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i made a quick research and found that ''Hz.'' or ''Hazreti'' means he who is not affected by time and place, meaning those who can be anywhere - anytime. Something like that. i suppose in Turkey we are using a wrong prefix before our prohet Muhammed sallahu aleyhi ve sellem. But the word ''hazreti'' is arabic, so i leave the job of enlightening us to brother Osama insallah :-)

As'salamu Alaikum dear brother Koray, and dear brothers and sisters in Islam,

The z sound that many Muslim nations use is really a Daa or Dhaa sound.  For example, Dhul-Qarnayn is usually spelled and pronounced as Zhul Qarnayn, or something along this line.  Hazrat Abu Bakr is really the Arabic Hadarat Abu Bakr, for example.  It's just a different pronunciation of certain letters.  Like for example, many of the folks from India (Muslims and non) pronounce the "W" as "V", as in "Ve" instead of "We".

Hadarat (hazrat) is derived from the Arabic word, Hudoor, which means coming and/or attendance.  Hadara means came or attended.  However, in Arabic there is also an expression of respect.  The chief of a group, or a leader or Amir of a group is given an expression of respect.  This expression goes as something like this:

"We sat in the Hadarat of such and such person."

Hadarat here means Council that such and such person was the head of.  Hadarat here is a title of honor for the elder or the chief.  Similarly, in the Court of Law in the Arab world, the judge is usually addressed as: "Hadarat Al-Qaadi".  Qaadi in Arabic means judge, and "Al" is the English "the" article.  So Al-Qaadi means "the judge".  And when the judge is addressed, he is addressed as "Hadarat Al-Qaadi", which is basically addressing him as the Chief of the Counsil or Sitting that is taking place.

So Hadarat Caliph Abu Bakr, or Hadarat Caliph Omar, or Uthman or Ali are titles of respect.  They don't mean that they are currently attending anything.  Also, Hadarat is only a title of respect that the slang Arabic uses.  In classical Arabic, they're not addressed as such.  In other words, it is not common for you to find an Arab saying Hadarat Khaleefa Abu Bakr.  Hadarat is rarely used by Arabic-speakers, and it by no shape or form means that a person is currently present.  May be the deviant shias have some inventions that they made, but we don't believe any dead person is present and giving inspirations.  And Allah Almighty made this clear in the Glorious Quran about the Martyrs and Pious people are in Heaven with GOD Almighty after death.

Please visit: http://www.answering-christianity.com/blog/index.php/topic,650.msg1523.html#msg1523.

I hope this helps, insha'Allah.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

As'salamu Alaikum everyone,

A Muslim brother emailed me and asked me this question.  I therefore feel it would help all Muslims to answer it in public, insha'Allah.  Feel free to join in.  Here are some facts that no Sunni or Shia disagrees on:

1-  After Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) death, Ali was busy burrying the Prophet and making the necessary preparations and setup service for the Prophet's grave.  Our Sunni sources also say that Ali isolated himself from people for 6 months and just wanted to be away from people and to be all alone.  The Shia sources say that Ali was upset from Abu Bakr for this period for rushing the elections during Ali's absence, and never gave Ali the chance to get elected.  They also say that Ali for the sake of keeping Muslims united finally gave his Bay3a (vote) to Abu Bakr to be the Muslims' Caliph after 6 months.

2-  Our Sunni sources say that the reason why Abu Bakr rushed the Bay3a was because the Muslims of mecca and Madina (with their pre-Islamic tribal mentality of Ignorance or Jaahiliyyah) had disagreements or issues on FROM WHERE the next Caliph should be.  A good support for the Sunnis claim is the fact that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, chose to live his days in MADINA and not MECCA after the liberation of Mecca, despite the fact that his beloved city was Mecca and not Madina.  The Prophet made the leaders of Muslims be from Makkah, while he gave himself as a gift for the Madina Muslims.  And he indeed died in Madina.

So Caliph Abu Bakr did what he did to destroy the tumult among the Muslims.  As a human, it is also possible that he had desire to be the next ruler.  No shame in that.  I mean, who wouldn't really.  But it wasn't his TOP PRIORITY.  I don't believe it was.  The Shias disagree with us on this, but our sources have much stronger evidence than what they have.  And my evidence above is just one from many.

Here is where I believe Ali should've been the first Caliph:

1-  Ali was to Muhammad as Aaron was to Moses, peace be upon all of them.

2-  Ali was from Ahlul Bayt, who we send Peace and Blessings to in every single Prayer in our 5 daily Prayers.

3-  Ali was never part of the Bay3a (election).  He should've been given that chance even after Abu Bakr was elected.

But Ali was above any worldly gain, because he was really a pious and purified Believer as the members of Ahlul Bayt were, as Allah Almighty mentioned in the Glorious Quran.  Ali didn't really care much about being a Caliph.  But NONETHELESS, he should've been at least given the opportunity.

Here is another point that destroys the Shias:  Ali and his sons had always served Islam under Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman!  They took orders from them, traveled to distant lands to spread Islam based on their orders and commands, and served Islam and Muslims under the rulership of these three rightly guided Caliphs.  And when Ali became the Caliph, Ali never declared himself to be an Imam, nor did Hasan nor did Hussein, and neither did any of them declare that there are a total of 12 Imams.  In fact, Shias themselves disagree in the number of Imams.  Some say 4, others say 6, but the majority say 12 Imams. 

And like I said before, their top Scriptures such as AL-KAAFI (their equivalence to our Sahih Bukhari and Muslim) and other similar books were written even hundreds of years after our Hadiths Sahih Collections.  So their religion is a religion of doubtful and absurd narrations, and nothing more.  They have absurd things that they strongly believe in such as the sky rained blood for 3 days when Hussein died, and the soil of Karbala became the holiest soil on earth by Allah Almighty's Command, and so on.

But none of this would make a Shia a polytheist to me as a Muslim.  The reason why Shias are polytheists is because they seek members of Ahlul Bayt for:

1-  Guidance.
2-  Mercy.
3-  Help.
4-  Protection.

They literally pray to them and seek these things from them.  Plus, we see the ridiculous brutal and bloody beating with swords, knives, rocks and even shoes every year done by them to themselves.  These blasphemy and an idol worship of Ahlul Bayt.  It is 100% outside the fold of Islam.

I hope this helps, insha'Allah.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

As'salamu Alaikum dear brother Egyptian and everyone,

Thank you dear brother Egyptian for the nice rebuttal.  I have added a link to your post in Sam Shamoun's rebuttals section, AI's general rebuttals section, and Rebuttals to all of the alleged contradictions in the Noble Quran section.

May Allah Almighty bless you akhi.  If you dear brother, and this is for all brothers and sisters here, have more refutations that you want me to link to the site, then please don't hesitate to let me know.  I don't get to read all of the posts, unfortunately.  So things might slip from me.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

Reza,

I don't understand why you got mad at me.  If the people whom I attacked are ones that you disown and have no association with, then I don't see why you should be offended.

Also, your Islam is between you and your Creator, Allah Almighty.  Your statement about driving non-Muslims away from Islam is quite ridiculous!

I don't know why you call yourself a Shia if you're not part of that zionist cult.  If you believe that Ali should've been the first Caliph, then let it be known to everyone that many many Sunnis believe this already, and they're not Shias and they despise shias.  And I am one of those Sunnis.  But I don't create fitnah (trials and tumults) among Muslims for this.  All of the characters of that era and age ARE DEAD!!!!!!!!!!  They are with the Judge of all judges.  Their drama and stories are irrelevant for us today, and no Muslim has the right to create divisions over them.  The dispicable shias disagree with this, and they thrive on creating divisions among Muslims.  And they beat themselves with swords, knives, rocks and shoes.  This is both blasphemy and idol worship.  Visit: http://www.answering-christianity.com/ac11.htm#links to see ample videos about them.

If you believe that there should be 12 Imams, then that is a lie from Hell that was invented on Islam.  And Ali and Hasan themselves, when they ruled, neither one of them ever declared to be the number #1 or #2 Imam, nor did they declare that there are Imams.

If you are a Shia by name only, then instead of getting mad at me for pointing out the blasphemies and poison of this satanic and zionist religion, why don't you instead educate yourself and be more responsible?  Again, your statement about not going to propagate Islam to disbelievers and you'll advise them to stay away from Islam is quite offensive and ridiculous!  It is also very irresponsible.

Hope you take this advise without getting offended.  And you're welcomed to stay on this board.

Osama

Black Muslim

Rasulallah was not a Sunni or a Shia as i told you,he never said i am a Sunni.
He was Just a Muslim.
Shia's are muslim also,they are not kafer,it is their Scholars who are bad not the poor people
it is their shcolars to blame
that doesn't mean all Sunni are good or all Shias are bad

it is those nasty scholars of sunni and shia who makes this hatred and lie about both of them

As'salamu Alaikum Reza,

I can tell you're a Shia.  Ridha or Reza is a Shia name, even though Muslims do also name such names.  The titles aren't important here.  What's important are the blasphemous practices of the Shias.  Your religion stands and falls on cursing people who of old that existed 1,400 years ago.  This is the only way you can justify beating yourself with swords, stones and shoes.  I say please do Islam a MASSIVE FAVOR and just stab yourselves to death and be over with it.  Seriously.  The ENTIRE MUSLIM WORLD is just about sick and tired of the shias.  You adulterate Islam, associate partners with Allah Almighty, and you don't consider the Holy Quran to be uncorrupt.

Shiism is a poison.  It's not Islam.  It's a dispicable cult that we must get rid of.  And its "Holy Scriptures" are books that were written even HUNDREDS OF YEARS AFTER SAHIH BUKHARI AND MUSLIM.  The only reason why you lived for this long is because Muslims WERE SO IGNORANT ABOUT YOU BY THE WHOLESALE!  Thanks to the advanced Media from Youtube and Facebook and the Internet in general, your filth got exposed and your foul stink is smelled by all.

Everything you need to know is located here: http://www.answering-christianity.com/ac11.htm#links.

I agree with you that not all Shias are disbelievers.  There are ignorants among them who are associated with this cult by name only.  But you have a moral obligation, as a Shia, to disown this cult.  Otherwise, you remain one of them.  And you would then be a bad influence and a bad source.  Shiism is a blasphemy.  The shia scholars are disguised zionist rabbis.  Your next MAHDI BOOK is now being cooked in Tel Aviv!  Shias are now speaking about the coming Mahdi will come very soon.  Ahmedinajad also said this at the UN.  This is one main reason why your "scholars" don't have to be scholars of the Holy Quran!  It's far too difficult for them to read It and memorize It in Arabic.  This is 100000000% opposite from the Sunni Scholars.

The zionists plant dictators to serve them in the Sunni world, not Islamic Scholars.  But in your cult's case, it is your RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS and government who are the planted zionist agents.  Your Ayatolla Khomanie came from Paris to Tehran on a zionist airplane.

Shiism is a zionist poison!

Osama

I want to know more about Corruption of Torah. ""Using ancient scrolls  to prove its corruption,will be appreciated""

As'salamu Alaikum dear brother Arif,

Welcome to the board.  I ask Allah Almighty that you'll find your satisfying answers thoroughly provided here.  Ameen.

The following links will answer your question, insha'Allah (if Allah Almighty is Willing):

www.answering-christianity.com/authors_gospels.htm
www.answering-christianity.com/sake.htm

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

assalam alaikum brthers

As Black Muslim said:

We want to expose their lies not to make propaganda for their misleading sites. Maybe if this site didn't link to answering islam, much fewer people would even know about it.
you can say: islam hater says "quote", without even naming him/her !
wa Allah A'alam

As'salamu Alaikum my dear beloved brothers and sisters in Islam,

I humbly and respectfully disagree with you for one simple reason:  If you go to GOOGLE right now and type "Islam", you'll find the "Answering Islam" website on the #1 page.  I've already explained this in every single recently new entry in the www.answering-christianity.com/whatsnew.htm page.  These people are linked heavily by many websites out there.  This is why I call upon all Muslims to heavily link to www.answering-christianity.com on their blogs and websites.  Instead, you'll see them propagating my website as a heretic one, which I don't know where they continue to get this garbage from.  Yes I've had heretic beliefs before, and I researched, learned and changed.  Yet, the same garbage is still out there by many websites.

I know that my site is heavily linking to the Answering Islam website.  But so is their website too heavily linking to this website and COUNTLESS other Muslim websites.  And really, the solution isn't to try to run away from them by unlinking them.  If they don't break you, they'll make you much stronger.  Believe me, I've doubted Islam before because of them, and it forced me to research and read and write tirelessly.  Quite frankly, I strongly doubt that I would have had a website like this without them.  And I fell and got up before from them many times.

My philosophy is actually this:  Let all of the top anti-Islamic arguments be refuted here.  I want this website to be the leading website in thorough Rebuttals.  Linking or unlinking a site is really irrelevant, because it will still be very very popular on the internet with us or without us.  And also for objectivity's purpose, it is healthy to show the source.  We're not scared of them.  I am not scared of them.  Let them grill Islam to death!  Islam will always come out victorious.  And these people will only make much stronger and passionate and stubborn Muslims, like yours truly.  We need Muslims of this kind.  So let them have it their way.  And always remember:  If it doesn't break you, it'll make you much stronger!  Believe me on this one.

I hope this helps, insha'Allah dear brothers and sisters.  Honestly, even if I unlink them, they'll still be as popular.  I say let's take them head-on and destroy their arguments!  If you have an argument that is bothering you, then please post it here.  It'll get thoroughly refuted with Truth, insha'Allah.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah