On Mentioning Ahl al-Bayt and the Companions and Matters Related to Them

Question: It is mentioned in reports and historical accounts that the barrier of Gog and Magog exists on earth, and that they are confined behind it and will not be released except near the establishment of the Hour. With the...

Question: Who are Gog and Magog whose mention has come in the Noble Qur’an? And where is the barrier that Dhū al-Qarnayn built located?

Question: Did al-Qadi Ja‘far ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Salam hold the view that the Imam after the Messenger of Allah (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace) is Ali ibn Abi Talib without any interval, and...

Question: Who are the mujtahid scholars of the Household in this era, the year 1430 AH?

Question: What is the basis in what is narrated from many of the Companions, of hoping for Allah’s pardon and desiring His forgiveness while they persisted upon sins—such as one who used to show enmity to Ali (Peace be Upon...

Question: If a state is established for the truth, and in the lands there are Salafis, Ash‘aris, Imamiyyah, and Mu‘tazilah, then what will be the stance toward them?

Question: It is known that the consensus of the Household (Peace be Upon Them) is a decisive proof; so did the consensus of the early Progeny occur regarding the ruling of Abu Bakr on Fadak, that it is a ruling...

Question: Ali (Peace be Upon Him) said: Allah, the Exalted, must have a proof—either manifest and well-known, or fearful and obscure—this is the meaning of his saying; so how is the proof of Allah, the Exalted, completed over His servants...

Question: Will Imam al-Mahdi (Peace be Upon Him) be upon one of the madhhabs of the Shi‘a, or upon the madhhab of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jama‘ah?

Question: It has come in the reports the promise of the establishment of a state and authority for Imam al-Mahdi (Peace be Upon Him) at the end of time; so how will his dealing be with the people of the...