Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

A VICTIM LOST IN SAQIFAH Volume ٣

Author: Ali Labbaf
Translator: Dr. Hassan Najafi
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
Category:

• Dedicated to
• Acknowledgement
• A Glance at thirteen years of Caliphs’ reign since Saqifah
• Motive of this Research
• Reminder
• Analysis of Honorable Ustad Sayyid Muhammad Dhiyabaadi about the reign of Caliphs
• Introduction: Claim of Righteous Caliphate is Untrue
• Discourse One: Piety and Simplicity Scrutinized
• Motive of Caliphs’ Piety
• Political Piety
• Piety or Public Deception
• Hypocritical Piety
• Personal use of Public Funds
• A)
• B)
• C)
• D)
• Clandestine Luxury
• Support to Royal life and Hoarding Wealth
• 1 - Support to Muawiyah
• 2 - Support to Tameem
• 3 - Support to Zaid bin Thabit
• 4 - Support to Qunfudh
• Properties of Staff Members
• A)
• B)
• Selection of officers
• A) Selection of Mughaira bin Shoba
• B) Selection of Khalid bin Waleed
• C) Selection of Amr bin Aas
• Piety without a Holy war
• Pleasant Food
• Rivalry to piety of Amirul Momineen (a.s.)
• Discourse Two: Scrutiny of Social Justice
• Help to the Deprived
• Love for the People
• Social Classes
• A)
• B)
• C)
• D)
• Policy of Racial Discrimination
• 1 - Prohibition for non-Arabs to enter Medina
• 2 - Retaliation of Arab through non-Arab prohibited
• 3 - Prohibition to Speak in Language other than Arabic
• 4 - Objection against Rulership of Nobles over Quraish
• 5 - Restriction for Non-Arabs to marry Arab ladies
• 6 - Minimum possible allowance for non-Arabs from public treasury
• 7 - Distinction between an Arab living in a town and an Arab living in deserts
• Racial discrimination Resulted in Advantage to Arabs
• Cause of Rulers’ Greatness in view of Arabs
• A)
• B)
• Influence of Greatness of Rulers over Ali’s Government
• A)
• B)
• C)
• D)
• E)
• F)
• G)
• Discourse Three: Scrutiny of Judicial justice
• Double standards in judgment
• 1 - Two ways of dealing - with Zahra and Jabir bin Abdullah Ansaari
• 2 - Double Standard Treatment between Son of Amr Aas and Ubadah bin Samit
• 3 - Different Treatment between the Son of Amr Aas and Mughaira bin Shoba
• Ignoring Calls of Oppressed
• Discourse Four: Analysis of the Rights of Legal Opponents
• Type of dealing with legal opponents
• Iron-handed policy
• Stamp of Apostasy
• Examples of Caliphate facing its legal opponents
• A - Malik bin Nuwairah
• Two Reminders
• B - Saad bin Ubadah
• C - Umme Farwa
• Fujayat al-Salma was burnt
• Discourse Five: Analysis of Individual and Social Liberties
• Dealing with youth
• A) Dealing with Zaid bin Muawiyah Qashari
• B) Behavior with Nasr bin Hajjaj
• Sacrifices of Limitations
• A) Ibn Abbas
• B) Abu Ayyub
• C) Slave of Zubair bin Awwam
• D) Sabeegh bin Isal
• E) Narrators of Traditions
• Roughness and Extremism
• Conclusion: Zahra’s speech describes the social conditions after usurpation of Caliphate and identifies the ills in politics and government
• Notes