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- Foreword
- Biography of Ayatullah Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani
- Question 1: Divine Will and Human Will
- Question 2: Free Choice Divine Seal Lock upon the hearts of the Perverse
- Question 3: Possibility of knowledge of Allah
- Question 4: Misguidance from Allah
- Question 5: Being Allah’s Servant
- Question 6: Nearness to Allah
- Question 7: Friends of Allah not having Fear
- Question 8: Allah, Love or Fear?
- Question 9: Asking one’s need from other than Allah
- Question 10: The Light of Heavens and the Earth
- Question 11: Divine Tests
- Question 12: Allah’s Will in Human Guidance
- Question 13: Non-muslims and Hell
- Question 14: Self-Confidence and Trust in Allah
- Question 15: Attaining Perfection
- Question 16: The Angels and free-will
- Question 17: Satan’s Influence
- Question 18: Power of Satan and Jinn
- Question 19: Resurrection
- Question 20: Heaven and Hell
- Question 21: The infallibility of the Prophets in the Qur’an
- Question 22: The Original Sin of Adam and Eve
- Question 23: Purpose of Religion
- Question 24: Purpose of Creation
- Question 25: Signs for the re-emergence of Imam al-Mahdi
- Question 26: Issues such as marriage, place of residence etc etc, concerning the life of the Twelfth Imam
- Question 27: The qualities of human society after the re-appearance of Imam al-Mahdi – the state of Justice, oppression, poverty and sin
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- Brief Answer
- Detailed Answer
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- After the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (ع), how long will it take for him to establish the rule of justice?
- Will any needy individuals remain after his rule has been established?
- After Imam al-Mahdi (ع) establishes his rule, will there be any oppressors remaining in power?
- Will sin be totally annihilated after Imam Zaman’s (ع) rule has been established?
- Question 28: Role of Women in the government of Imam al-Mahdi
- Question 29: The reason for Imam al-Zaman’s prolonmgued age
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- Brief Answer
- Detailed Answer
- The Blessings of the Presence of Imam al-Mahdi (ع) during the Period of Occultation
- 1. Inspiriting Hope
- 2. Stimulating Spiritual Improvement and Self-building
- 3. Safeguarding the Divine Religion
- 4. Training a Task Force
- 5. Spiritual Influence: Existential Training by Means of Existential Guardianship (al-wilayat al-takwiniyyah)
- 6. Purpose of Creation
- 7. Being the Intermediary in Effusion
- The Blessings of the Presence of Imam al-Mahdi (ع) during the Period of Occultation
- Question 30: Possbility of Decline in Imam al-Mahdis government
- Question 31: Difference in blood money between man and a woman in Islamic Jurisprudence
- Question 32: Difference in inheritance of women and men in Islamic Jurisprudence
- Question 33: The role a person plays in obtaining his sustenance
- Question 34: Treatment of Illness and Supplication
- Question 35: Canonization of the Qur’an
- Question 36: The names of the Imams in the Qur’an
- Question 37: Imamate at Childhood
- Question 38: Conditions to the fulfilment of Prayer
- Question 39: Sin: Reality, effect on Soul and Psyche
- Question 40: Kiramah (Magnanimity): Stations and Meanings
- Question 41: Pure Wine in the Qur’an
- Question 42: Pre-requisites for understanding the Qur’an
- Question 43: al-Khidr’s actions in the Qur’an
- Question 44: Existence of spirits within animals and its differnce from that of the Human Being
- Question 45: Limiting the Ahlul Bayt to a few individuals
- Question 46: Compatibility of Religion and Politics
- Question 47: Relationship between governance of a jurist and the authority of a jurist
- Question 48: Legal imitation of a Jurist (mujtahid)
- Question 49: Difference between hukm and fatwa
- Question 50: Religious Pluralism and different Interpretations of Religion
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Faith and Reason
BOOK ID
Author(s): Ayatullah Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani
Translator(s): A Group of Muslim Scholars
Compiler(s): The Porch of Wisdom Cultural Institution
Publisher(s): The Islamic Education Board of the World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities
Category: General Youth
Topic Tags: Question Answer Young Muslim Western Society
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A Compendium of Fifty Questions and Answers Related to Islamic Theology, Jurisprudence and Other ThemesAnswers to a series of questions often asked by young Muslims growing up in Western societies. The questions are on diverse topics ranging from Divine will, marriage, the role of women and the 12th Imam.
Foreword
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By Hasnain Walji
Islam espouses an enlightened mind and hence, it has been termed as the path of knowledge. In the Qur`an the number of verses in which ‘ilm (knowledge) or its derivatives and associated words are used is 704. The aids of knowledge such as the book, pen, ink, etc. amount to almost the same number while other words associated with writing occur in 319 verses.(1)
By responding to the call of the Qur`an to ponder over creation in order to understand the greatness of Allah (awj) and reflecting this honored the pursuit of knowledge, considered a meritorious duty, Muslim scholars have amply demonstrated that knowledge elevates the sincere seeker.
In response to a person who posed him a difficult question, Imam ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (ع) said: “Ask in order to understand, and do not ask in order to find fault,
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1- Dr. Sayyid Wahid Akhtar, The Islamic Concept of Knowledge, al-Tawhid, vol. xii, no. 3