1) He who denies everything but God is not a polytheist.

2) People are not obliged to know the Prophet Muhammad, They are only asked to know what is called so!

(يسع جهل معرفة محمد عليه السلام وليس على الناس إلا معرفة المعبّر عنه هكذا)

3) Those who maintain wrong opinions mistakenly are polytheists.

4) The 'proof' of God can be obtained by contemplation.

5) God has ordered the polytheists nothing but believing in the Unity of God, and He has not forbidden them anything except polytheism. If they believe in His Unity, they are subject to the other obligatory duties, and forbidden other sins.

6) Love, blessing, friendship, quittance, hate and anger in relation to God are all actions and not attributes.

7) Jews are hypocrites, and Muslims who maintain wrong opinions based on wrong interpretation are polytheists.

8) Each Prophet is sent by God with a special sign (alamah) by which he will be recognised and distinguished from the others, and he is not to be taken as a proof (hujjah) from God and as His messenger without such a sign.

9) Those who observe unknown prohibitions are to be punished.

10) It is permissible to observe certain prohibitions unless it is proved that they are prohibited by reason.

11) Committing adultery, and consuming the property of the other persons is permissible to those forced to do so for 'religious dissimulation (taqiyah), but they should make restitution afterwards.

Apart from the above mentioned points, there are five more developed and maintained by Ahmad b. al-Husain;

1. Superior merit as between people lies in capacity, (istita'ah), and assumption of religious obligations only and not in intelligence.

2. The Apostles' fear of God arises out of respect for Him, and not out of apprehension of His punishment.

3. The inhabitants of Paradise live in eternal fear and hope.

4. Dead bodies will be consumed by the earth, except the coccyx from which they will be recreated.

5. Walayah and baraah provided certain conditions to be observed (bi al-