This Is My Faith

Symposium 1

Symposium 2

Following a Religious Scholar (Taqlid)

Symposium 3

Religious Experts (Moqallad)

CHAPTER ONE

(At-Tawhid)

Symposium 4

Existence of the Glorious Allah

Symposium 5

Existence of the Glorious Allah

Symposium 6

Qualities of the Glorious Allah

Symposium 7

Demonstration of Types of Monotheism

Symposium 8

Glorifying Ahl Al-Bait (PBUT) is not Polytheism

Symposium 9

Demonstration of Other Types of Monotheism

Symposium 10

Seeking for Assistance from Other than Allah

is not Polytheistic

Symposium 11

There is Neither Strength Nor Power

But Through Allah

Symposium 12

More on Qualities of the Glorious Allah

Symposium 13

More on Qualities of the Glorious Allah

Symposium 14

More on Qualities of the Glorious Allah

Symposium 15

More on Qualities of the Glorious Allah

CHAPTER TWO

Divine Justice

(Al-‘Adl al-ilahi)

Symposium 16

Introduction to Divine Justice

Symposium 17

Is It One of the Essence Qualities or Deed Qualities?

Symposium 18

Interpretation of Evils and Tribulations

Symposium 19

Are Misfortunes Punishment?

Symposium 20

Is Punishment Equal to Sin?

Symposium 21

Fate and Destiny

Symposium 22

More on Fate and Destiny

Symposium 23

More on Fate and Destiny

Symposium 24

Are Good Deeds and Bad Deeds From

Allah or Mankind?

Symposium 25

What is the Implication of ‘Guidance and Aberration

are in the Hands of Allah’?

Symposium 26

Is Happiness and Misery from Allah?

CHATPTER THREE

Symposium 27

Demonstrating the Meaning of Prophecy and the

Benefits of Prophethood (Bi’tha)

Symposium 28

More on the Benefits of Prophethood (Bi’tha)

Symposium 29

Is Prophethood Divine’s Grace?

Symposium 30

Demonstration of Miracles

Symposium 31

What is the Difference Between

Miracle and Magic?

Symposium 32

Approaches to Proving Prophecy

Symposium 33

Attributes of Prophets

Including Infallibility (‘Isma)

Symposium 34

Is Infallibility Against Free Choice?

Symposium 35

Infallibility of the Prophets (PBUT) in

Individual and Social Affairs

Symposium 36

More on Attributes of the Prophets (PBUT)

Symposium 37

Words on Special Prophecy

Symposium 38

Attributes of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH)

Symposium 39

Elements of Building Human Personality

Symposium 40

Words on Fluency and Eloquence

of the Noble Quran

Symposium 41

Words on the Noble Quran

Symposium 42

Words on Universality and Finality of the Message

Symposium 43

More on the Message

CHATPTER FOUR

Symposium 44

The Concept of Imamate

Symposium 45

Is Imamate One of the Pillars of Islam or

the Branches of the Pillars?

Symposium 46

Is Imamate Established through Allegiance (Bai’a) or the Scripture (Al-Nas)?

Symposium 47

What are the Attributes and the Responsibilities of Imam?

Symposium 48

What is the Imam’s Source of Knowledge?

Symposium 49

Does the Imam Know About the Divine Secrets?

Symposium 50

Why Don’t Ahl Al-Bait (PBUT) Teach

Their Knowledge to All of People?

Symposium 51

Is it Requisite to Obey and Love

the Imams (PBUT)?

Symposium 52

Why Is ‘Loving The Imams (PBUT)’ Requisite?

Symposium 53

More on Affection

Symposium 54

Is Imamate Established through

the Scripture or Election?

Symposium 55

The Evidence to Imamate of Ali Bin Abi Talib and His offspring (PBUT)

Symposium 56

Is it Requisite to Believe in the Existence of

Imam Al-Mahdi (AHHR)?

Symposium 57

The Details of the Two Conceals (Al-Ghaibah)

Symposium 58

Our Role During the Conceal

Symposium 59

Words on Claiming His Mediation

Symposium 60

On Falsely Claiming Seeing and Representing

CHATPTER FIVE

The Hereafter

Symposium 61

The Meaning of the Hereafter (Mi’ad)

Symposium 62

The Holy Verses and Hadith Indicative of the Purgatory (Al-Barzakh) and the Hereafter

Symposium 63

Resurrection of Animals

Symposium 64

Words on the Secrecy (Taqiyeh)

Symposium 65

Words on the Returning (Raj’a)

Symposium 66

Words on Visiting Graves

Symposium 67

What is Shi’ism?

This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ١٢٣ - Is Happiness and Misery from Allah?

heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord willeth: a gift unfailing)_{١١;١٠٥-١٠٨}.

Moreover, there is a Prophetic Hadith reported by Omar:

“Once one is born either happy or unhappy, what would we work for? For what is finalized or yet not finalized?” Prophet (PBUH) replied “For what is already finalized, Omar, as pens were dried and fates were practiced, but all is possible for what created for”.

Both the Holy Verse and the Hadith might give us this impression that happiness and unhappiness are forced on mankind, but the truth is that it is nothing but an invitation to obedience and rejecting disobedience. This is because the Almighty Allah wants happiness for whoever chooses obedience and unhappiness for whoever chooses disobedience, and this notification comes out of His Eternal Knowledge and Will. So, again there is no compulsion in this, and on the contrary, it is free choice that is being only confirmed as both happiness and unhappiness are the result of actions that come out of the doer willingly, and after all, what has been said refers to the next life and not this life.