Chapter II: Foundation of Belief
(3) Third basic Principle. It is to believe in the punishment of the grave as it have come in Shariat. God said : They will be exposed to Me morning and evening and on the Resurrection Day. The supporters of Pharaoh will be given severe punishment — 40:49. This is possible and to believe it is compulsory. Animals have got special organs to feel pains and pleasure even though they are eaten by ferocious animals.
(4) Fourth basic Principle. It is to believe that the Balance is true. God said : I will set up just balance on the judgment day- 21:48. God said : Those whose balances will be heavy will get salvation, and those whose balance willbe light will be losers
— 7:7.
(5) Fifth basic Principle. It is to believe in the Bridge which is spread on the back of Hell, thinner than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword. God said : Guide them to the bridge of Hell and tell them to wait there, as they will be questioned — 27:23. It is possible, because He who make the birds fily in the horizon can take the people to travel on the Bridge.
(6) Sixth basic Principle. It is the belief that Paradise and Hell have been created by God. God said : Vie in haste for pardon of your Lord and a Pradise, vast as the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who fear God — 3 : 127. This proves that Pradise and Hell are crea ted .
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(7) Seventh basic Principle. It is to believe that the rightful Imams after the Prophet are Hazrats Abu Bakr, then Omar, then Osma, and the Ali and that the Prophet's attention was not upon any particular Imam. As to the struggle which took place between Muwayiah and AH, it was the result of differences of opinion to discover truth by Ijtehad. Hazrat Muwayiah did not do it for leadership. Hazrat Ali considered that the mode of punishment of the murderers of Osman was to be belated as they got relations in the army. Hazrat Muwayiah considered that their arrest was better as their influence might help further blood-shed.
(8) Eighth basic Principle. It is to believe the excellence of the companions in accordance with their chronological order in which they succeeded the Prophet and the real excellence is in the sight of God and that it did not come to anybody except to the Holy Prophet. Several verses to that effect in praise of the companions were revealed and there are a number of traditions.