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Al-Muraja’at 1 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue Al-Muraja'at A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue (also known as 'The Right Path') Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Translated from the Arabic by Yasin T. al-Jibouri Published in May 1994 by the Imam Husayn (as) Islamic Foundation Beirut, Lebanon Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 2 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue Title Author's Biography Introduction and Foreword Letter 1 I Greeting the Debater, II Asking Permission to Debate. Letter 2 I Greetings Reciprocated, II Permission to Debate Granted. Letter 3 I Why do Shi`as not Uphold the Majority's Sects? II The Need for Unity, III Unity Achieved Only by Adhering to the Majority's Sects. Letter 4 I Juristic Proofs Mandate Adherence to the Sect of Ahl al Bayt, II There is No Proof for Mandating Adherence to the Majority's Sects, III Generations of The First Three Centuries Never Knew Those Sects, IV Possibility of Ijtihad, V Unity can be Achieved by Respecting Ahl al Bayt's Sect. Letter 5 I Admitting Our Argument, II Asking for Detailed Proofs. Letter 6 I References to Proofs Mandating Following the `Itra, II The Commander of the Faithful (as) Invites to Ahl al Bayt's Sect, III Relevant Statement of Imam Zainul `Abidin. Letter 7 I Requesting Proofs from Statements by Allah and His Messenger, II Proofs from Ahl al Bayt are Circumventive. Letter 8 I Overlooking Our Previous Statements, II Error in Necessity of (Logical) Cycle, III Hadith of the Two Weighty Things, Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 3 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue IV Its Tawatur, V Non Adherents to the `Itra Shall Stray, VI Their Similitude to the ark of Noah, the Gate of Salvation, and the Security Against Religious Dissensions, VII What is Meant by "Ahl al Bayt" in this Regard, VIII Reasons for Similitude to Noah's Ark and the Gate of Salvation. Letter 9 Requesting More Relevant Texts Letter 10 A Glimpse of Sufficient Texts Letter 11 I Admiring Our Clear Texts, II Wondering at Compromising Them With the Majority's Beliefs, III Asking for Clear Signs from the Book. A Glimpse of Sufficient Texts Letter 12 Qur'anic Proofs Letter 13 Argument Regarding These Traditions Weak Letter 14 I Fallacy of Opponent's Argument, II Opponents do not Know Shi`as, III Distinction of Emphasizing Illegality of Falsifying Hadith. Letter 15 I A Flash of the Truth, II Requesting Details on Sunnis Relying on Shi`a Authorities. Letter 16 A Hundred Shi`a Authorities Relied upon by Sunnis Letter 17 I Appreciating the debater's sentiments, II Admitting There is no Objection if Ahlel-Sunnah Rely on Shi`a Authorities, III His belief in the Miracles of Ahl al-Bayt, IV Dilemma at Compromising the Above with what Ahl Al-Qibla do. Letter 18 I Sentiments Reciprocated, II Debater's Error in Generalizing Regarding Ahl al-Qibla, III The Nation's Politicians are the Ones Who Turned Away from Ahl al-Bayt, Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 4 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue IV The Imams of Ahl al-Bayt (without any argument) are not Inferior to others, V Which Fair Court Judges Calling Their Followers "Strayers"? Letter 19 I No Fair Arbitrator Would Call Followers of Ahl al-Bayt Strayers, II Following Their Sects is Carrying out the Responsibility, III It Could be Said that They Have the Priority to Lead, IV Requesting Texts Relevant to the Khilafate. Letter 20 I A General Reference to the Texts, II A Reference to the House on the Day of Warning, III Sunni Reporters of this Hadith. Letter 21 Raising Doubts about the Hadith's Authenticity Letter 22 I Proving the Text's Authenticity, II Why the Shaykhs Have Not Reported it, III Whoever Knows These Shaykhs Knows Why. Letter 23 I Convinced of the Authenticity of this Hadith, II Unreliability Based on Non-Sequential Narration, III Its Reference to Restricted Succession, IV Its Rebuttal. Letter 24 I Why Relying on this Hadith, II Restricted Succession is Unanimously Rejected, III Revocation is Impossible. Letter 25 I His Belief in the Text, II Requesting More Texts. Letter 26 I Clear Texts Recounting Ten of `Ali's Exclusive Merits, II Why Rely Upon it. Letter 27 Raising Doubts About the Status Hadith Letter 28 I The Status Hadith Stands on Most Solid Grounds, Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 5 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue II Binding Proofs, III Its Sunni Narrators, IV Why al-Amidi Suspects It. Letter 29 I Believing in Our Arguments Regarding the Hadith's Sanad, II Doubting its General Application, III Doubting its being Binding. Letter 30 I Arabs Regard it General, II Disproving Claim of Restriction, III Disproving its Non-Binding Application Letter 31 Requesting Sources of this Hadith Letter 32 I Among Its Sources: the Prophet's Visit to Umm Salim, II The Case of Hamzah's Daughter, III Leaning on `Ali, IV The First Fraternity, V The Second Fraternity, VI Closing the Doors, VII The Prophet Comparing `Ali and Aaron to the Two Stars Letter 33 When was `Ali and Aaron Described as the Two Stars? Letter 34 I The Occasion of Shabar, Shubayr, and Mushbir, II The Occasion of Fraternity, III The Occasion of Closing the Doors. Letter 35 Requesting Other Texts Letter 36 I Hadith by Ibn `Abbas, II `Umran's Hadith, III Buraydah's Hadith, IV Hadith Recounting Ten Exclusive Attributes [of `Ali], V `Ali's Hadith, VI Wahab's Hadith, VII Ibn Abu `Asim's Hadith. Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 6 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue Letter 37 "Wali" is a Linguistic Denominator; so, Where is the Text? Letter 38 I Explaining the Implications of "Wali" II Proving its Connotation Letter 39 Requesting the Wilayat Verse Letter 40 I The Verse of Wilayat and its Revelation in `Ali's Honour, II Why it was Revealed, III Why Using it as a Testimonial. Letter 41 "Mumins" is Plural; Why Apply it to the Singular? Letter 42 I Arabs Address the Singular Using the Plural Form, II Testimonials, III Quoting Imam al-Tibrisi, IV Quoting al-Zamakhshari, V What I have Stated. Letter 43 Context Denotes "the Loved one," or the Like. Letter 44 I Context is not Indicative of "Supporter," or the Like, II Context does not Outweigh the Proofs. Letter 45 Resorting to Interpretation, Following in the Footsteps of the Predecessors, is Unavoidable. Letter 46 I Believing in the Ancestors does not Require Interpretation II Interpretation is Impossible Letter 47 Requesting Testimonial Traditions Letter 48 Forty Ahadith Supporting the Texts Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 7 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue Letter 49 I Admitting `Ali's Merits, II Such Merits do not Necessitate his Caliphate. Letter 50 Why Interpret Texts on His Behalf as Indicative of His Imamate Letter 51 Rebutting the Arguments Through Similar Ones Letter 52 Rejecting the Rebuttal's Premises Letter 53 Requesting the Hadith Pertaining to the Ghadir Incident Letter 54 Glitters of Ahadith Relevant to the Ghadir Incident Letter 55 Why Use it as a Testimonial if not Transmitted Consecutively? Letter 56 I Natural Laws Necessitate the Consecutive Reporting of Hadith al-Ghadir II The Almighty's Benevolence III Concern of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) IV Concern of the Commander of the Faithful V al-Husain's Concern VI Concern of the Nine Imams (as) VII Shi`as' Concern Letter 57 I Interpreting Hadith alGhadir II The Link Letter 58 I Hadith al Ghadir Cannot be Interpreted, II Pretext for its Interpretation is Speculative and Misleading. Letter 59 I Truth Manifests, II Evasion. Letter 60 Evasion Refuted Letter 61 Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 8 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue Requesting Texts Narrated by Shi`a Sources Letter 62 Forty Ahadith Letter 63 I Shi`a Texts Rejected as Testimonials, II Why Have Others Refrained from Quoting Them? II Why Have Others Refrained from Quoting Them? III Asking for More Texts. Letter 64 I Above Texts were Quoted upon Request, II Sahihs are Proofs against the Majority, III Not Quoted Because of Their Existence in Our Own Sahihs. Letter 65 Requesting the Ahadith Relevant to the Inheritance Letter 66 `Ali is the Prophet's Heir Letter 67 Where is the Prophet's Will? Letter 68 The Will's Texts Letter 69 Argument of the Will's Deniers Letter 70 I The Will Cannot be Repudiated, II Why Denied, III Deniers' Arguments not Binding, IV Reason and Intellect Require it. Letter 71 Why Reject the Hadith of the Mother of Believers and the best Among the Prophet's Consorts? Letter 72 I She Was Not the Best of the Prophet's Consorts, II The Best is Khadija, III A General Hint to the Reason Why her Hadith was Discarded. Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 9 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue Letter 73 Requesting an Explanation to our Rejection of `Ayesha's Hadith Letter 74 I Explaining Why We Reject her Hadith, II Reason Confirms the Will, III Her Claim that the Prophet Died on Her Chest is Refuted. Letter 75 I Mother of the Believers is not Ruled by Emotions, II The Pleasant and the Ugly are Denied by Reason, III Why Oppose the Claim of the Mother of Believers? Letter 76 I Her Yielding to Sentiment, II Rationale Regarding the Pleasant and the Unpleasant, III Rejecting the Claim of the Mother of Believers, IV Preference of Umm Salamah's Hadith over Hers. Letter 77 Why Prefer Umm Salamah's Hadith to `Ayesha's? Letter 78 More Reasons for Preferring Umm Salamah's Hadith Letter 79 Consensus Endorses al-Siddiq's Caliphate Letter 80 No Consensus Letter 81 Consensus Concluded When Dispute Dissipated. Letter 82 Consensus Was Not Concluded; Dissension Did Not Dissipate Letter 83 Can You Compromise the Text's Accuracy With the Companions' Truthfulness? Letter 84 I Compromising the Text's Accuracy With Their Truthfulness, Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Al-Muraja’at 10 Shi’i-Sunni dialogue II Rationalizing the Imam's Reluctance to Demand his Right. Letter 85 Requesting Narration of Incidents Wherein They Did Not Follow the Texts of Hadith Letter 86 I Thursday's Calamity, II The Reason Why the Prophet Repealed His Order Then. Letter 87 Justifying and Discussing the Calamity Letter 88 Pretexts Refuted Letter 89 I Admitting the Falsehood of Such Pretexts, II Requesting Narration of Other Incidents. Letter 90 Usamah's Regiment Letter 91 I Justifying Their Behaviour Towards Usamah's Regiment, II No Hadith Curses its Draft Dodgers. Letter 92 I Their Pretexts do not Contradict our Statement, II Al-Shahristani's Hadith is Documented. Letter 93 Requesting Narration of Other Incidents Letter 94 His Order (pbuh) to Kill the Renegade Letter 95 Justifying not Killing the Renegade Letter 96 Justification Rejected Letter 97 Requesting Narration of all Such Incidents Letter 98 I Glittering Proofs, Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi

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V Unity can be Achieved by Respecting Ahl al Bayt's Sect. Letter 5. I Admitting Our II A Reference to the House on the Day of. Warning,. III Sunni
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