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Aug 2022
51m 20s

Arguments against the Shia View

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Sheikh Azhar Nasser explores additional Sunni counter arguments to the Shia claim that the Verse of Purification (Quran 33:33)

The discussion covers:
- Claims that the wives were already purified
- Claims that the actions of the wives had no impact on the prophetic household
- Claims that the Quran uses "ahl" to refer to wives in other places
- Questions about how the 12 imams were included in the verse of purity

Lecture notes available at http://www.why-quran.org/?p=567.

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Video recording of this lecture + Q&A available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nlv_zeIk4&list=PLpkB0iwLgfTat-Pgh4W3WFmupPamiC9UT.

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