This is a follow up question from the original question posted here: Was the Holy Prophet poisoned and martyred or did he die a natural death? - Please read that post first before reading this. Question: Did the two wives of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) poison him as narrated by al-Ayyashi? Al-Ayyashi reported in his Tafsir (Volume [...]

Question: Can you please explain the exact meaning of this saying which comes from Nahjul Balagha: 14. “Every person who is tempted to go astray, does not deserve punishment.” Answer: مَا كُلُّ مَفْتُون يُعَاتَبُ The English translation you have quoted relates to the above original Arabic text. Unfortunately, the translation is not sound. A better [...]

Question: Can you please comment on the validity (or invalidity) of the following hadith: Imam Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: “from among us, after the Qa’em (Imam Mahdi), we shall have twelve Mahdi’s of Al Hussein descendents (a.s).”  [Bihar Al Anwar (Oceans of Lights), chapter 53 page 148, and Ghaybat Al Tousi (Occultation by Al Tousi) page 4478] Some [...]

Question: What is the Shia view on the Sunni hadith compilation books such as ‘Sahih Bukhari’ and ‘Sahih Muslim’? What makes them ‘not Sahih’ (unauthentic) in the Shia view and how authentic are the hadiths within them considered? Answer: As you know, there are two major sources of information for Muslims. The first is the Holy Qur’an, [...]

Question: I have read in a previous answer on this website that “Most of the narrations with regards to the signs prior to the appearance of Imam Mahdi (a.f) are “either weak in terms of their Esnad (chains of narrators) or very ambiguous”. In saying that, can you list any hadith that are fairly reliable, [...]

Question: I’d like to know the relative authenticity (with a historical basis) of the Kafi, and Bihar al-Anwar, as compared to books like Bukhari and Muslim for example. Answer: There are a variety of books of Shi’a Hadith Compilations that have been written throughout history, and the emphasis on compiling and preserving hadith goes all [...]

Question: Fatima al Zahra[a.s]  said ‘the best thing for a woman is not to see men, and not to be seen by men’. How is this hadith best interpreted? Is it only in a physical sense, because in the West this isn’t practical. Is there a more metaphorical meaning for it, and can the ‘best [...]

Question: I have read in another Q&A on this site that ‘the Ahadith of Prohibition’ (narrations that prohibit the narration of Hadiths) are “undoubtedly either fabricated to justify the mistakes of the Caliphs or they were special instruction for specific people such as Abu-Horayra”. Why do you say this? Answer: Analysis of the Motivations Behind the [...]

Question: How did the Hadith of the Holy Prophet (s) get prohibited? What happened after the demise of the Holy Prophet (s) for this to happen? Answer: Stages of Prohibition of Hadith 1. During the Time of the Prophet (P) Al-Darami in the introduction of his ‘Sunan’ and al-Hakem in his ‘al-Mostadrak’ narrated from Abdullah [...]

Question: I would like some examples of Hadith prohibition according to famous Sunni references. Answer: Some Examples of Hadith Prohibition 1) Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Muslim, al-Darami (the teacher of Bukhari), al-Termedhi and Nasaei narrated in their Isnad from Abu-Sa’eid al-Khodri: The Prophet (P) said: “Do not quote me in other than the Quran. So, [...]