Notes
1. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 72, p. 468, Beirut print.
2. Usul al-Kafi (with Farsi translation), vol. 4, p. 254, hadith 3.
3. ‘Iddah al-Wa‘i, p. 238.
4. Usul al-Kafi (with Farsi translation), vol. 4, p. 261, hadith 1.
5. Ibid., p. 264, hadith 3.
6. Surat Ta Ha 20:14.
7. Surat al-Ahzab 33:41.
8. Surat al-Baqarah 2:200.
9. Tafsir al-Mizan, vol. 2, p. 81.
10. Surat al-Anfal 8:2.
11. Nahj al-Balaghah, p. 286, sermon [khutbah] 96, trans. Fayd al-Islam.