My dear well remembered much appreciated Gilberto Simpson Truly sorry as I have to spend two nights watching the patients in the hospital and cannot answer you but if you wish you could read this: *** the following question arises. Given the fact that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, proclaimed 'Ali to be his legatee (wasiyy) and successor (khalifah), emphatically designation him as the leader of the Muslims both at Ghadir Khumm and on other appropriate occasions, how did it happen that after the death of the Most Noble Messenger his Companions (sahabah) ignored God's command and abandoned 'Ali, that noble and precious personage, decided not to obey him, chose someone else to be leader in his place, and entrusted the reins of rule to him? Was there any ambiguity in the words of the Prophet, or were all those different phrases and expressions establishing 'Ali's rank and designating him leader not enough? ***
Everything there is not my humble view but there is a lot for thought http://al-islam.org/ghadir/ This site consists of narrations involving 76 Companions, 69 Successors, and 626 Scholars in the chains of transmission, recorded in 182 Sunni books. In addition, there is Arabic text for 387 narrations, English translation for 78 narrations and scanned pages from 54 books 280 quotations on the reliability of narrators are available in Arabic and 324 in English. All relating to the appointment of the Imam 'Ali Longing for this world brings about worry and sadness, doing without in this world brings ease to the heart and body. Prophet Muhammad (s) *** If the prophet (saaws) was prevented from writing something on his deathbed, how can you say reliably what the prophet would have written, especially since it wasn't written down in the first place? Peace Gilberto*** __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
