Now if the Bohoras have to believe in a hidden Imam...

Now if the Bohoras have to believe in a hidden Imam, is it not more reasonable to believe in the hidden 12th Imam (A.S) of ours, whose birth, occultation and reappearance were foretold by the Prophet (S.A.W) -- as Shi'a and Sunni traditions prove rather than believing in a hidden 21st Imam whose continued existence no other Islamic sect confirms? Q. 12: Who was the Mother of the 12th Ikum (A. S) ? Dr.

Jassim Husain writes in his book "Occultation of the Twelfth Imam ", that the view that Imam Mahdi s mother was a Byzantine princess is incorrect. He concludes with proof that his mother was a Nubian slave girl. Do you agree with his deductions? A: Mr. Jassim Husain is a good Muslim. But in this matter he has not understood the hadith correctly.

📌Remember that merely being an Englishman does not make one competent to understand every book on Philosophy, Physics, Chemistry or Higher Mathematics, just because they are written in English The same is the case with Islamic Islamic subjects including hadith. Our 8th Imam (A.S) had no son until he was 46 years of age. Then Imam Muhammd Taqi (A.S) was born from a Nubian slavegirl.

Not surprisingly, his complexion was not fair; so much so that his enemies used to spitefully call him "Aswad" (Black). The other fact which Mr. Jassim Husain has overlooked is that, because of the political prominence and greatness of our 8th Imam (A.S), not only the 9th Imam (A.S) but even the 10th and 11th Imams (A.S) were called "Ibnur-Rida" (the son of ar-Rida). By the same token, all of them could be called "Ibnun Nubian", (son of the Nubian lady).

Keeping this background information in mind, read the relevant parts of the hadith quoted by Mr. Jassim Husain as his proof. It has been narrated by Kulayni (R.A) not in the chapter concerning Sahibul 'Asr (A.S), but in the one concerning "Indication and Declaration (of Imamate) about Abu Ja'far (A.S)" i.e. Imam Muhammad Taqi (A.S). It is a long hadith describing how the uncles and brothers of Imam Rida (A.S) showed their annoyance saying that "there never was a dark-complexioned Imam among us".

Then they, on their own, called some experts of physiognomy (al-Qiyafah = the art of judging someone's parentage by studying his features), although it was not recognised in Islam at all. But the Imam (A.S) did not prevent them, in order to complete his evidence and proof against them.

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