Strengthening the Objections to Uncover Malice

Imam al-ʿAskari, peace be upon him, narrated from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: Whoever strives to defeat the Nawāṣib—those who take a hostile stand against the Shiʿa—and shows chivalry and nobility for us, the Ahl al-Bayt; restrains them from misleading the weak among the Shiʿa; humiliates them before the Shiʿa; exposes their disgraces and plainly clarifies their faults; and praises and extols the cause of the Prophet, may God bless him and his family and grant them peace, and his family, peace be upon them, God will direct the efforts of the angels of Paradise toward building houses and palaces for him. For every letter he uses against the enemies, God will employ angels for him in a number greater than all the people of the world. How many palaces there are whose value none knows except the Lord of the worlds. (al-Iḥtijāj, p. 19)

The author’s son, Sayyid Iʿjāz Ḥusayn, says regarding the book Tashīd al-Maṭāʿin:

That is: Tashīd al-Maṭāʿin is a book whose like no one has seen, and for which time will not find an equal. It contains powerful and firm arguments and crushing answers. It includes material that settles disputes through satisfying answers, the like of which is found in no other book. Perhaps these words may lead you to think lightly of the matter and suppose that I have exaggerated; but if you see it and know its worth, you will realize that my words and praise are very insignificant beside the greatness of that book. (Kashf al-Ḥujub wa al-Astār, p. 122)