A SURVEY INTO THE LIVES OF THE INFALLIBLE IMAMS

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First Pages a1
FOREWORD 1
INTRODUCTION 3
A Comparison between Imām al-Husayn’s (‘a) Path and That of Other Imāms (‘a) 0
Dissimulation [Taqiyyah] 0
CHAPTER 1 11
‘Alī’s (‘a) Struggles 0
‘Uthmān’s Assassination (the Problem of Hypocrisy) 12
Inflexibility in the Enforcement of Justice 15
Bluntness and Honesty in Politics 0
Kharijites [Khawārij], ‘Alī’s Fundamental Problem 0
‘Alī’s (‘a) Demeanour towards the Kharijites 20
The Principles of the Kharijites Sect 22
‘Alī’s Attitude towards Kharijites 23
Characteristics of the Kharijites 25
‘Alī’s (‘a) Martydom 30
CHAPTER 2 35
Imām al-Hasan’s (‘a) Pacifism (Session 1) 0
The Holy Prophet (s) and Peace 36
‘Alī and Peace 37
The Cases for Jihād in The Shī‘ah Jurisprudence 40
Fighting Rebels 42
Peace in the Shī‘ah Jurisprudence 43
Hudaybiyyah Peace 46
Question and Answer 51
CHAPTER 2 53
Imām al-Hasan’s Pacifism (Session 2) 0
Contrasting the Circumstances of Imām al-Hasan (‘a) And Imām al-Husayn (‘a) 54
The Elements Contributing to Imām al-Husayn’s Uprisal and Their Contrasts with Imām al-Hasan’s Circumstances 57
The Conditions in the Contract 63
Question and Answer 65
CHAPTER 3 71
A Dicourse on Imām Zayn al-‘Ābidīn (‘a) 0
The Imām’s Acts of Worship 0
The Herald of Affection 72
The Service in the Hajj Caravan 0
The Imām’s Prayers and Tear Sheding 73
CHAPTER 4 75
Imām al-Sādiq (‘a) and the Issue of Vice-regency (Session 1) 0
The ‘Abbasīds’ Utilization of the People’s Discontentment 77
Abū Salmah’s Letter to Imām al-Sādiq and ‘Abd Allāh al-Mahd 80
The Reaction of Imām al-Sādiq (‘a) and ‘Abd Allāh al-Mahd 81
Investigation 84
The Secret Gathering of the Heads of Banī Hāshim 85
Allegiance with “Muhammad Nafs Zakiyyah” 0
Characteristics of Imām al-Sādiq’s Time 88
CHAPTER 4 91
Imām al-Sādiq (‘a) and the Issue of Vice-regency (Session 2) 0
The Comparison between the Time of Imām al-Sādiq and the Time of Imām al-Husayn 92
The War of Beliefs 94
The Attitude of Imām al-Sādiq with the Various Intellectual Streams 96
The Words of Mālik ibn Anas about Imām al-Sādiq 97
The View of Ahmad Amīn 98
The Confession of JāhIz 99
The View of Mīr ‘Alī Hindī 0
The Words of Ahmad Zakī Sālih 100
The Endeavour of the Shī‘ah towards Intellectual Issues 0
Jābir ibn Hayyān 101
Hishām ibn al-Hakam 0
The Factors Affecting Scientific Enthusiasm during the Time of Imām al-Sādiq (‘a) 103
Question and Answer 107
CHAPTER 5 109
The Reasons for Imām Mūsā al-Kāzim’s (‘a) Martyrdom 0
The Influence of Time on the Type of Combat 110
The Imām in Basrah Prison 111
The Imām in Various Prisons 112
Hārūn’s Request from the Imām 113
The Reasons for the Imām’s Arrest 114
Ma’mūn’s Saying 115
The Imām’s Spiritual Influence 116
Two Common Customs among the Imāms 118
The Plot of Hārūn’s System 0
Bishr Hāfī and Imām al-Kāzim (‘A) 119
Safwān Jammāl and Hārūn 120
The Manner of the Imām’s Martyrdom 122
CHAPTER 6 125
The Issue of Imām al-Ridā (‘a) as the Crown Prince (Session 1) 0
The ‘Abbāsīd Attitude towards the ‘Alawīs 126
The Issue of Imām al-Ridā’s Successoral and Historical Citations 128
Ma’mūn and the Shī‘Ism 129
The Views of Shaykh Mufīd and Shaykh Sadūq 130
The Second Probability 131
Jurjī Zaydān’s View 132
The Third Probability 133
The Historical Facts 135
Imām al-Ridā’s Refusal 136
Imām al-Ridā’s Condition 137
The Imām’s Attitude after the Issue of Acceptance 138
CHAPTER 6 139
The Issue of Imām al-Ridā (‘a) as the Crown Prince (Session 2) 0
Doubtful Issues 143
Analyzing the Assumptions 147
Cooperation with Caliphs from the Holy Imām’s Point of View 148
Imām al-Ridā’s Reasoning 149
Undertaking a Task from a Tyrant [Wilāyat-e Jā’ir] 151
Question and Answer 152
CHAPTER 7 157
On the Topic of Imām al-Hasan al-‘Askarī (‘a) 0
CHAPTER 8 161
Part 1 0
The Universal Justice 0
Definition of Justice 164
Is Justice-Seeking Instinctive? 165
The Theory of Nietzsche and Machiavelli 0
The View of Bertrand Russel 166
Evaluation of This Theory 167
The Marxist View 0
The Islamic View 168
The Issue of the Imām’s Lifetime 169
The Characteristics of Imām al-Mahdī’s Age 170
CHAPTER 8 175
Part 2 0
The Promised [Maw‘ūd] al-Mahdī 0
Mahdism in the Qur’an and in the Sayings of Prophets 0
‘Alī’s Saying 177
Mukhtār’s Uprising and Belief in Mahdism 178
The Words of Zuhrī 179
The Rising of “Nafs Zakiyyah” and the Belief in Mahdism 0
The Deceit of Mansūr, the ‘Abbāsīd Caliph 180
Muhamamd ibn ‘Ijlān and Mansūr ‘Abbāsī 181
The Words of Di‘bil 182
Mahdism in the Sunnī World 183
The Words of Hāfīz 0
The Essence of al-Mahdī’s Uprising 185
Mahdism, a Global Philosophy 187

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