but when he reads issues related to religion,
he concludes how foolish and ignorant the author is and how much he is used to
lying and sinfulness.
Some of his statements and their criticism
1. Statement One
He says:3“Shia are the Jews of this Ummah, because just as Jews are aloof
from Christians, Shia are also aloof from Islam and they are inimical to it.”
Reply to Statement One
How can the reader accept this distressing and painful statement, whereas it
is mentioned in the Holy Quran:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ أُولَبِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ
“(As for) those who believe and do good, surely they are the best of men.”4
It is narrated from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) regarding this verse
that:
“You (Ali) and your Shia are ‘the best of men’.”
How can he accept this whereas the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) said in
report addressed to Ali (a.s.): “You and your Shia would be in Paradise.”?5
He also said: “On Judgment Day, people would be summoned by their
names and names of their mothers, except he (Ali) and his Shia. They would be
called by their name and names of their fathers, because they are of legitimate
birth.”6
He also remarked: “O Ali, indeed, Almighty Allah has given salvation to
you, your progeny, descendants, family, Shia and friends of your Shia.”7
He also said: “O Ali, very soon you would meet Allah, while you and your
Shia would be satisfied with God and He would also be satisfied with you all.”8
He has also declared: “You would be the first to enter Paradise and your
Shia would be seated on pulpits of effulgence; they would be bright-faced around
me. I would intercede for them and tomorrow on Judgment Day they would be
my neighbors in Paradise.”9
He said: “I am the tree, Fatima is its branch, Ali is its pollen, Hasan and
Husain its fruits and the Shia, its leaves. This tree is rooted in the Adn Paradise
and its other parts are in other parts of Paradise.”
He said: “Indeed, on Judgment Day Ali and his Shia would be successful.”10
He said in a sermon: “O people, one who harbors enmity to us, Ahle Bayt,
on Judgment Day, Almighty Allah would raise him as a Jew. When my Ummah
was in the stage of clay (before assuming their forms in the ethereal sphere)11
they were bestowed a physical form for me and the standard bearers passed by me and
at that time I prayed for salvation of Ali and his Shia.”12
He said: “My intercession is especially for those from my Ummah, who
were devoted my Ahle Bayt and they are my Shia.”13