The Faith of IslamTrübner, 1880 - 269 pages |
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Page 10
... reason , that the fol- lowing verses favourable to the claims of ' Alí and of the Shía'h faction were omitted in Osmán's recension . " O Believers ! believe in the two lights . ( Muhammad and ' Alí ) . ' Alí is of the number of the ...
... reason , that the fol- lowing verses favourable to the claims of ' Alí and of the Shía'h faction were omitted in Osmán's recension . " O Believers ! believe in the two lights . ( Muhammad and ' Alí ) . ' Alí is of the number of the ...
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... reason for so doing he said " I know not , only I have seen the Prophet do so here . " Ahmad - Ibn - Hanbal , one of the four great Imáms , and the founder of the Hanbalí school of interpretation , is said to have been appointed on ...
... reason for so doing he said " I know not , only I have seen the Prophet do so here . " Ahmad - Ibn - Hanbal , one of the four great Imáms , and the founder of the Hanbalí school of interpretation , is said to have been appointed on ...
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... reason . They differ , too , as regards the value of certain Traditions , but to each of them an authentic Tradition is an incontestable authority . Their opinion on points of doctrine and practice forms the third 22 The Faith of Islám .
... reason . They differ , too , as regards the value of certain Traditions , but to each of them an authentic Tradition is an incontestable authority . Their opinion on points of doctrine and practice forms the third 22 The Faith of Islám .
Page 27
... reason or other the parents may not be able to perform , such as the pilgrimage to Mecca , & c . A Tradition said to come from the Companions runs thus : " One day , a woman came to the Prophet and said , ' my father died without making ...
... reason or other the parents may not be able to perform , such as the pilgrimage to Mecca , & c . A Tradition said to come from the Companions runs thus : " One day , a woman came to the Prophet and said , ' my father died without making ...
Page 36
... reasons for their judgment , or decide on cases which have not been settled by previous Mujtahidín ; but in either case their decisions must always be in absolute accordance with the opinions of the Mujtahidín of the first and second ...
... reasons for their judgment , or decide on cases which have not been settled by previous Mujtahidín ; but in either case their decisions must always be in absolute accordance with the opinions of the Mujtahidín of the first and second ...
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