Answers to Some Objections of the Shi‘a

Question

These days a calamity has been imposed [upon us]: the officer in charge of the local police station at present is a Shi‘i, Iqtidar Husayn Ja‘fari, who argues and debates a great deal about his creed. He pressed this humble servant hard, so that I had to reply. Two rounds of debate have already taken place. In the first round it was settled that references would be [accepted] only to the Holy Qur’an, Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, and, for history, Tarikh al-Khulafa; no other book would be given credence.

Answer

If your opponent has agreed to accept references to the Holy Qur’an, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and Tarikh al-Khulafa, then that is good: the matter is very easy. (1) In Tarikh al-Khulafa (p. 50, section “On his ﷺ not appointing a successor, and the secret of that”)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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