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• About the Author
• About the Author
• Introduction
• Notes
• Introduction to Second Edition
• Who are the Shi‘a?
• Notes
• The Five Schools of Islamic Thought
• Ja‘fari
• Hanafi
• Maliki
• Shafi΄i
• Hanbali
• Notes
• Imamah
• Qur’anic Evidence for the Divine Ordination of the Imam
• Notes
• Seven Categories of Verses of Allah’s Government in the Qur’an
• (1) The Verses of Kingdom
• (2) The Verses of Government
• (3) The Verses of Command
• (4) The Verses of Guardianship
• (5) The Verses of Following
• (6) The Verse of Choosing
• (7) The Verse of Judgment
• Notes
• Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Ghadir Khum
• The Verse of Warning (Indhar)
• The Verse of Bowing (Ruku)
• The Verse of Guardianship
• Prophetic Narrations Appointing Imam ‘Ali as Successor
• Twelve Leaders to Succeed the Prophet
• Who are the Twelve Leaders?
• Notes
• The Ahlul Bayt
• The Verse of Purity (Taharah)
• The Verse of Affection (Muwaddah)
• The Verse of Malediction (Mubahilah)
• The Verse of Prayer (Salat)
• The Verse of Feeding
• The Verse of Guardianship
• The Hadith of the Two Weighty Things (Thaqalayn)
• Similar Narrations from the Prophet Muhammad about his Ahlul Bayt
• Notes
• Infallibility
• Notes
• Intercession (Shafa‘ah)
• Notes
• Calling Upon the Prophet and Imams for Help
• Notes
• Imam al-Mahdi
• Notes
• Dissimulation (Taqiyyah)
• Notes
• Seeing Allah (Ru’yat Allah)
• Notes
• The Prayers Upon the Prophet (Salat ‘ala an-Nabi)
• Notes
• Issues Pertaining to the Practice of the Prayers
• Wiping the Feet During Ablution (Wudu)
• Combining the Prayers
• The Adhan (Call to Prayer); “Hayya ‘ala Khayril ‘Amal” (Come to the Best of Deeds)
• Crossing the Hands in Prayer
• Concluding the Prayers with Three Takbirs (Saying: Allahu Akbar!)
• Prostrating on Earth (Turbah)
• Why Pray on the Soil of Karbala?
• Prayers for the Dead (Salat al-Mayyit)
• Tarawih Prayers
• Notes
• Companions of the Prophet
• The Wives of the Prophet
• Historical Facts
• The Event of Thursday
• The Suffering of Lady Fatima al-Zahra
• Did the Prophet Order the First Caliph to Lead the Prayers Before his Death?
• The Ten who are Guaranteed Paradise
• Abu Hurayra
• Notes
• Differences and Misunderstandings between the Shi‘a and the Other Schools of Thought
• ‘Abasa Wa Tawalla (He Frowned and Turned Away)
• The Father of Ibrahim and the Father of Imam ‘Ali
• The Myth of the Distortion of the Noble Qur’an
• Mushaf Fatima
• Naming After the Prophets and the Imams
• Visiting the Shrines of the Prophets and Imams
• “Sadaqa Allahu Al-Adheem” or “Sadaqa Allahu Al-’Ali Al-Adheem”
• Lamentation and Mourning the Tragedies of the Prophet and His Family
• Three Divorces in One Session
• Khums in Islam
• Temporary Marriage (Mut‘ah)
• Mut‘at al-Hajj
• Notes
• Conclusion: A Call for Muslim Unity
• Notes
• References
• Glossary