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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Hussein the Saiviour of Islam Husain's Martyrdom Prophesied in the Old Testament "For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the North country by the river Euphrates." Jer. 46:10.

(The Old Testament) SHIA'ISM or Islam-Original People mostly ignorant of what actually Shia'ism is and what in fact the commitment of a Shia is to his faith what actually it is in practice, are Iabouring under a gross misunderstanding of faith and its adhcrents.

When askcd what actually means Shia'ism and the commit- ment ofa Shia to his faith, the Sixth Holy Imam Jafar ibne Muham- mad As-Sadiq gave the whole in a nutshell, after which there remains no room for any question about the faith or its adherents. "Man kaana Iillah mutee'an wahowa lana vail. 'He who is obedient to God is our friend (a Shia),' Man kaana lillah ahoo an wahown lana odoo." 'He who is hostile to God, i.e., disobedient to Him, he is our enemy (a nan-Shia).

"Wala yanals vilayatena illa bil wara'e wal amalis Saleh." 'And reacheth not our love save through piety and righteousness. What is Shia'ism? SHIA'ISM IS NO new religion, creed or faith. It is nothing but the Original Islam in its original purity. It is the, very same faith which was preached and practised by the Holy Prophet without anything added to or subtracted of it. Why then Call it Shia'ism and not Islam ?

IT IS AN undeniably acknowledged and a universally acknowledged fact that the last exhortation of the Holy to his faithful adherents the muslims was:- "I leave behind me amidst you the Two great things, the BOOK OF GOD (the Holy Qur'an)and my 'ITRAT my'AHLUL-BAIT' (the members of the holy family, Fatema, her husband Ali and her issuer) Should ye be attached to these TWO neoea, never shall ye be misled, after me, for verily these Two will never be separated from one another until Hey meet me at He SPRING (the Spring ef Kauther)." (TK., DM., SM., and others) Under the above apostolic instruction from the Holy Prophet every true muslim has to abide by the Word of God (the hloly Qur'an) guided only by the Ahlul-Bait and none else, and this is the one and only basis on which Shia'ism, i.e., the Islam Original is besed.