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Ibn Saba and the birth of Shia Islam - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Ibn Saba and the birth of Shia Islam 2021-06-24 976 Views In accordance with authentic traditions, Shia Muslims believe that Shia Islam was born from the beginning of Islam and it is the pristine Islam preached by the (PBUHH). In fact, he was referred to as the father of Shia Islam. They believe also in the point that the term “Shia” was used by the Prophet to refer to the partisan of Hazrat Ali (1).

Contents The Doctrine of Imam Ali’s Executorship Hadith Al-Ghadir But, some of the mercenary writers accused Shia Islam to be absent in the Prophet’s era and was created many years later by a Jew who converted to Islam called Abdullah Ibn Saba. These mercenary writers whose goal is to split the Muslims allege that a Yemenite Jew from Sana’, Abdullah Ibn Saba, adopted Islam during the reign of the third Caliph ‘Uthman.

They allege that Ibn Saba, through some doctrines that he spread among Muslims, was a big factor in causing the revolt against ‘Uthman. The following is the doctrine attributed by These mercenary writers to Ibn Saba: Ibn Saba is the one who propagated the idea that Ali Ibn Abi Talib is the executor and successor of the Messenger of God. He said that there were a thousand Prophets before Muhammad, that each Prophet had an executor after him, and that Ali is the executor of the Prophet.

But, The fact is completely different, because there are many authentic documents accepted by Shia and Sunni great Scholars that prove that he was the Prophet who appointed Imam Ali as his executor and the first Caliph after himself. The Followings are some of these important documents that prove Imam Ali’s Executorship by the Prophet (PBUHH). The Doctrine of Imam Ali’s Executorship The dividers of Muslims alleged that Ibn Saba was the one who invented the doctrine of Ali’s executorship.

Yet, history testifies that the Messenger of Allah himself is the one who declared that Ali would be his executor. Imam Ali reported the following: When the Qur’anic verse: “Warn the nearest of your kinsfolk”(2). was revealed, the Messenger of Allah called me and said: “Ali, certainly Allah commanded me to warn my closest relatives, and I feel the difficulty of this mission.

I know that when I confront them with this warning, I will not like their response.” The Prophet invited the members of his clan to dine with him on a small amount of food and little milk. There were forty of them.