A Critical Examination of the Book UsuluMadhhab al-Shia on Bada

Believe in the teaching of Bada is one of the twelver Shia characteristics.The other Shii and Islamic sects either deny it or differ from the twelverShia in the Bada cases. As a result, in encountering this teaching, they brought up many misgivings. This article examines the misgivings of Naser al-Qefari, the author of the book entitled UsuluMadhhab al-Shia al-ethna 'Ashariyyah (the Principles of the School of the twelver Shia). Regarding the idiomatic meaning of Bada and belief of the Shii school in the divine omniscience and omnipotence, the article shows that Bada, when ascribed to God, means to reveal and make obvious that it appears for the humans. Thus, in no way it implies the attribution of ignorance or happening of knowledge for God or the priority of Ahlul-Bay (p.b.u.t.) on God or exaggeration on their place. In opposition to the Jewish belief in limitedness of the Right's power, belief in this teaching is an acknowledgment to God's infinite power.