In the second part of the article, we talked about Allameh Askari’s trip to Turkey to participate in the conference and his encounter with the warm welcome of the conference officials. We also read that Allamah spoke about the distortion of the Quran by the Shias in the introduction meeting and met with the enthusiasm and encouragement of the invited guests and…
In this seccion, we will discuss the main speech of Allamah Askari and the events after the speech.
The speech and its topic
A- Topic of speech:
after the uprising of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Wahhabis fight against Shiism with two tactics in order to worry the minds of Muslims more than anything else:
1- The Shiites believe in the distortion of the Qur’an, and the arguments of Haji Nouri in “Fasl alkhetab fi tahrif ketab rab al-arbab” are stereotyped in all kinds of publications, and most of all after arguing that the kafi book is sufficient for Shiites Like sahih bukhari, is to them More than seventy cases of Sharif Kafi’s book that Haji Nouri argued about are stereotyped, as they did recently in a Sudanese newspaper!
2- They claim that the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH) can only be obtained from the Companions who accompanied the Prophet and there is no other way, and for this reason they call themselves Ahl al-Sunnah and since the Shiites take the rules of Islam from their imams because They consider them infallible Therefore, they do not follow the Sunnah of the Prophet.
so, in the speech, it was tried to disarm them in the first case and to prove in the second case that the imams (AS) are quoting the rules of Islam from the Prophet (PBUH).
B – the speech:
The time of my speech was set before noon because the attendees would get tired near noon and it was not a good situation; I said that due to my heart disease, if I sit in the waiting room until then, I will get tired and I will not be able to give my speech. They accepted and took my name at the beginning of the time, 20 minutes was not enough time to read the entire article, so I started reading a summary of the article and said:
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers be upon the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers and upon his good family and chosen companions.
Greetings to you Muslim scholars[1]
After the greeting, I say: the followers of the Ahl al-Bayt (pbuh) school, that is, the Shiites of the twelve imams, have acted according to the command of God Almighty, who says: “whatever the Messenger has given you – take; and what he has forbidden you – refrain from. (Al_Hashr verse 7)”, and then From the Book of God, they take all the teachings and rules of Islam from the Sunnah of the Messenger of God. The most telling reason in this regard is that, from the beginning of the 4th century Hijri until now, their jurists take the rulings of Islamic Sharia from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH).
Because I only have twenty minutes, I have to cut the speech and make it short – they refer to the books of Arbaa: “Kafi, man la yahduruhu al-faqih, Istibsar and Tahdhib” theat these books are taken from smaller books called “Osul”. (Asl) in the term of narrators of the Ahl al-Bayt school, is a narration whose author took his narrations directly from the imams of the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.) and the imams of the Ahl al-Bayt school (a.s.) have also openly said: Everything we narrate is from the hadith of the Prophet of God!
Pay attention to this narration: Someone asked Imam Sadiq (AS) a question and after receiving his answer, he said: If the question is such and such, what is your opinion about it? Imam (a.s.) said: Stop! What I replied to you was from the Messenger of God, we do not say anything from ourselves[2].
In another narration, he said: whatever I give you as an answer, that answer is from the Messenger of God, we never say our personal opinion[3]!
(Here, some people present interrupt Allamah’s speech in the Turkish language and laugh[4]).
Continuation of Allamah’s speech: What can I say, this is a scientific discussion, it cannot be interrupted for translation.
In another narration, the narrator asks Imam Reza (a.s.):
Is what you are saying from the book of God and the Prophet’s Sunnah, or is it from your own personal point of view? In response, Imam (a.s.) said: What we say is from the book of God and the Sunnah of the Prophet[5].
Continuation of Allameh’s speech: What can I say, this is a scientific discussion, it cannot be interrupted for translation.
In another narration, the narrator asks Imam Reza (a.s.): Is what you’re saying from the book of God and the Prophet’s Sunnah, or is it from your own personal point of view? In response, Imam (a.s.) said: What we say is from the book of God and the Sunnah of the Prophet[6].
in another narration that Imam Sadiq (a.s.) said:
If we had answered people’s problems with our personal opinion, we would have been among the destroyed! Rather, they are remains left by the Messenger of God, fundamental knowledge that we inherit from our ancestors, sons from fathers, and like people who garner their gold and silver, we also guard this knowledge[7].
In another narration with three documents from Imam Baqir (a.s.) who said:
If we had said our opinion, we would have gone astray, just like those who went astray before us! but we are speaking with the proof of our God, the proof that he has expressed it to His Prophet and that Prophet has also expressed it to us[8].
Like this narration of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) who said:
“if it wasn’t like that meaning if we didn’t have the proof of God and if We did not join the Prophet, we were certainly like these people[9].”
In the past hadiths, the imams of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.) clearly stated that what they say is not their personal view, it is the hadith of the Messenger of God.
You ask: How did they narrate from the Messenger of God (PBUH) with time intervals? We find the answer to this question in the following narrations about the knowledge of the Messenger of God and how it was taught to Imam Ali (AS):
1- There are five narrations from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) who said: God taught his Messenger all the halals and harams and the interpretation of meanings, and the Messenger of God (pbuh) also taught Ali all his knowledge (a.s.)[10].
2- Imam Sadiq (a.s.) said: God Almighty taught all of the Qur’an to His Prophet and in addition taught him other sciences, and whatever God taught to the Prophet, the Prophet taught it to Ali[11].
3- Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: “When I asked the Messenger of God (PBUH), he would answer me, and if I didn’t ask questions, he would start teaching me, for no sign was revealed to him in the night, the day, or the sky.” Nor earth, nor this world, nor the hereafter, nor Paradise, nor fire, nor plain, nor mountain, nor light, nor darkness, but He taught it to me, dictated it to me, wrote it with my own hand, and taught me its interpretation and explanation. and Muhkam, and Mutashabih, and the specific ones, and the general ones, and how it was revealed, and where it was revealed, and to whom it was revealed, until the Day of Resurrection, He prayed to God to give me understanding and memorization, and I have never forgotten a verse of the Book of God or to whom it was revealed, but He dictated it to me[12].”
4- In another narration, he said:
I never fell asleep without the Prophet (PBUH) giving me a mission, I learned from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) everything Gabriel had brought on that day about the halal and the haram… Some asked the narrator: How is it possible while the two were separated from each other, how did the Imam understand what was revealed to the Messenger of God? the answer: The days of the absence of the Messenger of God (PBUH) were sometimes counted and noted, and when they met, the Messenger of God (PBUH) would say: O Ali! On a certain day, this matter was revealed to me, and I counted all of them one by one until the day of the meeting was reached[13].
5- It was mentioned in Tabaqat Ibn Sa’d that “It was said to Ali (as): Why do you have the most narrations among the companions of the Messenger of God (PBUH)? He said: If I asked him, he would tell me, and if I remained silent, he would begin talking to me[14].”
6- In another narration in al-Tabaqat, Ali (as) said: “i swear to God, no verse was revealed except that I knew what it was revealed about, where it was revealed, and to whom it was revealed. Indeed, God has given me a heart of intelligence and a fluent tongue[15].”
7- He said in three other narrations: “Ask me about the Book of God, for there is not a verse that I do not know whether it was revealed at night or during the day on a plain or on a mountain[16].”
8- It is mentioned in Sunan Al-Nasa’i, Ibn Majah, Musnad Ahmad, and al-lafdh al-awal that Imam Ali (as) said: ” my status for the Messenger of God (PBUH) was not equal to any of the creations, I would come to him every dawn, so I would say: Peace be upon you, O Prophet.” If he hem (clear his throat) i would go back to my family and if not i would go in[17].
9- He said in another narration: If I find him free, he would permit me[18].
10- He said in another narration: ” i had two entrances on the Prophet one at night and one during the day, and if i entered at night, he would hem (clear his throat)[19].
11- In another narration, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to Amir al-Mu’minin (as): Write what was dictated to you. Ali, said, O Prophet of God, do you fear forgetfulness. He said, “I do not fear for you to forget.” I have prayed to God to protect you and for you not to forget, but write for your partners. I said, and who are my partners O Prophet of God? He said the Imams from your progeny[20].
Name of the book of Imam Ali (as)
1- i swear to God, we have something that makes us not need anyone, and the people need us. We have the book dictated by the Messenger of God (PBUH), and written by Ali. A sahifa (a writing) that is seventy arms long, which contains every halal and haram.
2- Imam Sadiq (as) said: We have a sahifa that is seventy arms long, as long as the arms of the Messenger of God (PBUH), and its dictation is from the lips of the prophet and Ali wrote it with his right hand. It contains all the halal and the haram , and everything that people need, even the diya (blood money in islam) for a scratch[21].
3- He said in another narration: It is wrapped in a skin as thick as the thigh of a Bactrian camel, everything people need is in it[22].
4- He said in another narration: The sahifa has left no room for problems for anyone. Halal and haram knowledge is all in it. The followers of Qiyas (Applying the Shariah ruling of a subject to a similar subject that has no ruling about it in religious texts.) sought knowledge through Qiyas and did not benefit except to stay away from knowledge. God’s religion is not known by Qiyas[23].
Imams inherit the book
1- Imam Sadiq (as) said: The books were with Ali (as), and when he traveled to Iraq, he entrusted the books to Umm Salamah, and when Ali passed away, it was with Hasan, so when Al-Hasan passed away It was with Husayn, and when Husayn passed away, it was with Ali ibn Al-Husayn, then it was with my father[24].
2- Regarding the arrival of the books into the hands of Imam Ali ibn Al-Husayn (as), it was mentioned in a narration: When Husayn (as), traveled to Iraq, he entrusted Umm Salamah, with the books and the will. When Ali ibn Al-Husayn (as) she returned it to him[25].
3- As for the arrival of the books into the hands of Imam Baqir (as), in another narration, it is as follows: When Ali ibn Al-Husayn, peace be upon him, was passing away before that, he took out a basket or a box that he had and said, O Muhammad, carry this tray, so he was carrying about four, and when he died, his brothers came to claim what was in the The box, so they said, “Give us our share in the box.” He said, “i swear to God, you have nothing in it, and if you had anything in it, he would not have given it to me.” And there
was The Messenger of God’s (PBUH) weapon in the box, and his books[26].
The teacher – referring to the chairman of the meeting – narrowed the field for me. (unintelligible Turkish words)[27]
- In another narration from Imam Musa ibn Jaafar (peace be upon him): “Then Abu Al-Hasan Musa (as) came up and Abu Abdullah (Imam Sadiq) (as) said to him [to one of his companions al-Mufaddal Ibn Umar]: Would you be pleased to look at the author of Ali’s book? He said: “ what would please me greater than that.” He pointed to Imam Kazim and said, “This is the owner of the Book of Ali, the hidden Book.”[28]
- A narration from Imam Al-Rida (peace be upon him), Imam Kazim (as) said to Ali ibn Yaqteen: “O Ali, this is the most knowledgeable among my sons, and I have given him my book.” He pointed with his hand to his son Ali [ibn Musa Al-Rida] (as).”[29]
The Imams of Ahl al-Bayt (as) referring to the Mushaf:
We have many narrations about this that I have brought in these papers and I wish I could express them here, but due to lack of time, we are content with bringing a few of the many.
In the books “Istibsar and Tahdhib and Kafi and Man la Yahduruhu al-Faqih” which are the proofs of our books, there are narrations in which the imams of Ahl al-Bayt (as) answered the questioners from the book of Ali (as), here are some of those narrations:
- A narration from Imam al-Sadiq (as) from his father, he said: “I read in the book of Ali (as) that the Messenger of God (PBUH) wrote [a contract] between the Muhajirun and the Ansar and those who joined them from the people of Madina …[30]”
- Imam Al-Sadiq (as) said: In the book of Ali (as): Fast when you see it [i.e. the crescent moon] and break your fast when you see it[31].
- Also in the book of Ali (as) he mentioned the types of fish that are forbidden to eat[32].
Those who have seen the book:
- A narration from Abu Basir, about Abu Jafar (Imam Baqir), he said: Abu Jafar (as), brought out to me a document containing the halal, the haram, and the obligations. I said, “What are these?” He said, “This is the dictation of the Messenger of God (PBUH), and Ali wrote it in his own hand[33].
- Mohammad ibn Moslem said: “Abu Ja’far (Imam Baqir) (as) read to me something from the book of Ali (as) …[34]”
- A narration from Abd al-Malik ibn Ayan, he said: Abu Jafar (Imam Baqir) (as) showed me some of Ali’s (as) writings…[35]”
Imams of the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s) and the documents attached to the Messenger of God (PBUH):
- A narration from Jabir, he said: I said to Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon him: If you narrate a hadith to me, attribute it to me. He said: My father narrated to me from my grandfather, from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peacel, from Gabriel, from God Almighty, and everything I tell you is with this chain of transmission[36].”
- Imam Al-Sadiq (as) said: “My hadith is the hadith of my father, and the hadith of my father is the hadith of my grandfather, and the hadith of my grandfather is the hadith of Husayn, and the hadith of Husayn is the hadith of Hasan, and the hadith of Hasan is the hadith of Amir al-Mu’minin (as). And the hadith of Amir al-Mu’minin is the hadith of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the hadith of the Messenger of God is the saying of God Almighty[37].”
It was for this reason that when Hafs ibn Al-Bakhtari asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): We hear the hadith from you, but I do not know whether he heard it from you or from your father. He (peace be upon him) said: Whatever you heard from me, narrate it from my father – and what you heard from me Narrate it from of the Messenger of God (PBUH)[38].”
Yes, the imams of Ahl al-Bayt (as) used to refer to the book in this way, and their companions also took the principles of hadith from them and wrote them, and the four books of Shia hadith were taken from those principles.
This table that I am going to show you[39] shows the evolution of hadith in the school of Ahl al-Bayt (as), take a look!
The jurists of the Ahl al-Bayt school and criticism of narrations:
In this way, the book of Imam Ali (a.s) was taken from the final dictation of the Prophet (pbuh) and was compiled from it with the narration of the imams of Ahl al-Bayt in the principles of hadith and from the principles of hadith, “Kafi and Istibsar and Tahdhib and Man la Yahduruhu al-Faqih”. And after that, the practical treatises of the jurists of this school, from which four books were taken.
Nevertheless, the jurists of the school of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s) do not consider any other book to be 100% correct except the Book of God, the Qur’an, and they examine the authenticity of every hadith and its text in any book, and based on the results of their examination, they cite; For example, they examined the hadiths of Kafi, which is their most famous hadith book, and expressed the result of their research as follows:
There are sixteen thousand one hundred and ninety-nine hadiths in Kafi, of which five thousand and seventy-two hadiths are authentic, one hundred and forty-four hadiths are Hadith Hasan (Hadith Hasan is a narration in which one of the narrators or all of them believe in Imams and are praised; But they are not reliable and there is no clarity about their justice.) , one thousand one hundred and eighty are authentic, and three hundred and twelve are strong. (In the term of our jurists, a strong hadith is a hadith narrated from the books of our brothers in the school of caliphs.) And nine thousand four hundred and fifty five hadiths of it are weak.
This is the result of checking the kafi documents the most famous book of hadith, which after checking they said: there are about nine thousand weak hadiths in it, so for us no book except God’s book is 100% correct, we check all the books of hadith in terms of evidence and text And based on what is determined in the books of Ilm Dirayah (Dirayah is a science in which the document and the text, how to narrate and the manners of hadith are discussed.) (Understanding Hadith), we divide their hadiths; And this is well known among our scholars.
Yes, the seminaries of the school of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) have not closed the door of scientific discussion in any era, but their constant effort throughout history has been to discuss the hadith from both sides, the document and the text:
1- Preserving the texts of hadiths that express the rules,
because the narrations that express the rules of Islam have been discussed and examined in this school for more than a thousand years, while the hadiths of interpretation, morality, prayer, and seerah (life style) aren’t discussed and researched nor in the school of Ahl al-Bayt (as) nor in the school of our brothers (caliphs), except the hadiths of rulings, other hadiths have not been researched. Therefore, our continuous effort in preserving the text of the hadiths of the rulings has been permanent and useful.
2- The outline of scientific debates about hadiths and their text and Mantooq and Madlool (Mantooq means the meaning of the word used directly and Madlool is the object understood with the help of another verbal object.) of each, our jurists have never closed the door of scientific debates as it was closed to our brothers in the school of caliphs. Our brothers trusted what the two great hadith sheikhs (Bukhari and Muslim) collected and abandoned the dirayah of hadith after that, just as they abandoned ijtihad after the four imams: (Abu Hanifah, Malik, Shafi’i, and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal), so the door of knowledge and the door of ijtihad is open to us and has not been closed in any of the eras; And this doesn’t mean that we don’t honor and respect the elders of our past, no, I consider Sheikh Tusi himself to be great and cherish him, but Sheikh Tusi mentioned the name (Al-Qa’qa ibn Amr) in the list of the Prophet’s (PBUH) Companions in his book Rijal and has written that he is from the Shiites of Ali (as), and I have come to the conclusion that he is fake, and God did not create a companion named (Qa’qa ibn Amr)!
And also, there is the name of another Sahabi as Rabib, the “the child of the wife” of the Messenger of God named: (Tahir ibn Abi Halah), which I checked and found them to be fake, and their names and others in the book “One Hundred and Fifty fake Sahabi” For more than fifty years, I have been studying the Sunnah of the Messenger of God and purifying it, and I have published books that we will present to any of the scholars if they want, so that they can criticize my content.
One of my works is “Fake Narrators” which has not been published yet; And also (where did the hadiths of Israel, Ghulat and Zanadiqah find their way?) that I have done research on.
Therefore, we do not close the door to the scientific discussion and do not follow the Akhbaris, but we discuss and examine their hadiths and then do what was said in the previous words.
In the end, it is appropriate to express my gratitude to the Waqf Board of Islamic Studies of the President and his assistants for this great scientific service that brought together the scholars of the Ummah to discuss and investigate the Sunnah of the Prophet, and then I wish that in this Islamic land, “Turkey” We clearly witness the true and pure Muhammadan Islam.
I say: true and pure Muhammadan Islam because the color and smell of Islam is present everywhere; in Egypt, in Algeria and … but the right thing is what you do; We have to go back to the past and first examine the Sunnah, and before that we don’t need to do anything else; Then we need to follow the Sunnah. For example, these days I see that congregational prayers are not held here, while it is appropriate for all of us to go to one of the mosques and perform congregational prayers.
Also, it is not appropriate for women to go around bareheaded in the gathering of Islamic scientists and scholars , if they want to take pictures, they should come covered, God willing, in the next period when we come, we will see that you have taken another step to follow the Sunnah: whoever follows the path, God willing, they will reach the goal.
The last thing I want to say is that: I have seen things here that are not appropriate for the hadith discussion circles, that is to say: every hadith that came down from the Messenger of God (PBUH), we take it as authentic and cannot be criticized !This is not right , the Messenger of God (PBUH) himself said as mentioned in the frequent hadith:
“Whoever lies about me, let him take his seat in Hell[40].”
OK! What should we do? We have to submit it to the Book of God, and why not do so and submit the hadith to the Book of God, while they have said: Everything that agrees with the Book of God is correct, and everything that contradicts it is a lie that they put on the Messenger of God![41]
How to solve all the the contradictory hadiths in the hadith books of both schools?! The first solution is to see if it is against what is written in God’s book or not, and if it is against it, we should knock it against the wall (not accept it) because the imams of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) told us:
If a hadith is narrated to you from our word and it is against God’s Book, beat it against the wall[42].
It is true that we should act like this. And this is the meaning of presenting hadiths based on God’s book.
In the fourth part of the article, these topics are discussed:
1- Lectures by Mr. Mateen Yorda Gora and Dr. Ozak for 20 minutes each
2- 5 minutes for Allamah Askari’s answer to 40 minutes of doubts
3- The answer that Allamah Askari had in mind to the doubts that he did not express in that meeting due to lack of time.
4- 5 minutes of Allamah Askari’s answer and his objection to the time management of the meeting
[1] The text of the speech on tape is in Arabic and this text is its translation.
[2] Kitab al-Kafi 1/58
[3] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/308
[4] Here, they first spoke in Turkish and laughed, and then the chairman of the meeting asked me to stop continuing the discussion so that they could translate my words into Turkish. There was no need for a Turkish translation; especially since the others, who spoke in Arabic, except me, did not do so, so I did not accept it.
[5] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/301
[6] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/301
[7] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/300-299
[8] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/299
[9] The same document.
[10] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/290; Ma’alem al-Madrasatain 2/390
[11] The same document.
[12] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/198; Ma’alem al-Madrasatain 2/391
[13] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/197 Ma’alem al-Madrasatain 2/391-392
[14] Ma’alem al-Madrasatain 2/391; Tabaqat Ibn Saad, 2/337, Beirut edition and 2/2/p 101 European edition. Ahmad ibn Hanbal also reported this narration in his book – Manuscript – The Virtues of Imam Ali (as).
[15] The same document.
[16] The same document.
[17] Ma’alem al-Madrasatain, 2/392; Sunan al-Nasa’I, 1/178, Chapter on clearing throat in prayer, Musnad Ahmad, 1/85.
[18] The same document.
[19] Ma’alem al-Madrasatain, 2/392; Sunan Ibn Majah, H. 3708, under the heading of seeking permission, Book of Adab.
[20] Basa’ir ad-Darajat, 167/1; Kamal al-Din wa Tamam al-Ni’ma, 1/206; Al-Amali by Al-Tusi, 441
[21] 1) Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/149 Ma’alem al-Madrasatain 2/398; 2) Al-Kafi (Islamic Edition), 1/239
[22] Al-Adim: Al-Held wa Al- falej: the great camel with two humps
[23] Al-Kafi 1/241; Ma’alem al-Madrasatain 2/400
[24] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/162
[25] Ilam Al-Wari, 258; Manaqib by Ibn Shahr Ashub, 172=4; Al-Kafi, 1/304
[26] Al-Kafi 1/305; Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/181-182; Bihar al-Anwar 46/229
[27] The tape is recorded in unintelligible Arabic and Turkish.
[28] Al-Ghayba by Al-Nu’mani, text, p. 327
[29] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/164
[30] al-Kafi 2/666; Wasa’il al-Shia 12/126
[31] Al-Istibsar 2/64
[32] al-Kafi 6/219
[33] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/144
[34] al-Kafi 6/219
[35] Basa’ir ad-Darajat 1/162
[36] Al-Amali by al-Mufid 42
[37] al-Kafi 1/53; Kitab al-Irshad by al-Mufid 2/186
[38] Wasa’il al-Shia 27/104, hadith 33331
[39] Here, the chart was held up and shown to the audience.
[40] Sahih Bukhari, Book of Knowledge about the sin of the one who lies about the Prophet (PBUH) 1/21, Book of Funerals about mourning over the dead 1/156, and Sahih Muslim, Kitabl-Zahd 4/2299
[41] al-Kafi 1/69
[42] The same document.
