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03 May 2024 / 24. Shawal 1445

The Saudi Ulema and the Shi'a of Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Ulema and the Shi‘a of Saudi Arabia

By RAIHAN ISMAIL
Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia


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This is an un-edited translation of selected sections of the book entitled The sunshine of Wilayat
(والیت آفتاب) from the esteemed scholar, Ayatullah Misbah Yazdi, with the hope that any benefit the
honourable reader derives from it would please the heart of my master, الفداء له روحی.


A Translation of Imam Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn’s (ʿA) Discourse on Hajj with al-Shiblī

Translated and introduced by Mohammed Ali Ismail


There are several verses in the Holy Quran that establish the legality of seeking medium (waseelah) to gain divine proximity. These verses clearly reject the belief of the skeptics who reject all waseelah and term Tawassul as Shirk

Click here to read – The Argument of the skeptics against Tawassul

1) In Surah Maaedah (5): 35, Allah orders: