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The Hidden Truth about Karbala

Author: A.K. Ahmed B.Sc. B.L.
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
Category:

• Dedication of the first Edition
• Dedication of The second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Notes
• Introduction to the First Edition
• Notes
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Chapter 1: Preamble
• Notes
• Chapter 2: Historical Background
• Notes
• Chapter 3: The Antagonists
• Migration
• Notes
• Chapter 4: Nomination of Ali to the Caliphate by the Prophet (S)
• (1) The Feast of Youm ad-Dar
• (2) The Night of Emigration
• (3) The Bond of Brotherhood
• (4) The Sura of at-Tawba
• (5) Mubahala
• (7) Ghadir Khum
• (8) Authenticity of the event of Ghadir Khum
• (9) The Last Will
• (10) The Oral Will
• (11) Miscellaneous Traditions
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 5: The Intrigue
• Notes
• Chapter 6: Attributing fallibility to the Prophet
• Disobeying the Prophet
• The Myth of Leading the Prayers
• Anguish of the Ansar before the Saqifa
• Introduction of Fatalism
• Notes
• Chapter 7: Hadith
• Prohibition of Narrating the Hadith
• Coining and Propagating False traditions
• The Effect of Prohibiting the Narration of Hadith
• Conjecture recognized as a means to interpret the Qur’an
• Notes
• Chapter 8: Mutilation of the Concept of Jihad
• Greed and Territorial Expansion: Motive for the Early Wars
• Notes
• Chapter 9: Mutilation of the Concept of Zakat and Khums
• Dispute about the Caliph’s Authority to Collect Zakat
• Notes
• Chapter 10: The Caliphate
• The Saqifa
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 11: Imam Ali, The only Caliph by Public Choice
• Notes
• Chapter 12: Imamate
• Notes
• Chapter 13: The Muslim Empire
• Notes
• Chapter 14: Yazid bin Mu’awiya bin Abu Sufyan
• Notes
• Chapter 15: Imam Husayn migrates to Mecca
• Notes
• Chapter 16: Muslim bin Aqeel: Imam Husayn’s Ambassador to Kufa
• Notes
• Chapter 17: Imam Husayn’s Migration from Mecca
• Notes
• Chapter 18: Imam Husayn’s journey to Karbala
• Notes
• Chapter 19: Yazid’s forces gather at Karbala
• Notes
• Chapter 20: Seventh and eighth of Muharram
• Notes
• Chapter 21: The Ninth of Muharram
• Notes
• Chapter 22: Ashura; the Tenth of Muharram
• The Martyrdom of al-Qasim ibn al-Hasan
• The Martyrdom of Abbas and other sons of Imam Ali
• The Martyrdom of Ali al-Akbar
• The Martyrdom of Ali al-Asghar
• Notes
• Chapter 23: The Martyrs
• Notes
• Chapter 24: The Burial of the Martyrs
• Notes
• Chapter 25: Persecution after Karbala
• Notes
• Chapter 26: Miracles
• Notes
• Chapter 27: Persecution of the Shia
• Part A: Demolition of the Shrines
• Notess
• Part B: Persecution of the Shia by the Umayyads
• The period of persecution of the Shia can conveniently be divided into the following periods
• (1) Sa’d bin Ubadah
• (2) Malik bin Nuwayra
• (3) The Tribes of Kinda and Hadhramaut
• (4) Abu Sa’eed Khalid bin Sa’eed bin al-Aas bin Umayya
• (5) Ubay bin Ka’b bin Qais al-Khazraji al-Ansari
• (6) Bilal bin Rabah al-Habashi
• (7) Al-Hurmuzan
• (8) Abu Dharr Jundab bin Junadah al-Ghifari
• (9) Al-Miqdad bin Amr
• (10) Salman al-Farsi
• (11) The Martyrs in the Battle of al-Jamal
• (12) Uthman bin Hunaif al-Ansari
• (13) The Martyrs in the Battle of an-Nahrawan
• (14) The Martyrs in the Battle of Siffin
• (15) Ammar bin Yasir
• (16) Hashim bin Utba bin Abi Waqqas az-Zohri
• (17) Owais al-Qurani
• (18) Huthaifa bin al-Yaman’s sons Sagwan and Sa’eed
• (19) Malik bin al-Harith al-Ashtari
• (20) Kinana bin Bishr
• (21) Muhammad bin Abu Bakr
• (22) A’yan bin Dhubay’ah
• (23) Muhammad bin Abi Huthaifa
• (24) Maytham at-Tammar
• Persecution by Mu’awiya between 30-60 AH
• Between 61 to 64 AH under Yazid bin Mu’awiya
• The Shia Martyred between 64 & 73 AH under Abdullah ibn az-Zubair’s rule
• Persecution between 64 to 85 AH, by Marwan and his son Abdul Melik
• Notes
• Part C: Persecution of the Shia by the Abbasid kings
• [1] Abul Abbas as-Saffah (133–137 AH)
• [2] Abu Ja’far al-Mansur ad-Dawaniqi (137–159 A H)
• [3] Muhammad al-Mahdi (157-169 A H)
• [4] Abu Muhammad Musa al-Hadi (169-170 A H)
• [5] Haroon ar-Rashid (170-193 A H)
• [6] Abdullah al-Ma’mun (198- 218 AH)
• [7] Al-Mu’tasim Billah (218-227 A H)
• [8] Al-Mutawakkil `Alallah (232-247AH)
• Notes
• Part D: Persecuton of the Shia during the Period when a Multitude of Caliphs came to Rule the Muslim World
• Notes
• Part E: Persecution under the Mongols and Recent Times
• Persecution by the Mongols
• Notes
• Appendix: The Martyrs at Karbala
• (a) The Names of the 18 Martyrs from the Banu Hashim
• (b) Names of the 16 Martyrs who left Yazid’s army and fought with Imam Husayn
• (c) Names of the 14 Companions of the Prophet (S) who were Martyred at Karbala
• (d) Names of the 22 Companions of Imam Ali who fought with Imam Husayn
• (e) Names of the 42 valiant soldiers who fought and sacrificed their lives for Imam Husayn
• Summary
• Bibliography
• A Prayer