I start in the name of Allah, the ONE and above all.You must have recited the following in Ismaili dua.' Ya ayyuhal-lazeena amanoo, ati-Ullah wa atiur-Rasool wa Ulil Amri minkum wa kulla shai'in ahsainahu fee Imamim-mubeen.' Gujarati Tarjumo:'Aye emaan lavnarao, tabedari karo Allahni, tabedari karo rasool ni ane tabedari karo hukumna dhanini je tamara mathi che. Online, searchable version with English transliteration and translation for each verse; PDF version with English transliteration and translation for each verse.

The 'Unanswerable Questions'

Ya Ali Madad,

These religious questions have been bothering me for a while and after talking to friends of other faiths, spending time on reddit, and otherwise just exploring, I haven't been able to find answers. Now, I know that if one questions their faith with the hopes of disproving it, they will. So, I've decided I want to look at this with an open mind. But, I don't want to have this kind of blind faith. It's frustrating not being able to properly defend my faith as well as I should be able to and as well as I use to be able to.

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I am a practicing Ismaili, so don't see me as just another person attacking the Ismailis, but I do want to understand more.

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Listing the questions:

1. Why do we not consider Hazrat Hasan an Imam? The twelvers recite their Imams as: Imam Ali, Imam Hasan, Imam Hussain, Imam Zain-il Abidin..

2. What happens to our dasond? I know we are obligated to give 12.5% of our income to the Imam, but where does it go? Does it go to the physical Imam? If so, why is this not a cult?

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3. The Qur'an says, 'and we have vested (the knowledge and authority of) everything in the manifest Imam.' How do we see the Imam or rather how are we supposed to see him? Is he without sin/unable to commit sin? At what point do we draw the line between physical and spiritual?

4. This seems to be cultural, but every teenager is thinking it, just not brave enough to say anything about it. Surah 2:221 states, 'Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.' Culturally, it doesn't seem appropriate to marry outside of Nizari Ismailism, how does Islam feel about this? The Imam's own son (who is considered Ismaili, correct?) married someone who isn't Ismaili. Is this an exception? Is this just not a rule, period?

5. Why do we direct our prayers to, 'Ya Ali, Ya Hazar Imam'? Surah Fatiha says, 'Thee alone we worship, and thee alone we seek for help.' I know where the Imam derives his power as I stated in #3, but why not direct our prayers to Allah, Himself? We are too simple to understand God. But, God cannot be too simple to understand us, for he created us.

6. Why do we celebrate this Imam's birthday? I understand his SPIRITUAL authority. But, we have made it very clear that his physical form is not important to us. It's only the nur or nass that is. Why do we make it a point a celebrate this physical event?

7. On the same note, why do we celebrate Imamat day? Why should the number of years someone serves physically matter to us, for our concern is with the spiritual Nur or Nass. For all it should concern us, we've had an Imamat for over 1400 years. On the same token: Why celebrate milestones like Silver Jubilee, Golden Jubilee, etc.

8. Why is Ramadan not considered mandatory? I know the Imam hasn't explicitly said it is. However, he also hasn't said disrespecting your parents is bad and shouldn't happen, but it is understood. We consider ourselves Muslims before anything else (or rather the Imam would like us to), but we don't observe this basic tenant of Muslims?

9. On the same note, where is the history of fasting on beej? Did an Imam in the past say that? Chaandraat wasn't implemented until Sultan Muhammad Shah, correct? So, how did we come up with this idea of fasting when Chaandraat falls on a Friday in the last one hundred years.

10. Why is the Hajj not considered mandatory? Again, this is considered a basic tenant of Islam, but it seems that Ismailis reject this. Is this cultural? I know a Pir said in the past, 'reciting the Du'a is like receiving the Hajj in my heart,' but it seems this is just an excuse or otherwise was meant to be a comparison, not a replacement.

11. How is Ismailism not like a cult? How is this physical and spiritual control by the Imam not seen as a kind of brain washing? I know the Imam, atleast from what I've seen, haven't given guidance that is inherently evil (ie. kill your neighbors), but the way we believe.. Does it not seem a bit cultish to give everything to the Imam?

12. Why is it that women cannot be the Imam? The lineage can be kept pure either way, and actually, it'd be kept more pure if it went through women, not men. At the time of Prophet Muhammad, men had the greatest influence, culturally and so I can understand why a male was chosen to be the successor as opposed to a female. But, have times not changed? Why does the Ismaili Constitution specify 'male descendants'?

13. Why can women not 'give permission' to begin a recitation? Only Mukhi or Kamadia Saheb can say, 'Bismillah' to give permission on behalf of the Imam to begin a recitation, why not women?

14. Why do we not give Eid the importance other Muslims do?

15. How do we know the Imam is the true Imam? Like, there isn't a booming voice telling us that this Imam is the correct Imam? How do we know this isn't some kind of ploy or some kind of trick?

16. What do we consider Pirs to be? Did they sin? I know they are considered to be very strong in their Ibadat and very able to connect to God. But, did they sin? Were they considered divine? Why did we denote specific Pirs? What is their purpose?

17. How valid is the word of waezeens? I know they're humans who interpret the Qur'an and the word of the Imam using appropriate references and historical precedence. But, how valid is it to reject something said by a waezeen? (IE. Niyaz drunken or filled or taken after Kayam-karan ji is good for one's phyiscal health).

I think that's all for now. I apologize if it seemed harsh. I just happen to be a blunt person.

Please let me know if you have answers (some are just history questions) or resources.

Thank you for reading, AM

Edit: Wow! I love how there hasn't been any insane backlash. Discussions are great!