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Question 25: Is to resort to the divine saints {awliya’} for mediation {tawassul} regarded as polytheism {shirk} and tantamount to innovation in religion {bid‘ah}? Question 26: Is celebrating the birthday of the saints {awliya’} of God a kind of polytheism and innovation {bid‘ah}? Question 27 : Why do the Shi‘ah perform the five daily prayers in three periods? Question 28: What are the sources of Shi‘i jurisprudence {fiqh}?

Question 29 : Did Abu Talib die a believer on account of which you visit {ziyarah} his shrine? Question 30 : Do the Shi‘ah think that Jibra’il (Archangel Gabriel) has committed treachery when he conveyed the message {risalah} to Muhammad instead of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib? Question 31: What is the criterion of taqiyyah {dissimulation}? Question 32 : Why is the Ja‘fari school of thought {madhhab} stipulated in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the official madhhab of the country?

Question 33 : Do the Shi‘ah regard witr prayer as obligatory? Question 34: Is the belief that great divine people {awliya’} have supernatural power tantamount to polytheism {shirk}? Question 35 : Why is the station of Imamate {imamah} higher than that of prophethood {nubuwwah}? Question 36 : What is the criterion for distinguishing monotheism or the Unity of God {tawhid} from polytheism {shirk}?…