A vast collection of information that addresses Shi'a/Sunni inter-school related issues. An effort of the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project Team
The Shi'ah are the real Ahlul-Sunnah
An inquiry of an explorer of the truth into the delicate yet essential question of: "Who is best qualified to the claim of being a follower of Islam's Prophet in spirit and in practice?"
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Hadith al-Thaqalayn
A study of the tawatur, or the multiplicity of sources and narrators that verify the authenticity of Hadith al-Thaqalayn, when the Messenger of Allah (s) said: "Verily, I am leaving behind two prec
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To Be With the Truthful
An extension of the book "Then I was Guided" by the same author, with the purpose of elaborating with further evidence on the truthfulness of Shia beliefs.
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Ask Those Who Know
A discussion by a former Sunni scholar on the Prophet, the Ahlul Bayt, some of the companions of the Prophet, and Sunni books of hadith. By the author of 'Then I was Guided'.
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‘Ali: The Best of the Sahabah
This book is an in-depth academic critique, and a thoroughly investigative refutation, of Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah’s Minhaj al-Sunnah on the specific question of Abu Bakr’s alleged superiority over Ami
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Black Thursday
The text authored by Muhammad Al Tijani Al Samawi presents an english translation of the famous event of Raziyyat Yawm al-Khamees, known as Black Thursday which took place in the last days before t
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The Wahhabia Movement: The True Image
This text, prepared and published by Al-Ghadeer Center for Islamic Studies and translated by Hamid S.
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Al-Muraja'at
A series of letters debating Shi'i and Sunni beliefs between the late Shi'i scholar Sharaf al-Din, and the late Sunni scholar and head of Al-Azhar university of that time, Al-Shaykh Salim al-Bishri
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Spurious Arguments about the Shia
Shias have been accustomed to receiving accusations and having to put up with them.
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Ghadir Khumm, Where Religion Was Brought to Perfection
This text provides the reader glimpses of the journey back from the farewell pilgrimage heading towards Ghadir Khumm where the religion of Islam was perfected with the divine appointment of Imam Al
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Abdullah Ibn Saba’ and Other Myths
In this book, the author begins by describing both the Saba’iyyah legend and its originator (Saif ibn ‘Umar).
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Imam Al Mahdi, The Twelfth Khalifah In The Sahih Sunni Ahadith
Who is the Mahdi of Islam? According to both Sunni and Shi'i Muslims, the "guided one" will rise during the end times to conquer all nations.
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Sects of Islam
This book discusses briefly but very clearly about those subjects that are not agreed among the Muslims and that are the causes of the appearance of different sects of Islam.
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The Role of Holy Imams (a.s.) in the Revival of Religion Vol. 2
The series of lectures delivered by Allamah Sayyid Murtadha al-Askari on discussion of the principle matters concerning veracious Islam.
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The Role of Holy Imams (a.s.) in the Revival of Religion Vol. 1
The series of lectures delivered by Allamah Sayyid Murtadha al-Askari on discussion of the principle matters concerning veracious Islam.
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The Role of Holy Imams (a.s.) in the Revival of Religion Vol. 3
The series of lectures delivered by Allamah Sayyid Murtadha al-Askari on discussion of the principle matters concerning veracious Islam.
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The Life of Imam Al-Mahdi
This book is the biography of the Twelfth Imam, Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi (a.s.), also referred to as the Qaim of Aale Muhammad, the Awaited Imam (a.s.) and the Last of the Successors.
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Backgrounds of Political Thought in Shi‘ism and Sunnism
This book is an extension and elaboration of four lectures from fall 1987 in the hall of the Contemporary Arts Museum.
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A Critical Assessment of Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
This text studies Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim and some of the traditions they contain, in order to make it clear that the traditions are not necessarily authentic (Sahih) just because they are c
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The Truth about the 'Companions'
The present study aims to critically asses the tradition ascribed to the Holy Prophet known as Hadith al-Nujum that narrates the following:
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Fabricated Traditions
The author discusses traditions about caliphs relating their names in order; he proves that such traditions are fabricated and forged by studying various chains of these kinds of traditions availab
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Shi’ite Islam: Orthodoxy Or Heterodoxy? Second Amended and Amplified Edition
This book addresses many essential issues concerning the split between the followers of Ahlul Bayt and the followers of Ahlul Sunnah.
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The Five Schools of Islamic Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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Ghadir as Narrated by Ahlul Bayt (a.s.)
The present work is about the event of Ghadir as Narrated by the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). It studies briefly the Ghadir narrations in Shiite works compiled by Shiite Mujtaheeds.
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A Critical Assessment of Umm Kulthum’s Marriage to Umar
This text discusses about Umm Kulthum‘s marriage to Umar ibn Al-Khattab, presenting the narrations from the most famous books authored by Sunni scholars, carefully examining the chains of the narra
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Marriage according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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A Strife-free Dialogue (A Step towards Understanding)
This book aims to establish a suitable method of communication with Wahhabis to familiarize them with Shi‘ism, and to prepare a proper ground for their conversion to the school of thought of the Ho
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A Distortion in Thaqalain Tradition
Thaqalain tradition is a famous and well-known tradition that is reported by [both] Sunnites and Shiites. Hundreds of prominent narrators have narrated this tradition.
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Hajj (The Islamic Pilgrimage), According to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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Light on the Muhammadan Sunnah or Defence of the Hadith
Throughout history many false ahadith were ascribed to our holy Prophet (S).
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Prohibition of Two Lawful Pleasures: A Critical Assessment of Prohibition of Mut'a of Hajj and Mut'a Marriage
This book represents an amazing effort by Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Husaini Milani in providing proof that the so called traditions regarding the two lawful pleasures: mut'a of Hajj and mut'a of marriag
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Divorce according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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Building of Tombs In the Light of Qur’an & Hadith
There are many issues that have divided the Muslim ummah.
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Prayer (Salat), According to the Five Islamic Schools of Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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Inheritance according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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Fasting and Zakat (Alms), according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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Taharah, Ritual Purity according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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Waqf, Hajr and Wasaya according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society.
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