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The Caliphate; Its Conception and Consequences

Author: Agha Muhammad Sultan Mirza
Publisher: www.alhassanain.org/english
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• A Short Biographical Sketch Of The Author
• EDITOR'S FORWARD
• Preface
• Chapter One: The Theory Of Non-Appointment and Why It Was Invented
• Chapter Two: The Parties
• Chapter Three: Hadith and History
• The First and Second Stages
• The Third and Fourth Stages
• Chapter Four: Why The Theory Of Non-Appointment Is Highly Improbable and Entirely Illogical
• Point (1): No Reasonable Grounds for the Prophet's Silence
• Point (2): Nothing in the QUR'AN Requiring the Prophet's silence
• Point (3): The Conduct of the Immediate Successors of the Prophet (P)
• Points (4) & (5): Was the prophet Unaware of the Need?
• Point (6): The People Made no Demand
• Point (7): The Constitution
• Point (8): Precedents of the Previous Prophets
• Point (9): The Electors and the Candidates - What the Prophet Thought to them
• Point (10): The Dangers of Leaving the Question of Succession to the Votes of the People and the Prophet's Knowledge of those Dangers
• Points (11) & (12)
• Chapter Five: The Nomination
• THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE FEAST
• The Condition For The Making Of an Ideal Caliph
• 1. HADITH AL-NUR
• 2. Brothers in this World and the Next
• 3. "Both as One"
• 4. Exhortation to Love Ali"
• MUHAMMAD'S TREATMENT OF ALI AS HIS HEIR AND SUCCESSOR
• 1. Education
• 2. Substitution on the Bed on the Night of HIJRA
• 3. The Closing of the Doors to the Mosque from the Houses of all the Companions except Imam Ali
• 4.The Placing of Imam Ali under the Subordination of No-one except the Prophet (P)
• 5. The Clearing of the KA'BA of its Idols
• 6. Promulgation of the State Policy
• 7. The Spiritual Duel ("MUBAHALA") with the Christians of NAJRAN
• 8. The Disclosing of State Secrets and Other Important Matters to Imam Ali, and his Presence with Muhammad (P) when he Breathed his Last
• 9. Knowledge: The "HADITH of MEDINAT-AL-ILM"
• 11. The Position of Imam Ali in Relation to the prophet (P), and the Duties of the UMMA towards Both
• Chapter Six: Final and Formal Announcement or The Successor
• 1. The Divine Command
• 2. The Place and the Formalities
• 3. The Proclamation
• 4. Homage and Congratulations
• 5. The Complete Execution of the Entire Mission
• Chapter Seven: After The Announcement
• Attempt on the Life of the Prophet (P)
• HABIB AS-SAYYAR has this version
• 1. Was it Delirium?
• 2. Book of God
• 3. What the Prophet Intended to Write
• 4. Oral Declaration on his Deathbed
• 5. History Made Unintelligible
• Chapter Eight: The Coup d'etat
• 1. The Presence of Agents and Spies of the Opposition Party Among the ANSAR
• 2. The Death of the Prophet While ABU BAKR is at SUKH, and UMAR'S Refusal to Believe that the Prophet is Dead
• 3. The Arrival of ABU BAKR, his Admonishing of the Mourners, his Exhortation to the People to Select the Successor, and UMAR'S Recognition of the Prophet's Death
• 4. UMAR'S Private Receipt of News and his Departure with ABU BAKR for the SAQIFA
• 5. The Meeting of UMAR and ABU BAKR on the Way, as if by Appointment, with ABU UBAIDA IBN AL-JARRAH, the Proceeding of these Three towards the SAQIFA, and their Further Meeting on the Way with Two ANSAR Friends
• 6. The Arrival at the SAQIFA, the Arguments, and the Deciding Factors
• Discussion
• ESPIONAGE
• THE VICTORY
• THE ARGUMENTS
• THE TIME AND PLACE
• Chapter Nine: After The Coup
• THE ANSAR RELENT
• Chapter Ten: The Nomination Of Umar and Uthman
• The Shura
• 1. THE CONSTITUTION
• TALHA IBN UBAID ALLAH
• AZ-ZUBAIR IBN AL-AWAM
• ABD AL-RAHMAN IBN AWF
• SA'AD IBN ABI WAQQAS
• UTHMAN IBN AFFAN
• 2. THE DIRECTIONS
• THE CONSULTATIONS AND AWARD
• UTHMAN WAS UMAR'S CHOICE LONG BEFORE THE SHURA
• UMAR'S ADVICE TO ABD AL-RAHMAN
• ALI'S PROTEST AGAINST THE UNJUST PREFERENCE
• WHY THE PLAN OF THE SHURA WAS ADOPTED
• Chapter Eleven: Nepotism or Sheer Justice
• SPIRITUAL GOVERNMENT
• Criterion No. 1: Freedom from Idolatry
• Criterion No. 2: Precedence in Islam
• Criterion No. 3: Purity and Strength of Faith
• Criteria Nos. 4 & 5: Conduct in Battle
• (a) The Battle of BADR; 19th Ramadan A.H. 2 (A.C. 624)
• (b) The Battle of UHUD; 11th SHAWWAL A.H. 3(A.C. 625)
• (c) The Battle of AHZAB ("The Ditch"); SHAWWAL A.H.5 (A.C.627)
• (d) The Battle of KHAIBAR; MUHARRAM A.H.7 (A.C.628)
• (e) The Battle of HUNAIN; 6th SHAWWAL A.H.8 (A.C.630)
• Criteria Nos. 6&7: Ali's Claim to Superiority
• Criterion No, 8: Selfless Devotion to Islam
• Temporal Government
• 1. Inability to Secure the Caliphate
• 2.TALHA, AZ-ZUBAIR and the Battle of JAMAL
• 3. MU'AWIYA and the Battle of SIFFIN
• 4. The Murderers of UTHMAN
• 5.The Foreign Conquests
• (a) The Foreign Expeditions were due to Internal Exigencies
• (b) The Conquests were Hasty and Premature
• (c) The Foreign Expeditions Were Against the Laws of JIHAD
• Chapter Twelve: To Conclude