Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

A VICTIM LOST IN SAQIFAH Volume ٤

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

• Dedicated to
• Acknowledgement
• Allegiance (Bay’at) of Amirul Momineen Ali (a.s.) to Caliphs - contamination of Shia belief in Imamate
• Section One: Allegiance of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) to Caliphs
• Motive of this research
• Discourse One: Absence of Ali’s Approval to Abu Bakr’s Caliphate
• Historical documents
• Conclusion
• What is the Meaning of Silence?
• It was bitter and painful
• At what time, at which ground and under what conditions it took place
• What is the Meaning of Allegiance?
• Conclusion
• Reminder
• Comparison of silence to Bay’at
• Conditions of achieving Bay’at
• Discourse Two: Efforts to Obtain Imam Ali’s (a.s.) Bay’at after the Prophet’s Demise
• First Category
• Second Category
• Third Category
• Motive of Caliphate in taking Bay’at from Amirul Momineen Ali (a.s.)
• A Look at Historical Proofs and Documents in Sunni Sources
• Document No. 1
• Document No. 2
• Document No. 3
• Document No. 4
• Document No. 5
• Document No. 6
• Document No. 7
• Document No. 8
• Document No. 9
• Document No. 10
• Document No. 11
• Document No. 12
• Document No. 13
• Conclusion
• Illegitimacy of the very subject of Bay’at
• Unwillingness of Bay’at-giver
• Where did the efforts of Emigrants for taking forced Bay’at from Ali end?
• Document No. 1
• Document No. 2
• Document No. 3
• Document No. 4
• Document No. 5
• Document No. 6
• Document No. 7
• Document No. 8
• Conclusion of the Eight Documents
• Paying attention to
• Remark
• Final conclusion about attack on Zahra’s house and efforts for taking Bay’at from Amirul Momineen Ali (a.s.)
• Final Conclusion
• Abu Bakr’s Caliphate was always shown by Ali as not rightful
• Discourse Three: Lack of Public Satisfaction from Abu Bakr’s Caliphate
• Historical Documents
• Another look at Historical Documents about Public Allegiance to Abu Bakr
• Document No. 1
• Document No. 2
• Document No. 3
• Document No. 4
• Document No. 5
• Document No. 6
• Document No. 7
• Document No. 8
• Document No. 9
• Document No. 10
• Document No. 11
• Discourse Four: Efforts to prove the Bay’at was of free choice after Zahra’s martyrdom
• A suspicion
• Cause of Zahra’s wrath against Abu Bakr
• Motive of Sunnis in proving the occurrence of this Bay’at?
• In how many ways Sunnis narrate this incident?
• Criticism of Three Standards in Narrations of Sunni Sources Concerning willing Bay’at
• First standard: Scrutiny into allegation of becoming Murtad of some Arabs
• Allegation of Sunni Sect concerning the Bay’at having had taken place because of Murtads cannot be considered reliable
• A) Investigation on reliability of this narration
• Investigation of correctness and occurrence of the Battle of Abraq and events following it
• Result
• B) Analysis of proof of this narration
• Continuation of scrutiny about authenticity of Abraq battle and events following it
• For the first time issue of Murtad was shown as a great danger
• Result
• Another look at the case of Apostasy of Arabs
• Conclusion
• Three main outcomes of scrutiny of the issue of Apostasy of Arabs
• On the margins of analysis of issue of apostasy of Arabs
• Last Reminder
• Second standard: Scrutiny into narrations regarding the letter of Ali
• A) A look at this letter
• A - 1) Remark about Al-Gharaat
• A - 2) Common points in Narrations of Ibne Qutaibah and Thaqafi
• Pivot A
• Pivot B
• B) A glance at the incident mentioned in this letter
• B - 1) Outcome
• C) Investigation of credibility of sources mentioned in this letter
• As for Al-Gharaat the most genuine and reputed source of this letter it must be said
• C - 1) Evidences that show deviation in Al-Gharaat
• The signs of interpolation in Evidence 1
• Signs of forgery in Evidence 2 (including 2 letters)
• Evidence 2 - Letter One
• Evidence 2 - Letter Two
• C - 2) Results of the investigation of above evidences
• D) A look towards inadvertency of Balazari to the contents of the letter of Ali
• With reference to the above points following questions arise
• Reply
• Reminder
• Three prime results of scrutiny of Ali’s letter
• Result 1
• Result 2
• Result 3
• On the margin of scrutiny of the letter of Amirul Momineen (a.s.)
• Third standard: Scrutiny of Narrations about the secret meeting of Ali with Abu Bakr
• Narration No. 1
• Narration No. 2
• Each points of this event is astonishing and indicates the falsehood of these two narrations
• A) Excuse for compromise with Abu Bakr!
• B) Testimony to the superiority of Abu Bakr!
• C) Caliphate was a bounty that God gave to Abu Bakr!
• D) Accepting that inheritance of Prophet was Sadaqah!
• E) The Prophet preferred Abu Bakr to others!
• Deviated Consequences of Forged Narrations
• What does history say?
• Document No. 1
• Document No. 2
• Document No. 3
• Document No. 4
• Final conclusion about Bay’at by choice as Sunnis claim
• Section Two: Influence of Deviation on Shia Belief of Imamate
• Discourse One: Imamate and Caliphate from Sunni Viewpoint
• First Description
• Second Description
• Conclusion
• Discourse Two: Sunni-inclined interpretations of Imamate and Wilayat
• Imamate and Wilayat is in the meaning of rulership!
• Wilayat and Imamate is rulership and an elected post
• Only ways of installing Imamate and Wilayat (Rulership) are consultation and Bay’at
• Consultation and Bay’at is source of legitimacy of Imamate and Wilayat
• The situation of some endeavors is as follows
• The first stage
• The second stage
• Perverted Repercussions of this Conjecture on the subject of Alawi Government
• First wrong result
• Second wrong result
• Third wrong result
• Reminder
• Explaining the position of Bay’at in the system of divinely appointed Imamate
• END: Caution of Wilayat and warning of Hazrat Zahra (s.a.) about the beginning of deviation in belief of Imamate
• Notes