The Inevitable Ithna'asharite Countdown
Begins
[final
installment]
BISMILLAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHIIM - IN THE NAME OF
ALLAH, RAHMAN, RAHIIM
THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IN WHICH WAS REVEALED THE QUR'AN, A GUIDANCE FOR MANKIND, AND THE MANIFEST PROOF OF GUIDANCE - WA
BAYYINAATIM MINAL HUDAA, AND THE FURQAN (HQ.
2:185)
KHUSHIALI MUBARAK -- DECEMBER 13, 2000
MUBARAK! MUBARAK!
RAMADAN MUBARAK AND KHUSHIALI MUBARAK TO THE WORLD OF ISLAM AND THE SHIA
IMAMI ISMAILI MUSLIM TARIQAH -- ON THE MOST HOLY AND AUSPICIOUS
OCCASION OF OUR BELOVED KHUDAWIND'S (SA)
BIRTHDAY!
Insha'allaah through the HOLY
IMAM'S (SA) infinite Grace and Mercy as well, ongoing SPIRITUAL
GUIDANCE -- THE TRUE ISLAM AND THE ISMAILI TARIQAH WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE
APPARENT AND SIGNIFICANT in the coming years.
also, in accordance with
Allah's oft-repeated PROMISE in the Holy Qur'an, Insha'allaah AHMAD'S RELIGION OF TRUTH--DIINIL HAQQI - will conquer and prevail over all religion, however much the
idolaters maybe averse -- HQ. 61:5-9;
4:175,176; 24:54,55; 9:32-33; 48:23,28-29 & 22:77-78.
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The Inevitable
Ithna'asharite
Countdown Begins
[final installment]
:
HISTORICAL PROOF FROM
AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE -- BASED
ON
EARLY *ANTI-ISMAILIAN* ARABIC
SOURCES
The F-A-C-T-S about the _S_U_C_C_E_S_S_I_O_N_ OF ISMAIL HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN BORNE OUT by even orthodox historians and
another recent ARAB publication, as written by Sheikh Abdullah bin
al-Murtazal-Falakud-dawwar, adds INCONTROVERTIBLE
SUPPORT to it -- [History of
The Ismailis, by A. S. Picklay, Bombay, 1940/47- Introduction, pp.
ii-iii].
The whole CRUX of Ismail's claim to Imamat lay in
his BEING ALIVE at the time of his father's death; AND THIS HAS BEEN
_P_R_O_V_E_D_
FROM VARIOUS REFERENCES
BY HIS contemporaries AND HISTORIANS of later period from which it can be
discovered THAT ISMAIL
DIED 20--TWENTY YEARS __A_F_T_E_R__ HIS FATHER -- [Imam Jafar 'us-Sadiq [as], navali].** -- [ibid. pp. 2].
HQ. 006.112 Thus have We appointed
unto every prophet an ADVERSARY - devils of humankind and jinn who inspire
in one another plausible discourse through GUILE. If thy Lord willed, they
would not do so; so leave them alone with their DEVISING; 006.116 If thou obeyedst MOST OF THOSE on
earth they would MISLEAD thee far from Allah's way. They follow naught but
an OPINION, and they do but
GUESS.
aCkbaraLy mehIRNaLLy aka
akbaraLLy mehERally [as per his 1982 publication namely, 'from abraham to aga
khan,' said;
Aga Khan...... in the quoted
`Farman' made by him from Zanzibar on July 13, 1899. "Within ten, twenty or thirty years, the
Ithna'ashari religion will be worn
out. After 100 years the Ithna'ashari religion will not exist at all. It will not exist in
Iran either because that
religion's base is not on AQ'L (the power of reasoning). Our religion's base is on AQ'L."
(Translation is from the Book of
Farmans in Gujarati). [understanding ismailism - a unique tariqah in islam,
by akbaraLLy mehERally,
pp. 141]
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What do these prophetic words, *Ithna'ashari --
religion's _B_A_S_E_ is not on AQ'L* -- cited by the late Aga Khan III, July 13,1899 [almost 101 years
ago] at Zanzibar, East Africa, MEAN?
well, let the Iranian news media
& current situation in Iran, an ithna'asharite country -- speak for themselves in this regard:
http://x73.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=534637503&CONTEXT=976169138.1514536978&hitnum=157A
-- A MUST READ --- QOM, the Holy City of IRAN during the Month of
RAMADAN!!
http://www.cit.ics.saitama-u.ac.jp/hobbies/iran/qom.html
-- Qom located some 120km South West of Tehran is a kind of religion
capital of Iran. Qom hosts the tomb of Hazrat Masumeh (AS) sister of Imam Reza
(AS). Many religious schools are located around the Hazrat Masumeh Sanctuary,
dedicated to Islamic teaching. Students called "talabeh" from all around the
world come to Qom to learn more about Islam.
http://www.nima3.com/IranMedia2/women.htm
-- The latest recommendations for 'Islamic dress' were less strict than
expected: 'modest dress is required for women, this does not mean that one has
to wear a chador. Loose trousers, long skirts, dresses with sleeves or manteaux
plus a head scarf will be sufficient.'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/s/w_asia/newsid_100000/100917.stm
-- Tuesday, May 26, 1998 Published at 16:47 GMT 17:47 UK --- World: S/W
Asia --Clerics march in Qom --- The state news agency in Iran says clerics
and religious students have staged a demonstration in the holy city of Qom, in
protest at the pro-democracy rally in Teheran on Monday. ----
They ... claimed the Teheran demonstrators had
violated Islamic values by clapping and
stamping in the sacred month of Moharram. The Teheran rally ended in violence,
when Islamic radicals attacked demonstrators
with sticks and chains.
http://www.aiwusa.org/
-- IRAN: Ten Year Old
Bride Files for Divorce -- For full story
and more news refer to: http://www.aviva.org/press.htm
http://www.aiwusa.org/ --
The following IWB includes the
summarized version of Ms. Samami?s prayer and her speech.
Creator
God,
Your religion, is the religion of mercy, the religion of peace
and surrender, the faith of tolerance, equality and fraternity.
Creator God,
So, God! We seek
refuge in you from the evil intentions of the Satins
who invest in these differences to wage wars and seek their own
hegemony. We ask you to help us to do our best in confronting this deceit!
********
http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/95-2/issue5/iran.html
-- Iranian Revolution Turned
-- Against Women Who Supported It -- by Tayana Marshall (Source: The McGill
Daily, McGill University)
http://www.zan.org/news.html - JAN-MAR
2000 - Four newly elected women
MPs challenge chador as required garb - 3/00
A brief history of women's movements in
Iran from 1850 - 2000 - 3/00
Ayatollah Khomeini's daughter is a
moderate! - 2/00
-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----
having said that, let us now look at some of the
historical facts which, for the most part will leave you with more questions
than answers about ithna'asharism.
IMPORTANT DATES & POINTS TO
NOTE
Hzt. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) -- 83 AH (702) -- 148 AH (765).
Omayyid khalif Abu
Jafar Mansur -- 136--185 AH -- poisoned Jafar-ibne- Muhammad
as-Sadiq [says a world renowned
ithna'asharite scholar, S.V. Ahmed Ali, pp. 94a].
Musa Kazim
Musa
Kazim -- 128
AH (745/6) --
183 AH
(799).
Harron al Rashid -- 170 -- 193 AH -- poisoned -- Musa
ibne Jafar (al-Kazim) [ibid.].
Sent him [Musa
Kazim] as a prisoner from _ M_e_d_i_n_a_
to B-A-S-R-A -- delivered to Isa b. Jafar
b. al. Mansur, the G-O-V-E-R-N-O-R of
BASRA.
That Governor later said, ?Either you send
someone whom I can hand him over to or I -- [Isa b. Jafar [al-MANSUR], will set
him free. I am troubled at detaining him [M usa Kazim] .? (ithna'asharite source: Kitab
al-Irshad--The Book of Guidance, under, ?Imam Musa
al-Kazim,? pp. 453-54).
Al-Rashid DIRECTED that he should be HANDED OVER by Isa b.
Jafar b. al. Mansur, [the GOVERNOR of
Basra], AND TAKEN TO BAGHDAD, where he was later
poisoned and died - [Irshad, pp.
454-456].
Please note again that NOT a *single original source* had been cited by the
Ithna?asharite compiler viz., Shaykh al-Mufid. We
have his word only.
In the absence of such material or historical facts, I
submit that most of the above had NOTHING TO DO WITH Musa
Kazim either. Rather, it was _C_O_N_C_O_C_T_E_D_ in his name by his followers to lend more
credence to his claim and cause, etc.
INEXPLICABLE SIMILARITIES
OR
DUPLICATION OF MATERIAL
FACTS NOTED --
AS THE ARABIC HISTORY --
RECOUNTS HZT. IMAM ISMAIL'S WHEREABOUTS
for all
practical purposes, Imam Jafar Sadiq?s SUCCESSOR was
Hzt. Ismail, [pbuth], the eldest son, whom HIS FATHER had secretly sent away from Arabia.
After
LEAVING _M_E_D_I_N_A_ Ismail was next seen in _B_A_S_R_A._
He left
Basra and traveled further to Syria.
Khalif MANSUR of Arabia _W_R_O_T_E_ TO THE _G_O_V_E_R_N_O_R_ OF DAMASCUS to send Ismail
in custody to his court.
That
Governor not only had high regard for IMAM ISMAIL [as], -- but also he became his
follower.
Therefore, to
save his spiritual master, he advised the Ismaili Imam TO
LEAVE SYRIA for a few days.
After the Imam's
departure from SYRIA -- the GOVERNOR informed
the Khalifa that the whereabouts of Ismail could not
be found.
Please note that the events just
mentioned re: Hzt. Imam Ismail [as], had already taken
place -- almost 34 years BEFORE Musa al-Kazim?s purported
tragedy and a fateful end.
Regardless, this is the truth and reality of the
Ismaili history and Tariqah which we have just proved from both the
?Ithna?asharite & non-Ismaili?
sources.
However, among other things I
believe, that was one of the main things, which, our late Holy Imam, Aga Khan
III [as], had foreseen and alluded to July 13,
1899 at Zanzibar, East Africa, when He
said, *Ithna'ashari --
religion's _B_A_S_E_ is not on
AQ'L.*
Anyway, here is the IRREFUTABLE PROOF -- however
sketchy -- from various *anti-Ismailian* -- Middle Eastern sources, which, could
not have been influenced by the Ismaili Imams [pbuth] and/or their followers
under any circumstances.
We must also note that if khalif Mansur
succeeded in poisoning Hzt. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) as noted by the Ithna?asharite source, then there was every likelihood that
he would have also tried to capture Hzt. Imam Ismail (as), in order to eradicate
his main problem and the Ismailian Imamate altogether.
009.032 Fain would they put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah
disdaineth (aught) save that He shall perfect His
light, however much the disbelievers
are averse.
Whereas, Musa al-Kazim?s case was quite
different, as we may deduce from the said Ithna'asharite source ONLY.
We find that nothing significant had happened
after Hzt. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq?s (as) death. On the contrary, not only was
khalif Mansur succeeded by 2 other sunni khalifs, but
also one of his successors and Musa al-Kazim were on friendly terms, as shown by
the said Ithna?asharite book under review. See Irshad pp. 450,453. It clearly asserted:
When
al-Rashid set out to go on the pilgrimage and was
approaching Medina, the leading men among them the inhabitants met him.
Musa, b.
Jafar, peace be on them,
CAME OUT TO AL-RASHAD?S
GROUP ON A MULE.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS
HAPPENED
SHORTLY
THEREAFTER --
That year
al-Rashid went on the pilgrimage. He began it at
Medina and there he had Abu al-Hasan Musa
[imam], peace be upon him arrested.
It was reported that when he came
to Medina, Musa [imam], peace be upon him,
received him with a group of nobles....... THEY HAD GONE TO MEET HIM and
then Abul al-Hassan, [imam] -- peace be upon him, had gone to the mosque
as was his custom. Al-Rashid waited until night and then went to the tomb of the
Apostle of God -- [Irshad,
pp. 453].
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It is clear from these 2 conflicting episodes that
until his arrest -- Musa al-Kazim was a FREE man. He could and did
move around freely and even associated with the sunni khalif, as just
cited.
Hence we could conclude once again
that from the time of Hzt. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq?s (as) death in 148 AH (765) to Musa al-Kazim?s own death in
183 AH (799) -- NOTHING
SIGNIFICANT HAPPENED TO THIS ITHNA?ASHARITE
IMAM.
However, the only unsubstantiated
allegation pending against him at some point in time was -- that he was
?*_I_N_T_E_N_D_I_N_G*_ to bring division in the Holy Prophet?s [SAS] community? --
[Irshad, pp.
453].
despite this serious charge, the said ithna'asharite source still asserted that this pious imam spent all
his time in prayer, PROSTRATION, meditation and seeking God?s forgiveness daily
and nightly.
If
that was true as asserted, then he would have had no time for any worldly
matters or even to gather an armed force against the Sunnite ruler or cause
division within the muslim community then, as alleged.
in addition, he would have been UNABLE TO
GUIDE his own FOLLOWERS in religious matters, let alone any political
ones.
as can be
seen, this pious Musa al-Kazim was deeply
engrossed in his personal salvation, as any
discerning person can deduce from the said Ithna'asharite
source.
So,
with or without their imam's physical presence,
these POOR ITHNA'ASAHRITES were WITHOUT SPIRITUAL
GUIDANCE, regardless.
But
more importantly, this very Ithna?asharite
source also tells us that the Governor of
Basra not only exonerated him of this false charge but also he declared his piety openly in his court and to the
Arabian ruler.
Nevertheless, one of the mind-boggling questions that
arises at this point is, why did khalifa
al-Rashid follow Hzt. Imam Mowlana Ismail?s [as] ORIGINAL activities so closely and duplicate them later?
That is very strange if not incredulous, to say the least. or else, how
often does history repeat itself within a generation or two in this
manner?
In view of these irrefutable facts only, I submit that
one of these two [ismailian & ithna'asharite] --
historical records must be declared FALSE. for
all practical purposes, it had been FABRICATED in
order to mislead the unsuspecting Shi?ite Muslims of all ages.
So, let us now go to that independent western source again, in order establish which one of these 2
accounts was true and reliable?
IRREFUTABLE HISTORICAL FACTS
The F-A-C-T-S about the _S_U_C_C_E_S_S_I_O_N_ OF ISMAIL HAVE
NOT ONLY BEEN BORNE OUT by even orthodox historians and another recent ARAB
publication, as written by Sheikh Abdullah bin al-Murtazal-Falakud-dawwar,
adds INCONTROVERTIBLE SUPPORT to it -- [History of The Ismailis, by A. S. Picklay, Bombay, 1940/47-
Introduction, pp. ii-iii].
The whole CRUX of Ismail's claim to Imamat
lay in his
BEING ALIVE
at the time of his
father's death; AND THIS HAS BEEN _P_R_O_V_E_D_ FROM VARIOUS REFERENCES BY HIS contemporaries AND
HISTORIANS of later period from which it can be discovered THAT ISMAIL DIED 20--TWENTY YEARS
__A_F_T_E_R__ HIS FATHER -- [Imam Jafar 'us-Sadiq [as], navali].**
It is said of Ismail that after
leaving _M_e_d_i_n_a_ IN SECRECY, he was next SEEN IN _B_A_S_R_A_ where he suddenly came into PROMINENCE by his extraordinary powers in CURING their sick and the ailing. Fearing an exposure,
he left
BASRA, traveled further to Syria and
settled down there, but not in complete security.
For, as soon as KHALIFA M-A-NS-U-R [ruled from 136--185 AH, navali],
who was then ruling over Arabia, CAME TO KNOW of Ismail's EXISTENCE, HE WROTE to the G-o-v-e-r-n-o-r of
Damascus TO SEND Ismail in custody to his
court.
But the Governor had not only high regard for __IMAM ISMAIL__ but had BECOME A FOLLOWER of his. In order,
therefore, to SAVE his spiritual master, he ADVISED THE IMAM to leave Syria for a few days.
When the IMAM WAS SAFELY
AWAY, he made an
ostensible search for him and WROTE to the Khalifa saying the whereabouts of
ISMAIL could not be found.
[ibib. pp.
i-iii & 1,2].
SOME MIND-BOGGLING FACTS
--
-- HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF --
Please note that Musa al-Kazim followed an identical route
starting from Medina. Although the 2 events were
separated by at least 30--35 years, the accounts in both cases were identical in more ways than one if
not the same.
More
importantly, the anti-Ismaili Muslim historians have asserted clearly that Hzt. Jafar as Sadiq (as) sent away his *ELDEST SON* FROM
M-e-d-i-n-a.
And
that the latter, IMAM ISMAIL [AS], was next seen in B-a-s-r-a
-- where he rose to prominence. He was well known
for his healing powers. It is said that He survived
his Father by 20 long years.
Hence, if all of the above is true, as it seems,
then Ithna?asharism is nothing more than an innovation in Islam. It?s very questionable origins
& history as just seen, had been copied from the
original Ismailian sources before they
were plundered and destroyed by them and other anti-ismaili
muslims, as noted by various world renowned historians.
KHUSHIALI MUBARAK
-- DECEMBER 13, 2000
- & -
LONG LIVE THE ISMAILI TARIQAH - THE DIVINE PRECIOUS PEARL IN ISLAM
-'1995 [19x1 -- 19x5] IS THE YEAR OF ALLAH AND THE AHL AL-BAIYT OF MUHAMMAD - THE
NOORANI PANJ TAN PAK - OR THE FIVE HOLY ONES OF LIGHT-- (HQ. 24:35; 4:175,176; 33:33; 15:87; 74:30,35).
017.072 SHAKIR: (Remember) the day
when We will call every people with their IMAM--IMAAMihim; 017.072: And whoever is BLIND IN THIS--FII HAAZIHII,
he shall (also) be BLIND in the hereafter; and more
erring from the way.
AND THEY BRING THEE NO SIMILITUDE BUT WE BRING THEE THE TRUTH - BIL HAQQI AND
BETTER TAFSIIR.
(25:33).
Wasalaam,
Navali
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