THE SHIA BELIEF CONCERNING RAJ'AH :
The shia believe that once Imam Mehdi appears, all the Ambiya (A.S) including Muhammad (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam), all the A'immah and the Khulafa and Hazrat Aa'ishah (R.A) [who are kuffar according to shia belief] will be brought back to life and revenge will be taken from Abu bakar, Umer and Ayesha (R.A) who will be removed from their graves and lashed. The belief of the Ahlus sunnah is that before Qiyaamah, no person will back to life, nor will any other creation come back to life. Therefore, this belief of the shia is in reality a rejection of the day of Qiyamaah. The Imam has mentioned that he who does not believe mutah to be halal and he who does not believe in Raj'ah (returning to life before Qiyaamah) is not from amongst us. [tafseer safi by Faidh Kashani, part1, page347, line18, New Iranian Edition]. Before Qiyaamah, Nabi (sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam), Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, Hussein (R.A) and a few other sincere Muslims and some kuffar will be brought back to life. [Anwar-e-Naumaniyah by Naimatullah Jazairi, part 2, page 87, Bab: Nur Fi Kayfiyyatir Raj'ah, New Iranian Edition]. People mourn on the grave of Hussein (R.A) because he was murdered and the angels were unable to assist him. But when Mehdi comes and people will return to life, the angels will help Mehdi. [Aqida-e-Raj'ah Ash shafi by Zafar Husain, part 2, page 196, chapter 60, Shameem book depot Edition, Nazimabad Karachi, New Edition] Before Qiyaamah all the Ambiya (A.S) will be back to life and assist Ali (R.A). [Zamimah Maqbool by Maqbool Husain Dehlvi, page 46, Maqbool press Edition, Dehli]. Ali will come back to life. [Hayatul Quloob (urdu translation) by Basharat Husain, part 1, page 204, Imamiyah kutub khana Edition, Lahore]. Aqidatur-Raj'ah means to believe that all the Ambiyah (A.S) will come back to life before Qiyaamah and help Ali (R.A). [ibid]. Ali (R.A) will wage a battle in the period of Raj'ah. [Usoolush Shari'ah by Shiekh Muhammad Husain Sarghoda, page 26, Allah Qadeer printing press edition, Sarghoda]. When imam Mehdi comes he will hang Hazrat Abu Bakr and Umar at the holy grave of Hazrat Mohammad (saw). (Majma-ul-ma’arif, page #49). Mullah Baqir Majlisi writes: 'When Imam Mahdi arrives, Aa'ishah will be resurrected so that she may be given a prescribed punishment and that Fatimah be vindicated.' (Haqqul Yaqeen: 347) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/