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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books All Solutions are with the Prophet’s Progeny I bear witness that Ali is the Friend of Allah There remain some other criticisms that do not deserve defaming or causing fear. These things, which are criticized unfairly by the Sunni are mentioned among the Shia in the past and present, as recommended and a cause of blessing, such as adding to the azan [^1] and iqamah [^2] the saying - “I bear witness that Ali is the saint of Allah”.

All the Shia have agreed that this is not a basic part of the azan or the iqamah and that it was available in the azan at the time of the Prophet (S). They have agreed that considering it a basic part of the azan or the iqamah invalidates both. This is the belief of the ulema and religious authorities of the Shia. As long as the truth is our goal, the sayings of Allah and His messenger are our sayings and their contentment is our aim and intention.

And as long as we face criticism from some of our (Sunni) brothers, so we have to approve of others what we approve from ourselves and find ugly in ourselves what we find ugly of others. We have criticized Umar ibn al-Khattab in our previous studies for adding “ prayer is better than sleep ” to the azan and omitting “ come on to the best of deeds ” from it, and said that it was impermissible because it was a heresy that was not available at the time of the Prophet (S).

We were not convinced by their saying that “ prayer is better than sleep ” was mentioned only in the azan of the Fajr (dawn) Prayer and their justifying that at dawn, man would be in the best moments of his sleep and rest; therefore, “ prayer is better than sleep ” would be used to encourage him to give up his rest and get ready for prayer. It was nice speech, justifying and defending the matter, but we denied it, because the clear texts would not submit to personal opinions and desires.

We said, “ Whatever the Messenger of Allah (S) (S) did not do is heresy .” On this basis, we say to the Shia the same statement and argue against them with the same argument. There should be no difference between these and those. Therefore, we confess that “ I bear witness that Ali is the saint of Allah ” is extra in the azan , because the Messenger of Allah (S) did not say or order it, nor did the infallible Imams (a.s.) do it. If they really did it, we would find some proofs for it.