Dedication
This research is dedicated to Amir al-Muminin ‘Ali b. Abi Talib, salawatullah wa salamuhu ‘alaihi, who is my mawla and the mawla of all believers.
- On The Khilafah Of ‘Ali Over Abu Bakr
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1) Hadith Al-Khilafah
- 2) Hadith Al-Wilayah, Investigating Its Authenticity
- 3) Hadith Al-Wilayah, Al-Arnaut’s Rescue Attempts
- 4) Hadith Al-Wilayah, What Does Wali Mean?
- 5) Hadith Al-Wilayah, The Implication of “After Me”
- 6) Hadith Al-Wilayah, Doctored By Shi’is?
- 7) Hadith Al-Tawliyah
- 8) Hadith Al-Wirathah, Establishing Its Authenticity
- 9) Hadith Al-Wirathah, Examining Some Shawahid
- 10) Hadith Al-Ada, Investigating Its Authenticity
- 11) Hadith Al-Ada, the Report of Zayd B. Yathi’
- 12) Hadith Al-Ada, Revealing Ibn Taymiyyah’s Fears
- 13) Hadith Al-Qital, Ibn Taymiyyah Charges Imam ‘Ali With Mass Murder
- 14) Hadith Al-Qital, the Prophet’s Defence of Amir Al-Muminin
- 15) Hadith Al-Qital, Mu’awiyah B. Abi Sufyan: A Case Study
- 16) Hadith Al-Siyadah, Examining The Background Arguments
- 17) Hadith Al-Siyadah, Proving Its Authenticity
- 18) Hadith Al-Siyadah, Exploring the Scope of ‘Ali’s Superiority
- 19) Hadith Sadd Al-Abwab, A Tale of Two Hadiths
- 20) Hadith Sadd Al-Abwab, What Doors Exactly Were Closed?
- 21) Hadith Al-Manzilah, the Golden Hadith
- 22) Hadith Al-Manzilah, ‘Ali: The Wazir of Muhammad
- Bibliography
