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09.08.23

• Secret changes.

07.25.23

• Made updates to "60% of Kafi is Weak" by adding a section discussing statistics of mu'tabar hadith in Al Kafi.

• Added What is Tahrif? Do the Shīʿa believe in the distortion of the Quran? to Shia FAQs  

07.20.23

• Added the following documents to Shia: 

  • Imamah Part 1 -- 4:59 and Imamah in General

  • Imamah Part 2 -- Proofs that the Ahlul Bayt are the Rightful Imams

• Added the following documents to Shia FAQs:

  • What are the Differences Between Sunnis and Shias? 

  • What Proof is There That Hijab is Mandatory? 

• Added the following documents to Recommended Reading 

  • al-Mukhtar - Noir

  • Mukhtasar Muhimmat fi Usul al A'immah - Hurr al Amili

  • Baheth Fi Wathaqa Mashayikh Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr wa Safwan bin Yahya wa Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abi Nasr al Bazanti - Sayyed Muhammad Ridha Sistani

  • The Memory of Ali b. Abi Talib in Early Sunni Thought - Nebil Husayn

  • The Principle of Istishab and Its Types - Seth Carney

  • Epistemology In Sharif Murtadha's Dhakhira

  • Has Khums Been Forgiven During the Absence of Imam Zaman? - Nasser Makarem Shirazi

  • On Saying 'Ramadhan' Without the 'Month' Prefix

  • Salat al Layl: Narrations Regarding it and its Excellence - HakiNinth

  • Was Ibn Taymiah From the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah? - Abu Bakr Ghazipuri al-Ansari

  • Compendium of Reliable Du'as

  • Lessons on Epistemology and Badihiyyat - HakiNinth (Part 1)(Part 2) (Part 3)

  • Prophets - Excerpts from Masharat Bihaar al Anwar - Hamza al Amili

  • The Use of Sirah al-Mutasharri’ah (Custom of Religious People) as Evidence for the Impermissibility of Shaving the Beard - Sayyed Muhammad Ridha Sistani 

  • Introduction to Procedural Principles (Usul Amaliyyah) - Seth Carney

  • Introduction to General Legal Principles - Seth Carney

  • Technical Terminology (Mustalahat) For Rijal Criticism

  • Imamah in the Qur'an (Ayat al-Wilayah) - HakiNinth

  • Did the Sahaba Become Kafir? - Ammaar Muslim

  • Chronicles of the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain - Ayatollah Rayshahri

  • Ashura: Misrepresentations and Distortions - Murtadha Mutahhari (Part 1) (Part 2)

  • The Maqtal of Imam Hussein (as) Narrated by Imam Al-Sajjad (as) - From the chain of Sheikh al Sadooq in his book Al-Amali - Abdul Zahraa

  • Mass Apostacy of Companions?

  • Origins of Sunnism - Ahab Bdawai

  • Safeguarding Azadari against Wrong Practices

  • *The Gnostic Heresy's Political Successors - Edward Feser

  • *Discover Shia Islam

  • Response to the Claim That All the Sahaba Besides Three Apostated

02.14.23

• Added "60% of Kafi is Weak" to Shia FAQs 

• Added the following documents to Recommended Reading 

  • Sayyed Sistani on Reason and Sharia

  • Sayyed Sistani on The Verse of Ikmal al Din

  • Answer to the Problem of Evil - HakiNinth

  • Sayyid Abu Al Hassan - What is the meaning of the Quranic Ayah:  “There is no compulsion in religion” (2:256) - Firespin

  • Quranic Verses Compilation List - Anonymous

01.18.23

• Changed "Philosophy" to "Miscellaneous Articles"

• Added "Not Every Question is a Good Question" to Miscellaneous Articles 

• Added the following documents to Recommended Reading 

  • Was the Quran Revealed All at Once? - HakiNinth

  • Imam Khomeini’s Fearless Attack on Muhaddith Nuri’s Scholarship

  • Sayyed Sistani on Evaluating the Impact of Taqiyya (Dissimulation) On Shi’i Narrations

  • Divisions of a Day: Reconstructed Narration 

  • A Glossary of Shiite Methodology of Jurisprudence - Alireza Hodaee

01.5.23

• Added Ritual and Spiritual Purity - Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi to Recommended Reading 

• Fixed a small goof in Site Updates

• Added "The assumption that everything is tahir until it is proven otherwise" to Shia FAQs 

• Made edits to "Gelatine and Investigating Ingredients"

01.4.23

• Added "Hadiths of the A’imma Reading the Minds of Their Companions Miraculously" to Hadiths 

• Added the following documents to Recommended Reading

  • Khums Guide

  • Clarification on Exempting a Debtor from Khums

  • Do You Pray Like Imam Sadiq? 

  • Greater Sins - Sayyid Abdul Husayn Dastghaib Shirazi (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)

  • Khums: Islamic Tax - Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi

• Added a "Fiqh Copy Pastes" section to Shia FAQs and added Gelatine and Investigating Ingredients to Shia FAQs

01.3.23

• Added the following documents to Recommended Reading:

  • Sahih Hadith Nabawi - Hamza al Amili

  • Sayyed Sistani on the Prophet's Legislative Authority (Part 2)

  • Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence - Allamah Hilli

  • Inevitable Doubt: Two Theories of Islamic Jurisprudence - Robert M Gleave

  • Kamalludin Wal Tamaman al Ni'ma (Part 1) (Part 2)

12.30.22

• Added the document Usul al-A’immah - HakiNinth, to Shia and Recommended Reading and gave it a highly recommended designation

12.28.22

• Added the document: "Proving the Oppression that occurred to Sayyida Fatima al Zahraa’ (as)" to Shia 

12.22.22

• Added Telegram channel, t.me/zurarah_updates, where subscribers can receive notifications on the latest site updates

• "Applications on How to do Tahqiq of a Chain" was originally in five parts, and was consolidated into one post "Usul al Rijal - Sayyed Shubayri Zanjani, Translated by HakiNinth" in Recommended Reading

• Updated the description in Recommended Reading

• Removed Guest Posts from site view (though it is still accessible via link), and moved the Guest Post Application to the bottom of Recommended Reading 

12.21.22

• Added TAQWA to My Friends

• Added "Important Blogs and YouTube Channels" to Recommended Reading, and added the following:

  • Shiiticstudies

  • IqraOnline

  • PurifiedTruth

• Copied all of articles from Guest Posts to Recommended Reading

• Indicated "highly recommended" articles in Recommended Reading by highlighting them in boldface

• Added the following to Recommended Reading:

  • Why the First Cause Must be God - Robert Koons

  • I'tiqadat - Sheikh Saduq

  • Tashihul I'tiqadat - Sheikh Mufid

  • Islamic Rulings of Food and Drink (IMAM-US)

12.17.22

• Guest Posts will soon be merged into Recommended Reading, and readings will be given their own description

• Added the following articles in Recommended Reading:

  • Kitab al Irshad al Saghir

  • Proof that Imam Ali (AS) Was the Foremost in Knowledge After the Prophet (SAW)

• Added the following documents in Guest Posts:

  • Guide to Types of Hadith - Hamza al Amili [Explanation of Hadith jargon]

  • Sahih Hadith al Qudsi - Hamza al Amili

  • Prophets in the Quran - Hamza al Amili

  • Guidance: Qur'an's Methodology - HakiNinth

  • Eid of 9th Rabi al Awwal - HakiNinth

10.26.22 

• Site Updates created; 

• Added the following documents in Recommended Reading: 

• The Application of the Rijali Methodology - Sayyed Ali Abul Hasan;

• Al Sahih Wal Mu'tabar (Authentic and Accepted Hadiths About Imam Mahdi);

• Ramadan or Month of Ramadan? - Hasan al Qadri; 

• Al Sahih Wal Mu'tabar - 40 [Authentic] Hadith on Imam Mahdi; 

• Imam Sadiq and the Ghulat - Selim Salhab;

• Predictions in Hadith - Contemporary Doubts About Imam Mahdi - Al Baheth;

• Imami Aqida in One Answer by Shaykh Saduq;

• Doctrines of Shi'i Islam - Ja'far Subhani;

• Trends of History in the Qur'an - Shaheed al Sadr