Shia Observer

Exploring what was said, and what was left unsaid. A channel of documents, translations, and testimonies.

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Ishaq al-Fayadh: “Disbelieving in the attack on Fāṭimah does not affect your Shīʿism”

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Ishaq al-Fayadh says that Rasulullah does not have the authority to legislate in the religion

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Sistani was the LAST RESORT Marja' | al-Ghizzi | Part 2
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How Sistani REALLY became the Marja’ | al-Ghizzi | Part 1

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In this short clip, Murtadha al-Kashmiri — the global representative and son-in-law of ʿAlī al-Sīstānī — explains the concept of khums in a manner that raises profound ethical and theological questions.

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Kashmiri: "Paying Me Khums Isn’t Charity — I’m Doing You A Favour!"

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ʿAlī Abul Ḥasan comments on Qur’ānic verses, claiming that the Prophet himself was “astray” because he did not yet know the details of the Sharīʿa.

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Ali Abul Hasan: "Prophet Muhammad (sawa) was astray!"

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Kamal al-Ḥaydarī discusses the influence of al-Shāfiʿī’s jurisprudential methodology on Shiʿi fiqh, whereby examining foundational works such as al-Risālah; it becomes evident that many of the tools were in fact borrowed directly from al-Shāfiʿī.

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Kamal al-Haydari: “al-Tusi corrupted Shia Fiqh”

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al-Khoei, one of the most senior Usuli marājiʿ of the 20th century, explicitly permits various forms of sexual enjoyment with a girl under nine years old, even a suckling infant — including touching, kissing, and thighing — only prohibiting penetration.
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al-Khoei: “Sexual Enjoyment with An Infant is Permissible”

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Rasheed al-Ḥussaini attributes a statement to Imām ʿAlī (ʿalayhi al-salām): “I have a devil that haunts me.” — this statement has no basis in any source of Shīʿa tradition. In fact, it is well known from historical reports that this was said by Abū Bakr.

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Rasheed al-Husayni: "ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib had a Shayṭān that haunted him!"

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Ishaq al-Fayadh: “Disbelieving in the attack on Fāṭimah does not affect your Shīʿism”

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Husayn al-Shirazi: “Tatbir is not less sacred than the body of Imam al-Husayn”

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Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr: “Ali fought under the banner of Abu Bakr!”

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al-Sistani: “ISIS are not Nawasib”
al-Khoei: “Abu Bakr and Umar are not Nawasib”

As narrated by the grandson of Abulqasim al-Khoei, Jawad al-Khoei.

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Ishaq al-Fayadh says that Rasulullah does not have the authority to legislate in the religion

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al-Wa’eli says the blood of Imam al-Husayn (as) was impure!