ARE SHIAS GRAVE-WORSHIPPERS?
One of the commonly levelled charges against Shias is that they "worship graves" of their Imams. This is one of the many serious charges levelled against shias by their opponents. These charges broadly fall into three categories:- 1) Those charges which are outright outageous and have no basis like the one that Shias believe that prophethood was meant for Imam Ali (nouzbillah) and was given to Holy Prophet as aresult of mistaken identity on part of Gibrael. 2) There are other charges which don't have any basis but represent a distortion of a belief or practice to twist it to your own understanding. 3) There are some charges which do actually have some basis based on practices carried out by some people who are ignorant about the etequettes of these practices. Regarding the allegation under discussion the first thing we have to ascertain is what is the factual position? It is a fact that in Shia Islam visiting the grave of the Holy Prophet (SAWW) and Imams is highly r