Bismillah Alrahmanir raheem,
I am not a aghakhani but I appreciate Sir karim aghakhan for his intellectual,development and help to human being.
I have few questions and I hope I get there answers here...
1) what is the concept of Interest in Aghakhanis? is bank interest allowed in Aghakhanis?
2)how come one join this group of people?
3) what is the concept of last days end of world in agha khanis?
I have more questions I will ask them latter...
Few honest questions
one more thing I want to add up, please help me with this, what does it means if ismaili says "He is manifest of GOD"<br><br>for me I wont associate any one with ALLAH no matter how great that person is...so do I have to believe karim aghakhan is menifest of GOD to follow his teachings?<br><br>what does manifest of GOD actually means?
ok one more thing I found out, every ismaily pays 12.5% of his annnual income to Sir aghakhan which is called dosmond?
and this money is used to purchase yatches? which prices around 100$ million dollars?
whats going on?
http://my.jetscreenshot.com/10477/20121223-s1ld-24kb
and this money is used to purchase yatches? which prices around 100$ million dollars?
whats going on?
http://my.jetscreenshot.com/10477/20121223-s1ld-24kb
Re: Few honest questions
According to our 48th Imam Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah, usury is forbidden but legitimate interest is allowed.AlaMaqaam wrote:Bismillah Alrahmanir raheem,
I am not a aghakhani but I appreciate Sir karim aghakhan for his intellectual,development and help to human being.
I have few questions and I hope I get there answers here...
1) what is the concept of Interest in Aghakhanis? is bank interest allowed in Aghakhanis?
There has been discussion on conversion at:AlaMaqaam wrote: 2)how come one join this group of people?
Customs and traditions -> convert Ismaili
http://www.ismaili.net/html/modules.php ... on+ismaili
According to our belief, creation is constant and perpetual and therefore there is no beginning or end:AlaMaqaam wrote: 3) what is the concept of last days end of world in agha khanis?
I have more questions I will ask them latter...
"The creation according to Islam is not a unique act in a given time but a perpetual and constant event; and God supports and sustains all existence at every moment by His will and His thought. Outside His will, outside His thought, all is nothing, even the things which seem to us absolutely self-evident such as space and time. Allah alone wishes: the Universe exists; and all manifestations are as a witness of the Divine will." (Memoirs of Agakhan)
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According to our 48th Imam Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah manifestation as understood in the sentence:AlaMaqaam wrote:one more thing I want to add up, please help me with this, what does it means if ismaili says "He is manifest of GOD"<br><br>for me I wont associate any one with ALLAH no matter how great that person is...so do I have to believe karim aghakhan is menifest of GOD to follow his teachings?<br><br>what does manifest of GOD actually means?
"The Shias have therefore always held that after the Prophet's death, Divine power, guidance and leadership manifested themselves in Hazrat Ali as the first Imam or spiritual chief of the devout."
Yes every Ismaili submits 12.5% of his/her income as dasond. The Imam has two kinds of wealth at his disposal - personal and institutional. The former is derived from his various business activities and the latter is derived from his institutions. He expends his wealth for personal and institutional activities.AlaMaqaam wrote:ok one more thing I found out, every ismaily pays 12.5% of his annnual income to Sir aghakhan which is called dosmond?
and this money is used to purchase yatches? which prices around 100$ million dollars?
whats going on?
http://my.jetscreenshot.com/10477/20121223-s1ld-24kb
Dasond is part of his institutional wealth and he spends the resources for institutional activities such as schools and hospitals.