Dialogue has a number of courtesies which should be observed during discussions...

Dialogue has a number of courtesies which should be observed during discussions, many of which are laid out for us in the Holy Qur’"n in a number of verses, for example invitation [to Islam] with wisdom and fine preaching2; demonstrating clear proofs and evidences3; listening and then following the best of speech4, and so on.

It is on this basis that that the late supreme religious authority Imam Sayyid Mu9ammad al-.usayn: al-Sh:r"z:, he of encyclopaedic knowledge, universal thought and scope, and Islamic output, undertakes to introduce the school of the household of the Prophet Mu9ammad (ahl al-bayt), peace be upon them, so that the world may come to know their straight way and the benevolent message of Islam and the happiness it leads to in this world and the next.

Imam Sh:r"z: wrote in a simple and attractive style, and his writings have been translated into a number of languages, and they are distributed in the greatest of Islamic conferences namely the yearly .ajj pilgrimage. This book constitutes a collection of Imam Sh:r"z:’s short works regarding the school of the Prophet’s household which clarify many misconceptions about the school.…