Uncovering the Confusion about the Impurity of Abominations Najib al-Din Yahya bin Ahmed bin Yahya bin al-Hassan bin Saeed al-Hudhali (d. 689 or 690 AH)

Abstract

The frequent coexistence of people and their interaction with others in social matters requires the statement of the provisions of such coexistence and interaction. In this important letter, Sheikh Yahya bin Saeed al-Hilli (T690H) inferred the impurity of the people of the book(Ahl al-Kitab), So he quoted as evidence that they are polytheists and that every polytheist is najis. He also inferred by the consensus of the Imamiyyah. Furthermore, he also pointed this brief letter to various linguistic, oral, exegetical and theological researches.