Ramadan !! Why Ali (ra) tranfered his Caliphate from Madina to Kufa ? Then why buried in Najaf.............?
because of the problmes He (as) was facing......... because of most of people like Ayesha, talha, zubair, muawia and etc being against Him (as) and fighting Him (as)......... as for why burried in Najaf........ just like Lady Fatima (sa), the grave of Imam Ali (as) was unknown for a very long time (but the grave of Lady Fatima [sa] is still unknown), and this was because there was a great chance the enemies of Imam Ali (as) would find His grave, and disrespect Imam Ali (as) in many ways, this is why they even transfered the Holy Body of Imam Ali (as) to najaf........
What do caliphate and caliph mean?
OK, then, we're in business. "Caliphate" is actually Turkish for "secularism." And the "Caliph" is thus the head secularist in the Ottoman (Turkish) empire, which lasted from about 75 BC to 313 AD.
Ramadan:How many Caliphs were Rashid (rightly guided)?
No I don't agree brother. You are confusing the hadith about the best generations with the rightly guided caliphs. The rightly guided caliphs is based on a hadith of the Prophet Mohammad(peace be upon him) in which he said it will last for 30 years. Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “The Prophetic Caliphate will be for 30 years. Then Allah will give dominion to whomever he pleases.” (Sunan Abee Dawood no. 4646 and authenticated by Shaikh Al-Albaani) The 30 years ended with the caliphate of Hassan ibn Ali(may Allah be pleased with him) but he only ruled for 6 months. The four rightly guided caliphs are known as Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali(may Allah be pleased with them). Edit: Subhanallah brother, who told you Abdullah ibn Ubayy was a sahabi? There is not a Muslim scholar that considers him to be sahabi, in fact he was not even a Muslim. You cannot compare a disbeliever to a great sahabi like Muawiya(may Allah be pleased with him). Muawiya was a scholar of Islam and he did alot of great things for Islam and he should be respected for that. "didn't they fail to rise when caliphate of Ali RA abruptly came to an end and also when Imam Husain RA". No they didn't. They were a treaty after the dead of Ali(may Allah be pleased with him) between Hassan ibn Ali and Muawiya(may Allah be pleased with them) for a long time. Also after the death of Hussain(may Allah be pleased with him) people like Abdullah ibn Zubair(may Allah be pleased with him) went against Yazid.
If the Caliphate was restored which living Muslim would be best qualified to lead it and why?
Sounds as if caliphate is an old shirt that some world power is going to repair and restore; and we just have to find the right person to wear it. Or it is an antique car that is being restored and we just need a driver. Or the database had become corrupted so we are restoring the back up copy, and now we need someone to use that database.Not at all.Caliphate is a democratic system of governance whereby Allaah’s supreme authority is recognized and submitted to and whereby the governmental decision making is carried out democratically in obedience to Allaah through the consensus or, if consensus is not possible, by the majority of the members of the parliament who are elected on the basis of their Taqwa, knowledge, vision, selflessness, and leadership capabilities as independents, not on a party basis, and who give honest opinions on the matters under consideration, based on the evidence and the facts known and presented, without having to tow a party line.Obviously, this is currently non-existent. So it cannot be restored, nor can it be installed top down. Like any other social system or movement, it has to be built from the bottom up. When an overwhelming majority of the population of a country is sincerely committed to this system of governance, they will elect a leadership committed to this goal and that leadership will then install, implement and establish this system into that country. Naturally, such leadership will arise organically from among the people committed to this goal.Also obviously it will have to start from some Muslim-majority country. Once it takes roots in one country, and once people of the surrounding countries are satisfied that a true Khilaafah has been established in the neighbouring country, they may follow the suite and bring the same change democratically in their own country and join with the first as a federation or confederation. This will have to spread democratically until all muslim majority populations are a part of a single Khilaafah.This is a purely an organic process and the leadership will also evolve organically. It will neither happen through Mahdi to be sent from somewhere, nor we need to identify beforehand, any artificial leader. The person who evolves though this organic, democratic process to be the most qualified leader and who is willingly elected by the Muslim Ummah of the territory of the Khilaafah, will be the Mahdi, the rightly guided leader.
What do you think of my idea of stateless khilafah (caliphate)?
Salam.No I do not agree with your idea we must have a country
Ramadan: I read something about Shi'ite... Is it true that they love the Kafir more than Sunni?
It was the shia's who helped hamas, It was the shia's who fund them - Saudis too, and majority of Hamas fund is come from Saudis. But only the Shia's fund is used for military. btw, can someone answering my questions? and additional: Can Shi'ite accept Sunni Caliph? (';')