Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Then I Was Guided

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Dedication
• Foreword
• A Brief Look at My Life
• Note
• The Pilgrimage to the House of Allah
• In Egypt
• A Meeting on Board the Ship
• My First Visit to Iraq
• Abdul Qadir al-Jilani and Musa al-Kazim
• Skepticism and Questioning
• The Visit to al Najaf
• A Meeting with the Al Ulama’ (The Learned Men)
• A Meeting with Al Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al Sadr
• Skepticism and Perplexity
• The Journey to Hijaz
• The Beginning of the Research
• The Companions of the Prophet as seen by the Shi’a and the Sunnis
• Notes
• The Companions at the Peace Treaty of al Hudaibiyah
• Note
• The Companions and the Raziyat Yawm al Khamis (The Calamity of Thursday)
• Note
• The Companions in the Military Detachment under Usamah
• Notes
• The Opinion of the Quran regarding the Companions
• 1. The turning back verse
• 2. The Holy War (Jihad) Verse
• 3. The Submissiveness
• The Opinion of the Messenger regarding the Companions
• 1. The hadith of the Pool
• 2. The hadith of the Competition of the World
• Notes
• The Opinion of the Companions about Each Other
• 1. Their testimony that they themselves have changed the tradition of the Prophet
• 2. The Companions even made changes in Prayers
• 3. The Companions Testify against themselves
• 4. The testimony of the Shaykhan against themselves
• Notes
• The Beginning of the Change
• Note
• A Dialogue With a Scholar
• Notes
• The Reasons Behind the Enlightment
• 1. The text regarding the succession to the Caliphate
• 2. The disagreement between Fatimah and Abu Bakr
• 3. ‘‘Ali was more entitled to the leadership
• 4. The Prophetic traditions which indicate that ‘Ali should be followed
• Notes
• The Correct Prophetic Traditions Which Indicate the Fact that it is Compulsory to Follow the Ahl al Bayt
• 1. The Prophetic tradition of the two weighty things
• 2. The Prophetic tradition of the Ship
• 3. The Prophetic tradition: "He who wishes to live like me."
• Notes
• Our Misfortune Regarding Ijtihad Against the Texts
• Notes
• An Invitation to Friends to Join the Research
• The Guidance of Truth
• The References
• Books of Tafsir
• Books on History
• Books on Sirah
• Miscellaneous Books