The Doctrine of Bada OF THE VARIOUS VIEWS AND PROPOSITIONS WHICH 'ABD ALLAH IBN SABA' HAD PROPAGATED AMONG HIS FOLLOWERS (SHIAS), THE PROPOSITION OF BADA IS QUITE IMPORTANT. BADA IMPLIES SAYING THAT SOMETHING HAS INTERVENED (WHICH HAS CAUSED ALLAH TO ALTER HIS PREVIOUS DETERMINATION), I.E. GENERALLY THROUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS FORGETFULNESS OR IGNORANCE. BUT ALLAH IS UNDOUBTEDLY FAR REMOVED FROM SUCH BLASPHEMY THAT THE SHIA ENTERTAIN IN REGARD TO HIM.
AL-BADA SIGNIFIES KNOWLEDGE WHICH (ACCORDING TO THE SHIA) ALLAH DOES NOT POSSES BEFOREHAND. THIS IS WHAT THE SHIA HOLD ABOUT ALLAH WHILE ALLAH CLARIFIES HIS KNOWLEDGE AS SPOKEN OF BY HAZRAT MUSA (PEACE BE UPON HIM): "MY LORD ERRETH NOT, NEITHER DOTH HE FORGET". (AL-QUR'AN, 20:35) HE FURTHER DESCRIBES HIMSELF BY SAYING: "HE IS ALLAH, BESIDES WHOM THERE IS NONE WORTHY TO BE WORSHIPPED. HE KNOWETH THAT WHICH IS HIDDEN AND THAT WHICH IS APPARENT" (59:22) HE SAYS: "AND THAT ALLAH COMPREHENDETH ALL THINGS BY (HIS) KNOWLEDGE" (65:12). BUT THE SHIA ON THE OTHER HAND, HOLD A FALSE NOTION ABOUT ALLAH. THEY DO NOT SIMPLY BELIEVE IN BADA BUT THEY RATHER GO FURTHER AHEAD AND GIVE ALL RESPECT TO THOSE WHO HOLD THIS FALSE NOTION. AL-KULAINI RELATES ON THE AUTHORITY OF JA'FAR WHO IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID: "(ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION) 'ABD ALMUTTALIB WILL BE RAISED AS ONE SINGLE NATION. HE WILL WEAR THE RESPLENDENCE OF THE KINGS AND IDENTITIES OF THE PROPHETS. THIS IS BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST TO PROCLAIM THE PROPOSITION OF BADA". (AL-KAFI, BOOK AL-HUJJA, EDN INDIA, VOL. 1 P. 282). BADA LITERALLY MEANS APPEARANCE. IN THE DOGMATIC SENSE, WITH THE SHI'ITES, IT SIGNIFIES THE INTERVENTION OF NEW CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH BRING ABOUT THE ALTERATION OF AN EARLIER DEVINE DETERMINATION. THERE ARE THREE SORTS OF BADA, NAMELY, BADA' AL'LLM (OF THE KNOWLEDGE), BADA' AL-IRADA (OF THE WILL) AND BADA' AL-AMR (OF THE COMMAND) OF ALLAH. ONLY IN THE RECENT PAST, HAVE THE SHI'ITES UNDERTAKEN TO PUBLISH IN THE MUSLIM WORLD A HUGE LITERATURE FABRICATED AND EMBELLISHED WITH LIES, WHEREIN THEY CLAIM TO BE VERY CLOSE TO THE AHL AL-SUNNA ( PEOPLE OF THE APPROVED PATH). BUT IF IT IS TRULY EXPRESSED, THEY ONLY INTEND TO DISTORT THE SUNNAH AND ARDENTLY WISH THAT THE MUSLIMS SHOULD GIVE UP THEIR VIEWS AND SHOULD ACCEPT SUCH SUPERSTITIOUS AND FABULOUS THINGS AS HAVE BEEN WOVEN BY THE HANDS OF THE JEWS-SUCH AS LIES ATTRIBUTEDTO ALLAH THAT THE DOGMA OF BADA, IS A REALITY, AND THAT THE BOOK OF ALLAH (NAMELY, THE QUR'AN) AS IT IS AVAILABLE IN OUR HANDS IS NOT GENUINE BUT IS IN A CORRUPTED FORM, AND IS FULL OF ALTERATIONS, AS REGARDS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH THE SHI'ITES BELIEVE THAT THE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN HIS MISSION AS AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS FOLLOWERS TURNED AWAY FROM ISLAM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE FOR FOUR. IN RESPECT OF HIS COMPANIONS (SAHABAH) WHO HAVE BEEN THE REAL PROPAGATORS OF THE DIN THEY HOLD THAT THEY WERE TRAITORS AND RENEGADES, INCLUDING ABU BAKAR, UMAR AND UTHMAN. AS REGARS THE WIVES OF THE PROPHET (SAW), THE MOTHERS OF THE FAITHFUL, INCLUDING AMONG THEM THE NOBLEST AND PUREST OF THEM AS TESTIFIED BY ALLAH HIMSELF IN HIS BOOK, THE SHI'ITES THINK THAT THEY WERE TREACHEROUS UNTO ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER. AND AS REGARDS THE VARIOUS IMAMS (LEADERS) OF RELIGION LIKE MALIK, ABU HANIFA, AL SHAFI'I AND AHMAD BIN HANBAL -- MAY ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM AND BE MERCIFUL UNTO THEM ALL -- THE SHI'ITS HOLD THAT THESE WERE UNBELIEVERS AND REJECTED. "THE SHIAS ARE NOTHING BUT A TOOL IN THE HANDS OF THE JEWS WHO ARE WREAKING VENGEANCE AGAINST ISLAM & MUSLIMS'' SO OBSERVES ALLAMA AHSAN ELAHI ZAHEER IN HIS BOOK THE SHIITES AND THE SUNNAH. THE ALLAMA WRITES FURTHER IN HIS BOOK: "THE JEWS ARE NESTLING A DEEP-ROOTED RANCOUR AGAINST THE MUSLIMS AND MORE ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE LEADING COMPANIONS OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH AND THOSE WHO TREAD IN THEIR PATH........ WHENEVER THERE BEFELL A CLAMITY OR WHENEVER THERE ACCURED A DISASTER AND WHENEVER THERE CAME DOWN A CATASTROPHE UPON THE MUSLIMS, IT IS ALWAYS DUE TO SHIA CONSPIRACIES. LOOK AT BAGHDED! IT IS DYED RED WITH ITS BLOOD SPLIT AT THE HANDS OF IBN AL-ALQAMI..... (PAGES 8--21). FROM THIS IT IS NOTED THAT WHOEVER OPPOSED THE SHIA ALWAYS SAID: THE SHIA AND THE RAFIDA HAVE TAKEN THEIR ORIGIN FROM JUDAISM. RAFIDA ARE THOSE WHO REJECTED ZAID IBN ALI WHEN THE LATTER REFUSED TO CONDEMN THE SHAIKHAIN, ABU BAKAR AND UMAR AND TO REJECT THEIR CALIPHATE. RAFD MEANS REJECTION OF THE CALIPHATE/ CALIPHSHIP OF HAZRAT ABU BAKAR AND UMAR. THE MAJLIS-UL-ULAMA OF SOUTH AFRICA (P.O. BOX 3393, PORT ELIZABETH, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) IS BRINGING OUT A SERIES OF PAMPHLETS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SHIAISM IN ORDER TO MAKE A SURVEY OF THE BASIS OF SHIA DOCTRINES, THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR FAITH, AND THE BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SHIA AND AHL AL-SUNNAH (SUNNI MUSLIMS). IN SUCH A SERIES THE SHIAS COULD ALSO KNOW THE REALITY OF THEIR DOCTRINES WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY REARED AND NURTURED BY THE JEWS WHO LATTER PLANTED THESE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. IT IS AN IGNOBLE STIGMA ON THE FAIR NAME OF ISLAM. THE SLOGAN OF "UNITY" IS BEING REAISED BY KHOMENI AND OTHER SHIA PRIESTS SO AS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THEIR INSINUATIONS AND PROPAGANDA AND THEREBY POISIONING THE MINDS OF THE MUSLIMS. THE READERS ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE DUA THAT ALLAH TA'ALA GRANTS THE MAJLIS-UL-ULAMA OF SOUTH AFRICA THE TAUFEEQ AND THE MEANS OF EXPOSING THE BAATIL SECTS OPERATING UNDER THE COVER OF ISLAM NOTES 1. HOLY QUR'AN SURAH 33, VERSES 36-39, 53, SURAH 24 VERSE 10 AND SURAH 66, VERSES 1-5. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! 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