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AKHBARIs
Believe |
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USOOLIs Believe |
1. |
Quran
and Ahadees as the only source of Divine law (ahkamat)
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1. |
Quran and Ahadees are
insufficient source of
law, and adds intellect (aql)
and consensus (ijma) to it. |
2. |
Ijtehad
in religion is forbidden
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2. |
Ijtehad in religion is necessary |
3. |
Practice
on opinion (rai) and guess work (qiyas) is forbidden (haram)
and innovation in religion (biddat). |
3. |
Practice only on opinion (rai) and guess work (qiyas)
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4. |
Taqleed
(Unconditional surrender) is obligatory (wajib)
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4. |
Taqleed is lawful only for followers, forbidden for mujtahid. |
5. |
Taqleed of only
14 infallibles as obligatory
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5. |
Only taqleed of a mujtahid is lawful.
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6. |
Supreme Authority (Ulil
Amr) are 14 infallibles only, using this word for others is
forbidden.
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6. |
Fallible (Ghaire Masoom) as Supreme Authority (Ulil
Amr).
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7. |
Using the term Imam
for any one other than 12 Imams is forbidden
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7. |
The fallible are also Imams.
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8. |
Deputy (Naib) of
an Imam is Imam only.
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8. |
Fallible are deputy of Imams.
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9. |
Only infallible can do istembaat
(Deducing religious solutions)
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9. |
Mujtahid have right to do Istembhat (Deducing
religious solutions) |
10. |
Alian Walliullah
is an integral part without which the kalema is
incomplete.
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10. |
Alian Walliullah is not an integral part.
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11. |
The prophet and 13
infallibles are equal and same in all and every aspect |
11. |
14 infallibles are not equal and the same. |
12. |
The right to interpret
the Quran is only with the 14 inflalibles who have
complete in-depth knowledge (Rasekhuna fil ilm)
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12. |
Mujtahid can interpret Quran through reasoning (tafseer
bil rai). |
13. |
Subtractions and
alterations were made in Holy Quran.
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13. |
No subtraction and alterations were made in Quran. |
14. |
Gaining
knowledge about divinity (Marefate Noorania) of Prophet Mohammed
(S.A)
and His Progeny (A.S). Is compulsory
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14. |
Gaining of spiritual knowledge is not an imposition in
religion (takleefe sharai) but takes it only as a verbal
meaning. |
15. |
Practice on knowledge of
principles of jurisprudence (Usul e Fiqh) is forbidden
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15. |
Practise on knowlegde of principles of jurisprudence only.
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16. |
The
self blood shedding (khooni matam) while
mourning of Imam Hussain (A.S) is according to islamic
law
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16. |
Self
blood shedding (khooni matam) in the mourning of Imam Hussain (A.S) is
forbidden (haram) and innovation in religion (biddat). |
17. |
Salvation is only
through deep love and affection for Imam Ali (A.S) and through
gaining knowledge of his divinity. (Practices (aamal) are
intensively demanded).
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17. |
Salvation is through apparent practices (Mutazela
believe the same).
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18. |
Accept
all the attributes of
God, but request generosity for sins.
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18. |
Accept
justice (adl) to the extent that they deny generosity (karam)
from God. (Mutazela believe the same). |
19. |
Apparent practices are
indications of faith. |
19. |
Apparent practices are integral part of faith. |
20. |
Ahadees
are either right or wrong |
20. |
Ahadees are categorized into sahih, zaeef,
mousaqh, hasan, ahaad etc. |