Documents of the Right Word

Of all the books and newspapers sent to us by our brothers in
Islam, two were the most consternating. Their contents were the
disgusting calumniations and lies fabricated by people called
Hurûfî, who are, in actual fact, the followers of a Jewish convert of
Yemen named Abdullah bin Saba’. We shuddered as we read
them. The thought that Muslims, especially our young and callow
children, might hear these profane slanders, their pure hearts
might be blemished and their true belief might be shocked,
compelled us to spend many a sleepless night. Therefore we
decided to disclose their harmful writings, confuting them one by
one by means of powerful and authentic documents which we
borrowed from most valuable books. The result was a book of
forty-four paragraphs. We strongly hope that upon reading this
book of ours, wise, reasonable and discreet youngsters will follow
the sacred advice emanating from their conscience and thus will
not believe these separatists. People who had fallen for the
subversive and destructive allegations of Abdullah bin Saba’ had
been gradually decreasing in number, when an Iranian heretic
named Fadlullah, adding some more blasphemous elements to his
sacrilege and giving it the name Hurûfî sect, began to spread it
again, and this new catastrophic trend was supported by Shâh
Ismâ’îl Safawî. Fortunately, Sunnite and Shiite Muslims would not
be taken in by them.
May Allâhu ta’âlâ keep us true to the belief taught by scholars
of Ahl as-Sunna ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ alaihim ajma’în’ and steady in
the lightsome way guided by these superior people! May He
protect us from falling for the lies and slanders of those nescient
people who exploit our sacred religion as a means for their worldy
advantages! May He bestow on us the fortune of loving one
another, working together in the way shown by our religion and
laws, and thus living in peace and comfort and in mutual
brotherhood in this blessed country of ours! Âmin.
O MY BROTHER! IF YOU WISH TO DIE IN
ÎMÂN YOU MUST LOVE THE AHL-I-BAYT
AND THE AS-HÂB
We have received possession of a magazine and a book. The
former was a magazine printed in the Autumn of 1967. Its pages
contained political and historical articles. These articles were not
surprising, inasmuch as there is freedom of thought. However,
some of its pages consisted of lies and slanders told by a Jewish
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