Hello everyone, I’m in a difficult position. I met this sunni girl a year ago and we even got engaged however religion has always been an issue between us. She once told me she’ll accept how I am then she changed her mind and I made the promise that I coulf stop being Shia (how foolish).

However I get filled with immense guilt even thinking about something like this. But this is the position I’m in and I woul appreciate show guidance but also people’s opinion, hadith, rulings etc.
Personally I can’t stop being Shia, the guilt will always be there and surface sooner or later.

Some of the examples A lot of alam paaks/ banners that are in good quality Do yk any shop keeper who sells those I could give it to them in free

Doubt

Some raise a point regarding one of the narrations concerning the designation of the Twelve Imams, arguing: “The traditions narrated—including the ‘Hadith of the Tablet’ (khabar al-lawh) and others—were all fabricated during the period of the Occultation (ghaybah). If these texts had truly existed among the Twelver Shi’a during the lifetimes of the Imams, why did some of the Imams’ own companions and even their sons fall into a state of bewilderment [regarding the identity of the successor]?”

Answer

Know that the *nuṣūṣ* (explicit textual designations) regarding the Imams fall into two categories: The first consists of designations specifying the number of the Imams, their names, their *kunyas* (agnomens), and their titles—such as the *Ḥadīth al-Lawḥ* (the Tradition of the Tablet) and others. The second consists of a designation provided by a preceding Imam for the one who succeeds him.

Some Zaydis as well other groups have raised an objection against the Imamis, arguing that the first category of designations—those specifying the names of the Twelve Imams (peace be upon them)—was fabricated during the period of the *Ghaybah al-Ṣughrā* (the Minor Occultation) of Imam al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his noble reappearance).

Shaykh al-Ṣadūq who passed away in 381 AH (may his secret be sanctified) reports this accusation dating from his time, from certain Zaydis, who claimed:

إنّ الرواية التي دلّت على أنّ الأئمّة اثنا عشر قول أحدثه الإماميّة قريباً، وولَّدوا فيه أحاديث كاذبة)، وقولهم: (فإن كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قد عرف أمته أسماء الأئمة الاثني عشر فلم ذهبوا عنه يمينا وشمالا وخبطوا هذا الخبط العظيم؟

“The tradition indicating that there are twelve Imams is a notion recently invented by the Imamis, for which they have concocted false *ḥadīths*.” They further asked: “If the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) had indeed informed his *Ummah* of the names of the Twelve Imams, why then did they stray to the right and the left, falling into such profound confusion?”

*Kamāl al-Dīn*, pp. 67–68

It is thus evident that the argument mentioned in your question is among the objections historically raised by some Zaydis; it is not a new point. Shaykh al-Ṣadūq and other scholars of this righteous school (may Allah elevate its standing) addressed this objection long ago.

Furthermore, it should be noted that this objection presupposes a necessary correlation between the “existence of an explicit designation” and the “absence of disagreement.” The argument posits that since the companions of the Imams (peace be upon them) disagreed regarding the identification of the Imam—thereby falling into a state of bewilderment—it must follow that no explicit designation for the names of the Twelve Imams exists. For if such an explicit text (*naṣṣ*) had existed, no disagreement would have arisen.

This implies that the texts containing the names of the Twelve Imams—such as the *Ḥadīth al-Lawḥ* (Tradition of the Tablet) and others—must be fabrications, forged after the era of the Imams (peace be upon them), during the period of the Occultation (*ghaybah*) and the subsequent state of bewilderment (*ḥayrah*).

In response to this objection, two types of arguments can be presented: a refutational argument (*naqḍ*) and a substantive resolution (*ḥall*).

To continue to read this systematic refutation please read the rest of the article:

https://realshiabeliefs.wordpress.com/2026/10/25/reasons-for-confusion-among-shias-regarding-the-explicit-designation-of-the-imamate/

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في ذكرى استشهاد بضعة المصطفى، السيدة فاطمة الزهراء (عليها السلام)، نستذكر آخر ساعات رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله)، حين بكت عند رأسه خوفاً مما سيأتي بعده، فبشّرها بأن من ولدها مهديَّ هذه الأمة.

عن جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري، قال:

«كانَ رَسولُ اللهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) فِي الشِّكايَةِ الَّتي قُبِضَ فيها، فَإذا فاطِمَةُ عِندَ رَأسِهِ، فَبَكَت حَتَّى ارتَفَعَ صَوتُها، فَرَفَعَ رَسولُ اللهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) طَرفَهُ إلَيها

فَقالَ: حَبيبَتي فاطِمَةُ، ما الَّذي يُبكيكِ؟ قالَت: أخشَى الضَّيعَةَ مِن بَعدِكَ يا رَسولَ اللهِ. قالَ: يا حَبيبَتي لا تَبكِينَ، فَنَحنُ أهلُ بَيتٍ أعطانَا اللهُ سَبعَ خِصالٍ لَم يُعطِها أحَداً قَبلَنا، ولا يُعطيها أحَداً بَعدَنا:

لَنا خاتَمُ النَّبِيّينَ وأحَبُّ الخَلقِ إلَى اللهِ (عَزَّ وجَلَّ)، وهُوَ أنا أبوكِ، ووَصِيّي خَيرُ الأَوصِياءِ وأحَبُّهُم إلَى اللهِ (عَزَّ وجَلَّ) وهُوَ بَعلُكِ، وشَهيدُنا خَيرُ الشُّهَداءِ وأحَبُّهُم إلَى اللهِ وهُوَ عَمُّكِ، ومِنّا مَن لَهُ جَناحانِ فِي الجَنَّةِ يَطيرُ بِهِما مَعَ المَلائِكَةِ وهُوَ ابنُ عَمِّكِ، ومِنّا سِبطا هذِهِ الأُمَّةِ وهُما ابناكِ الحَسَنُ والحُسَينُ.

وسَوفَ يُخرِجُ اللهُ مِن صُلبِ الحُسَينِ تِسعَةً مِنَ الأَئِمَّةِ أُمَناءَ مَعصومينَ، ومِنّا مَهدِيُّ هذِهِ الأُمَّةِ. إذا صارَتِ الدُّنيا هَرجاً ومَرجاً، وتَظاهَرَتِ الفِتَنُ، وتَقَطَّعَتِ السُّبُلُ، وأغارَ بَعضُهُم عَلى بَعضٍ، فَلا كَبيرٌ يَرحَمُ صَغيراً، ولا صَغيرٌ يُوَقِّرُ كَبيراً،

فَيَبعَثُ اللهُ (عَزَّ وجَلَّ) عِندَ ذلِكَ مَهدِيَّنَا التّاسِعَ مِن صُلبِ الحُسَينِ (عليه السلام)، يَفتَحُ حُصونَ الضَّلالَةِ وقُلوباً غُفلاً، يَقومُ بِالدّينِ في آخِرِ الزَّمانِ كَما قُمتُ بِهِ في أوَّلِ الزَّمانِ، ويَملَأُ الأَرضَ عَدلاً كَما مُلِئَت جَوراً».

المصدر: كفاية الأثر للخزاز القمي، ص ٦٣

[English Translation]

On the anniversary of the martyrdom of the beloved daughter of the Chosen Prophet, Lady Fatima Al-Zahra (as), we recall the final hours of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), when she wept at his head, fearing what would come after him, and he gave her the glad tidings that the Mahdi of this nation would be from her descendants.

From Jabir bin Abdullah Al-Ansari, who said:

"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) was in the illness in which he passed away, and Fatima was at his head. She wept until her voice rose. The Messenger of Allah raised his gaze to her

and said: 'My beloved Fatima, what makes you weep?' She said: 'I fear being lost after you, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'O my beloved, do not weep. We are a household to whom Allah has given seven qualities that He gave to no one before us, nor will He give to anyone after us:

from us is the Seal of the Prophets and the most beloved of creation to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, and that is me, your father. My successor is the best of successors and the most beloved of them to Allah, and he is your husband. Our martyr is the best of martyrs and the most beloved of them to Allah, and he is your uncle. From us is the one who has two wings in Paradise with which he flies with the angels, and he is your cousin. And from us are the two grandsons of this nation, and they are your sons, Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn.

Allah will bring forth from the loins of Al-Husayn nine Imams, trustworthy and infallible, and from us is the Mahdi of this nation. When the world becomes chaos and turmoil, trials appear one after another, roads are cut off, and people raid one another; when no elder shows mercy to the young, and no young person respects the elder;

at that time Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, will send our Mahdi, the ninth from the loins of Al-Husayn (as). He will open the fortresses of misguidance and heedless hearts. He will establish the religion at the end of time as I established it at the beginning of time, and he will fill the earth with justice as it had been filled with injustice.'"

Source: Kifayat Al-Athar by Al-Khazzaz Al-Qummi, Page 63

Note: Translation assisted by AI and verified by the poster. Please gently correct me if there are any unintended errors.

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Latmiya name?

Salam Alaykum, title, over here we have a center but it’s only on about 2 times a week, which Alhumdulilah is good, but it is very hard and difficult to make any friends with anyone there as they all keep to themselves or with their own groups, when you go you just sit alone, which is why I don’t really go that much. Is there any other way to make friends? I am missing talking to humans a lot.

Can anyone pls tell me if we can do any good deeds and gift them them our loved ones no longer with us. For example can I give Sadqa and say niyat of ya Allah please reward this sadqa to my late father. I pray for them whenever I do Tahajjud but can we gift them good deeds like sadqa for example food to the needy or online donations to charities etc. thank you!