LEADING THE UMMAH

Book index

First Pages a1
Foreword 13
The introduction to the second edition 15
What is the objective of the present book? 17
In the Islamic culture and commandments 19
CHAPTER 1 0
The philosophy of recognizing the Imams (as) 21
CHAPTER 2 0
Two Hypotheses on Imamate 25
1. The Sunnite point of view 0
2. The Shiite point of view 27
CHAPTER 3 0
The reasons for the validity of Shiite’s view 29
I The new problems 0
Another interpretation of the issue of the perfection of religion 30
The Ignorance of the Ummah’s religious leaders 32
CHAPTER 4 0
The Prophet recognizes Imamate as a Divine position 35
Imamate and prophethood are two sides of the same coin 36
CHAPTER 5 0
Islamic rules and the Holy Quran Need the interpretation by Infallibles 39
Disagreements over the interpretation of the Quran 41
A statement from Hisham 42
CHAPTER 6 0
The triangular danger — The three enemies of Islam 45
The first side of the triangle of enmity 0
Other sides of the enmity triangle 46
CHAPTER 7 0
Mental and spiritual perfection in the light of an Innocent Imam 49
CHAPTER 8 0
Is the Shiite view on Imamate against the principles of freedom? 51
A Solution 0
A) The issue of appointing the position of Imam is distinct from the issue of dictatorship 52
B) The weak points of democratic governments 0
C) Was the election of Caliphs done by the majority at the advent of Islam? 55
CHAPTER 9 0
Consultation in Islam 57
CHAPTER 10 0
Let us be fair in our judgments 61
Now let us refer to the letter 0
Let us be fair 62
CHAPTER 11 0
The sad story of Saqifah Bani Saedah 65
The Prophet's worry about the regression of the Ommah 0
The logic of the members of Saqifah 67
CHAPTER 12 0
The logic of the Ansar and the Muhajirin 73
Imam Ali (as) diagnoses the logic of the people of Saqifah 75
Imam Ali's rationale for his right on the caliphate 76
CHAPTER 13 0
Being the leader of a congregation is not a sign of greatness 79
Abu Bakr being the congregation leader 80
An Answer 0
CHAPTER 14 0
Governing is not distinct from spiritual leadership 83
The position of explaining the Divine commandments and guiding people 85
It is not right to separate these two positions 87
Christianity – oriented view 89
CHAPTER 15 0
The caliphs’ ignorance of Divine commands 91
Some samples of the ignorance of the first caliph 93
The level of knowledge of the second caliph 94
The third caliph’s level of knowledge 96
CHAPTER 16 0
The Prophet's disciples were not immune against sins 99
How to recognize right from wrong 101
CHAPTER 17 0
The narrative reasons for the leadership of Imam Ali (as) 109
1. The Narration of Endearment 110
An Answer to a Question 113
CHAPTER 18 0
2. The Event of Ghadir (Part one) 115
1. Accusations 0
2. The torture of the followers 116
3. Inviting the Arabs' great story-teller 0
4. Prohibiting the recitation of the Quran 0
5. The Economic sanctions 0
6. The plot to assassinate the Prophet 117
7. The Bloody conflicts 0
8. The Prophet's demise 0
CHAPTER 19 0
2. The Event of Ghadir (part two) 123
The historical event of Ghadir is an eternal event 0
Ghadir's Event is Eterna 125
Other Reasons for the eternity of the Ghadir Event 126
CHAPTER 20 0
2. Ghadir's narration (Part three) 129
What was the objective behind the Glorious Event of Ghadir? 0
CHAPTER 21 0
Answers to Questions 135
Two Questions 0
The Answer to the first Question 0
The answer to the second Question 138
CHAPTER 22 0
(3,4) The Events of Thaqalain and Safinah 143
The Holy Quran and the Prophet's Household are inseparable 0
A survey of the contents of the narration of Thaqalain 144
Imam Ali's resort to the Thaqalain Event 145
But notice 0
The Prophet's Household acts as Noah’s Ark 146
A survey of the contents of the Safinah narration 147
CHAPTER 23 0
How can a sinner be innocent? 149
What is the nature of Infallibility? 0
CHAPTER 24 0
The reasons behind the infallibility of the divine leaders 153
1. Education in the light of action 0
2. Attracting people's confidence 154
CHAPTER 25 0
The greater the responsibilities, the heavier the conditions 157
The Quran's guidance 0
An Answer to a Question 158
More Quranic Guidance 0
CHAPTER 26 0
I. Which interpretation is Correct: كتاب الله وعترتي اهل بيتي God's Book and my Household” or”كتاب الله وسنتي” “God's book and my tradition”? 161
The document for the narration which contains the words “and my Household” 162
The document of the narration with the expressionوسنتي [and my tradition] 163
The second document “wa sonnati” 165
II. How to praise and salute the Prophet 168

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

In the Name of Allah,
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful





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