Shia Islamic Belief System - Mizãn Institute

Article 132: Mourning for the Saints of God Article 133: Preserving Islamic Heritage

Article 130: Adalah of the Sahabah Article 131: Love of Ahlul-Bayt

Article 129: Raj'ah Article 130: Adalah of the Sahabah

Article 128: Badaa'

Articles 126-127: Tawassul

Articles 124-125: Taqiyyah

Article 123: Bid'ah (cont'd)

Article 120: What is Faith? Article 121: Is Faith in the Heart Enough? Article 122: Why No Muslim Should Consider Other Muslims as Disbelievers? Article 123: Bid'ah

Article 116: Repentance Article 117: Reward/Punishment in Hereafter Article 118: Eternity in the Hellfire Article 119: Heaven/Hell Exist Today

Article 114: Intercession Article 115: Is it Ok to Invoke the Prophet to be Our Intercessor?

Article 111: The Signs of the Hour Article 112: The Blowing in the Trumpet Article 113: Some of the Phenomena of the Day of Judgment

Article 108: Questioning of the Grave Article 109: Reincarnation: Philosophical and Textual Refutations Article 110: "Maskh" and "Raj'ah" are not Examples of Reincarnation

Article 103: All Abrahamic Faiths Agree on Life After Death Article 104: Proofs for Life After Death Article 105: Answers to Those Who Deny the Hereafter Artive 106: Material and Spiritual Resurrection Article 107: Verses Speaking of Barzakh

Article 92 (P2): Proof for Infallibility of Imams Article 93: The 12 Imams/Khalifahs in Hadiths Article 94: Love of AhlulBayt Unanimously Accepted Article 95: The Final Savior: A Unanimously Accepted Doctrine Article 96: The Different Hadiths on the Final Savior Article 97: Two Types of Chosen Ones of God: Known and Unknown Article 98: Accessibility of the 12th Imam's Representatives Article 99: Reasons for Occultation of 12th Imam Article 100: Inaccessibility of the 12th Imam is the Fault of the People Article 101: The Long Life of the 12th Imam Article 102: No One Knows When the Reappearance Will Take Place

Article 90: The Grand Companions of the Prophet Understood the Need for Appointment of Successors Article 91: Responsibilities of an Imam Article 92 (P1): Infallibility Does Not Necessitate Prophethood

Article 87: The Story of Ghadir Khumm Article 88: Ghadir: Chain of Narrators and What Mawla Means Article 89: Historical Evidence that Successorship is Divine

Article 86: Some Hadiths Used to Prove Successorship of Ahlul-Bayt

Beginning of chapter on Imamate Article 83: How far back does Shiism go? Article 84: Common sense: Internal threats dictate the prophet appoints someone after him Article 85: Common sense: External threats dictate the prophet appoints someone after him

Article 82 continued: Alteration of the Quran

Article 81: The Unalteredness of the Quran Article 82: Hadiths Implying Quranic Alteration

Article 78: Seal of Prophethood Article 79: The Perpetuity of Islamic Legal System Article 80: Islam, an Easygoing and Straightforward Religion

Article 75: Confirmation of a Previous Prophet Article 76: Other Miracles of the Holy Prophet Article 77: Islam: A Universal Message

Article 73: More Aspects to the Miraculousness of the Quran Article 74: Evidence Other Than Quran Proving Prophethood of Holy Prophet

Article 70: The Quran: The Eternal Miracle of Islam Article 71: The Literary Miraculousness of the Quran Article 72: The Other Aspects of the Miraculousness of the Quran

Article 66: Verses Implying Fallibility of Prophets Article 67: The Source of Infallibility Article 68: Infallibility vs. Free Will Article 69: Not All Sinless Individuals are Prophets

Article 62: Infallibility and its Different Aspects Article 63: Infallibility in Obedience of God Article 64: Infallibility in Making Mistakes Article 65: Infallibility in Being 'Repulsive'

Article 57: The Logical Link Between Miracles and the Truthfulness of the Claim of a Prophet Article 58: The Difference Between Miracles and Other Extraordinary Acts Article 59: Conditions for an Act to Qualify as a Miracle Article 60: Revelation is a Metaphysical Phenomenon Article 61: How Materialists Falsely Explain Revelation

Article 54: Reasons for Necessity of Prophets Article 55: The Quran and Objectives of Prophets Article 56: Different Ways a Prophet is Identified

Article 51: Mankind Possesses Free Will Article 52: Imam Sadiq (as): "No compulsion and no total delegation, but rather something in between" Article 53: God's Knowledge vs. Our Free Will

Article 48: Qadhaa' and Qadar in the Quran Article 49: Definition of Qadhaa' and Qadar Article 50: Qadhaa' and Qadar are not in Conflict with Free Will

Article 44: Quranic and Intellectual Support for God's Justice Article 45: Two Arguments for the Objectivity of Good and Evil Article 46: Different Manifestations of God's Justice Artcile 47: General Law: God's Justice Dictates He Show us the Path

Article 43: "Informed" Divine Qualities

Article 42: The Negated Qualities of God: God's "Visibility"

Article 38: Speech of God Article 39: The Createdness of the Quran Article 40: Gods' Truthfulness Article 41: Divine Wisdom

Article 37: The Qualities of Essence of God: Knowledge, Power, Life, Will

Article 34: The Qualities of Beauty and Majesty of God Article 35: How to Gain Knowledge of God's Qualities Article 36: The Qualities of Essence and Qualities of Action

Article 32: Tawhid in God's Legislative Authority Article 33: Tawhid in Worship

Article 29: Tawhid in God's Qualities Article 30: Tawhid in 'Creatorship' Article 31: Tawhid in Lordship and Governance of the Universe

Article 25: Islam's Laws are to Preserve the Human Being's Dignity and Secure Social Welfare Article 26: No Compulsion in Religion Article 27: Belief in God: A Universal Proposition in Divine Faiths Article 28: Tawhid in God's Essence

Article 19: Objective Ethical Values Never Change Article 20: The Relationship between Man's Individual Actions and the Natural World Article 21: Gods Decisions Regarding Nations are Based on their Own Decisions Article 22: There is a Bright Future Awaiting Mankind Article 23: Allah has Honored Mankind Article 24: The Intellect has been Endowed on Mankind so he may Reflect and Reach Allah

Covered in this session: Article 15: The human being has free will Article 16: The human being has the capacity to be refined Article 17: The human being and accountability Article 18: All people are equal and only taqwa can make some higher than others

Episode 3

Covered in this session: Article 9: Existence is not confined to just the physical/material universe Article 10: The universe enjoys 'takwini' guidance Article 11: The universe is the best it can be Article 12: The universe has a purpose Article 13: The human being is composed of soul and body Article 14: The human being is born sinless and with 'fitrah'

Episode 2

Episode 1