The Mahdi Times September 2011 | Page 45

Five Hindrances and five solutions By: aunslaught ihd Bismillah Hir Rahman Irr Rahim, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Aalimeen, Allah has brought the writer into this world into a family that attempts to follow Shia Islam, and into a family of well-wishers and lovers of Muhammad wa Aal-e-Muhammad (a.s).  I won’t say Shia, because that is for Allah to decide, and may Allah make us all the true Shia of Muhammad wa Aal-e-Muhammad (a.s) and the true Ansar of His. The main problems a family similar to ours that attempts to follow Shia Islam faces when attempting to find the truth are the following:  A lack of knowledge of the Qur’an itself, a lack of spirituality, being plugged into the “system” via TV and other media outlets, a hindering concern about the family and the deceptions faced when practicing illogical Taqleed. The five hindrances with five solutions. Each problem was, Alhamdulillah, solved by many members of my family in many ways. For His sake, the article that is being written will be about what we learned from the writer’s experiences with the problems, for Allah’s sake to find the truth of Al Yamani, Hujjat-ul-Allah, Ahmad Al Hassan. (a.s.) Regarding the knowledge of the Qur’an, it is