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THE SAQIFAH CONSPIRACY: An Analytic Study of the Most Critical Event in the Political History of Islam

Author: Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi
Translator: Badr Shahin
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
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• Publisher’s FOREWORD
• Foreword
• PREAMBLE
• Disturbance of the Polytheists of Quraysh
• Persecuting the Believers Physically
• Emigration to Abyssinia
• The Holy Prophet in Yathrib
• Foundation of the Islamic State
• Islamic Brotherhood
• Enactment of Laws
• Panic of the Chiefs of Quraysh
• The Battle of Badr
• The Battle of Uhud
• The Conquest of Makkah
• The Anti-Islam Front
• The Hypocrites
• The Jews
• Caliphate; An Islamic Necessity
• Linguistic Denotation of Caliphate
• Caliphate in the Terminology of Muslim Jurisprudence
• The Holy Prophet’s Attention to Caliphate
• The Holy Prophet Matched Caliphate to Prophethood
• Need for Caliphate
• Unanimity on the inevitability of Caliphate
• Qualifications of the Imam
• View of al-Farabi
• View of the Shi‛ah
• The Imam’s Duties and Responsibilities
• Responsibilities of the leader From Imam ‛Ali’s viewpoint
• The Imam is Role-Model
• The Imam Shares the Subjects in Vicissitudes of Time
• Precaution in Matters Related to the Public Properties
• The Imam is Just Like the Feeble People
• Cancellation of all Privileges
• Method of Conversing with the Imam
• The Holy Prophet Selects Imam ‛Ali for Caliphate
• Imam ‛Ali in the Holy Qur'an
• Verse of Mubahalah
• Verse ofthe Warner and the Guide
• Verse ofthe Retaining Ear
• Verse ofthe People of the Reminder
• Verse ofthe Guardian
• Verse ofthe Foremost
• Verse ofSelling Souls with Allah’s Pleasure
• Verse ofLove for the Near Relatives
• Verse ofPurification
• Imam ‛Ali in the Prophetic Traditions
• Imam ‛Ali; The Holy Prophet’s Self
• Imam ‛Ali; The Holy Prophet’s Brother
• Imam ‛Ali; The Holy Prophet’s Aide
• Imam ‛Ali; The Holy Prophet’s Vicegerent
• Imam ‛Ali’s position to the Holy Prophet
• Imam ‛Ali; the Door to the Holy Prophet’s City of Knowledge
• Imam ‛Ali; the Door to the Holy Prophet’s Wisdom
• Imam ‛Ali and the Holy Prophet; the Same Tree
• Imam ‛Ali; the Match of the Prophets
• Imam ‛Ali; the Most Beloved of all Humans to the Almighty
• Obedience to the Imam; Obedience to the Prophet
• Love for ‛Ali; Love for Allah
• Love for ‛Ali is Faith; Hating him is Hypocrisy
• Love for Imam ‛Ali; The Title of the True Believer’s Record
• Imam ‛Ali’s Position in the Other World
• Imam ‛Ali; the Bearer of al-Hamd Standard
• Imam ‛Ali; the commander of the Prophet’s Pond
• Imam ‛Ali; the distributor of Heaven and Hell
• Without a License from Imam ‛Ali, No one passes the Discriminating Bridge
• Imam ‛Ali; in the company of the Holy Prophet in Paradise
• THE HOLY PROPHET’S FULL SUPPORT FOR CALIPHATE
• The Jews
• The Hypocrites
• The People of Quraysh
• Contention of the Ansar
• The Farewell Pilgrimage
• The Holy Prophet’s Sermon at Spring Zamzam
• The Congregated Meeting at Ghadir Khumm
• The General Pledge of Allegiance to Imam ‛Ali
• Revelation of the Verse ofPerfecting the Religion
• The Endless Tragedy
• The Final Ailment of the Holy Prophet
• The Holy Prophet Implores God’s Forgiveness for the Buried in the Baqi‛ Cemetery
• The Brigade of Usamah
• Reflection on the Episode
• Choosing Usamah the Young as the Commander over the Old Companions
• The Calamity of Thursday
• Sorrow of Lady Fatima
• The Holy Prophet’s Legacy for His Two Grandsons
• The Holy Prophet Gives His Possessions As Alms
• Towards the Uppermost Garden of Paradise
• Burying the Blessed Body
• Panic of the Ahl al-Bayt
• THE GREATEST SEDITION
• Saqifah
• Political Statement of Sa‛d
• Contents of the Statement
• Lights on the Situation of the Ansar
• Criticism of Sa’d Statement
• ‛Umar Denies the Holy Prophet’s Passing Away!
• Scrutinizing Remark
• Return of Abu-Bakr
• Weakness of the Ansar
• Jealousy and Enmity
• The Ansar Surprised
• Abu-Bakr’s Discourse
• Research and Investigation
• Altercations and Encounters
• ‛Umar’s Role
• Al-Habbab ibn al-Mundhir
• Abu-Bakr Wins Caliphate
• ‛Umar’s Attitude to Pledging Allegiance to Abu-Bakr
• Criticisms of Pledging Allegiance to Abu-Bakr
• The Ansar Defeated
• Celebration of the people of Quraysh
• The Role of Abu-Sufyan
• The Holy Prophet’s Attitude to the Umayyads
• The Attitude of the Ahl al-Bayt to the Homage to Abu-Bakr
• Al-‛Abbas ibn ‛Abd al-Muttalib
• Imam ‛Ali ibn Abi-Talib
• Imam ‛Ali Refrains from Pledging Allegiance to Abu-Bakr
• Forcing Imam ‛Ali to Pay Homage
• Lady Fatima’s Strict Protest
• Careful Meditation on Lady Fatima’s Speech
• Sorrowful Procedures
• Threatening with Setting Fatima’s House on Fire
• The Gang that Raided on Lady Fatima’s House
• Abu-Bakr’s Regret
• Aborting Lady Fatima’s Fetus
• Abrogation of the Khums Tax
• Confiscation of Fadak
• Geographic Site of Fadak
• Fadak; The Holy Prophet’s Ownership
• The Holy Prophet Gifted Fadak to Lady Fatima
• Lady Fatima Demands with Fadak
• Lady Fatima’s Historic Speech
• Lady Fatima Complains to Her Father
• Lights on Imam ‛Ali’s Attitude
• Lack of Military Assistance
• Lady Fatima and Mu‛adh ibn Jabal
• Maintaining Islam
• Maintaining the Unity of Muslims
• Unjustifiable Apology
• Lady Fatima’s Last Will
• Imam al-Hasan
• Discontented Protestors
• Salman al-Muhammadi
• ‛Ammar ibn Yasir
• Ab-Dharr al-Ghifari
• Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad
• ‛Utbah ibn Abi-Lahab
• Abu-Ayyub al-Ansari
• Ubayy ibn Ka‛b
• ‛Uthman ibn Hunayf al-Ansari
• Sahl ibn Hunayf
• Khuzaymah ibn Thabit
• Abu’l-Haytham ibn al-Tayhan
• Abu-Bakr Rewards the Supporters
• Abu-Bakr’s Financial Policy
• Abu-Bakr Punishes the Oppositionists
• 1. Al-Habbab ibn al-Mundhir
• 2. Sa‛d ibn ‘Abadah
• 3. Khalid ibn Sa‘id
• 4. Buraydah ibn al-Hasib
• CONSEQUENCES OF THE SAQIFAH CONSPIRATORIAL MEETING
• Discrepancy of Muslims
• The Infliction of Persecution upon the Prophet’s Household
• Tyranny of the Deputy Governors
• Supplicatory Prayer of Sadif
• Despising the Peoples
• Indifference to the Islamic Values
• Atheism and Apostasy
• Caliphs and Impudence
• Al-Mas‛udi, a historicist, added that Yazid used to sit by the grave of Habbabah and repeat this poetic live
• The Prohibition of Recording the Prophetic Traditions
• Fabricated Reports
• Fabricated Merits of the Companions
• Fabricated Merits of the First Three Caliphs
• Fabricated Merits of Abu-Bakr and ‛Umar
• Fabricated Merits of Abu-Bakr
• Fabricated Merits of ‛Umar
• Fabricated Merits of ‛Uthman
• Fabricated Merits of Mu‛awiyah
• Mu‛awiyah’s Role in Fabricating Lies against the Holy Prophet
• A Serious Letter of Mu‛awiyah
• Remark of Al-Yasin
• Bibliography
• Notes