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When Power and Piety Collide: A Critical Analysis of Early Caliphate in Islam, Understanding the Present by Knowing the Past

Author: Sayyid Moustafa Al-Qazwini
Publisher: www.al-islam.org
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• Prologue
• Acknowledgement
• Dedication
• Chapter 1: Smashing the Idols of Tribalism
• Chapter 2: Quraysh Group
• Development of the Quraysh Group
• Objective of the Quraysh Group
• Emergence of the Quraysh Group
• Quraysh Group Appears on the Scene
• “Calamity of Thursday”
• Chapter 3: The Saqifah Union
• Chronicles of Saqifah
• Chapter 4: Political Policies of Quraysh
• Political Practices of the Quraysh Group
• Selection of the First Six Caliphs
• Dialogue between Abdullah Ibn al-Abbas and ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab
• Chapter 5: Backlash
• Attempt to Burn the House of Fatima al-Zahra
• Regret for the Actions Taken Against Fatima
• Usurping the Land of Fadak
• Story of Fadak
• Stand Against Imam ‘Ali
• Chapter 6: Transition of the Group
• The Cursed Tree
• Chapter 7: Prohibition of Transcribing the Hadith
• Chapter 8: Legacy of the Quraysh on the Hadith
• Hadith of the “Ten People Guaranteed Paradise”
• ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab
• Fabrications Involving the Qur’an
• Hadith of the Twelve Successors
• Where Did the Hadith Fictions Come From?
• Chapter 9: Arduous Truth
• Defining Sahabah
• How the Sahabahs Define “Companionship”
• (1) Al-Firqa al-Kamiliyah and the Ghulat
• (2) Adalat al-Sahabah, Integrity of the Companions
• (3) The Qur’an, the Prophet, and the Ahlul Bayt
• Hadith of “the Stars”
• Flaws found in the Companions in the Established Hadith
• Participation of the Companions in the Battles
• Battle of Uhud
• Battle of Badr
• Battle of Khaybar
• Battle of Hunayn
• Conquests of the First Three Caliphs
• A Brief Introduction to the Prophet’s Companions
• Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Quhafah)
• ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab Ibn Nafeel Ibn Uday Ibn Ka’ab
• ‘Uthman Ibn al-Affan
• Innovations of ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab
• Changes During ‘Umar’s Reign
• Other Actions performed by ‘Umar
• ‘Uthman Ibn al-Affan
• Al-Waleed Ibn Uqbah
• ‘Uthman’s Innovations
• An Analysis of ‘Uthman’s Motivations
• Chapter 10: The Ummah Fractures
• When did Shiaism Come About?
• Why the Focus on Ahlul Bayt?
• Qur’anic Verse on those who Possess Knowledge
• The Verse of Purity (Ayat al-Tatheerah)
• The Verse of Malediction (Ayat al-Mubahilah)
• Status of the Ahlul Bayt
• Sanctity of the Ahlul Bayt
• Ahlul Bayt - According to the Prophet
• Rafidah (The Rejecters)
• How “Shi’a Islam” Originated
• Abdullah Ibn Saba: Myth or Reality?
• Four Schools of Thought
• Hanafi School (Al-Madhab al-Hanafi)
• Maliki School of Thought (Al-Madhab al-Maliki)
• Shafi’i School of Thought (Al-Madhab al-Shafi’i)
• Hanbali School of Thought (Al-Madhab al-Hanbali)
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• A
• B
• D
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• M
• N
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• W
• Y
• Notes