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Abdullah ibn Saba and other Myths

Abdullah ibn Saba and other Myths

  1. Copyright Notice
    1. Attention!
  2. FOREWORD
  3. INTRODUCTION BY THE TRANSLATOR
  4. Comments by AL-SHEIKH JAWÃD MUGHNIAH (A Shi‘ah Scholar)
  5. Comments by PROFESSOR JAMES ROBINSON D.Litt., D.D.Glasgow, U.K.
  6. INTRODUCTION
    1. THE TALE OF ‘ABDULLÃH BIN SABA’
    2. THE ORIGIN OF THE STORY
    3. WHO IS SAIF? (SHORT BIOGRAPHY)
    4. THE STORY OF THE PAVILION OF BANI SÑEDAH ACCORDING TO AUTHENTIC SOURCES
  7. PREFACE
    1. How and why this book came about.
  8. THE TALE OF ‘ABDULLÃH BIN SABA’
  9. THE ORIGIN OF THE TALE AND OF THE STORY TELLERS
  10. INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SAIF AND HIS NARRATIONS
    1. Who is Saif?
    2. Saif’s Books.
    3. The value of Saif’s recordings.
  11. 1. OSÃMA ARMY
    1. STORY BY SAIF
    2. STORY BY OTHER THAN SAIF
    3. COMPARISON
  12. SOME SAHÃBĪS INTRODUCED
    1. MOHAMMAD’S POLICY ON HIS DEATH BED
  13. 2. SAIF AND SAQIFAH
    1. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRUTH OF THE STORIES CONCERNING SAQIFAH RECORDED BY SAIF
    2. THE STORY TELLER
    3. SAQĪFAH AND OTHER HISRORIANS APART FROM SAIF — SAQĪFAH AND ABUBAKR
    4. Did the Prophet express his wishes in writing?
    5. THE PROPHET’S DEATH
    6. SECOND CANDIDATE FOR THE SUCCESSION TO THE PROPHET
    7. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
    8. WARNING
  14. THE PUBLIC ALLEGIANCE
    1. AFTER THE ALLEGIANCE
    2. THE BURIAL OF THE PROPHET
    3. REFUGE IN THE HOUSE OF FATIMAH
    4. THE END OF THE EVENTS AT THE ALLEGIANCE
  15. COMMENTS MADE BY VARIOUS PEOPLE ABOUT THE ALLEGIANCE
    1. A — FADL BIN ‘ABBÃS
    2. B — ABDULLÃH BIN ABBÃS
    3. C — SALMÃN FÃRSI
    4. D — UMM MESTAH
    5. E — ABU DHAR
    6. F — MIQDÃD
    7. G — A LADY FROM BANI NAJJÃR
    8. H — ABU SOFYÃN
    9. I — MO‘ÃWIA
    10. J — KHÃLID BIN SA‘EED
    11. K — SA‘D BIN ‘OBÃDAH
    12. L — ‘OMAR
    13. THE EVALUATION OF SAIF’S RECORDING
    14. CONCLUSION
  16. 3. HERESY
    1. HERESY IN ISLAM
    2. HERETICS IN THE PROPHET’S TIME
    3. HERESY IN ABUBAKR’S TIME
  17. 4 — MÃLIK BIN NOWAIRA
    1. MÃLIK’S STORY ACCORDING TO SAIF
    2. THE SOURCE OF SAIF’S NARRATIONS
    3. WHO ARE SA‘B, ‘ATYYA AND OTHMÃN?
    4. COMPARISON
    5. WHY SAIF’S NARRATORS ARE FICTITIOUS?
    6. THE TEXT OF SAIF’S STORIES
  18. 5 — STORY OF ‘ALÃ΄ BIN HAZRAMI
    1. THE ORIGIN OF SAIF’S STORY
    2. ‘ALÃ’S STORY BY OTHER THAN SAIF
    3. WARS AGAINST HERETICS COMPARISON AND CONCLUSION
  19. 6 — HAW’AB, THE LAND OF THE DOGS
    1. THE SOURCE OF SAIF’S STORY
    2. AT WHOM DID THE DOGS BARK IN HAW’AB?
    3. CONCLUSION
  20. 7 — TO CORRECT THE FAMILY TREE OF ZIÃD
    1. THE ORIGIN OF SAIF’S STORY
    2. THE STORY TOLD BY OTHERS APART FROM SAIF
    3. CONCLUSION
  21. 8 — THE STORY OF MOGHAIRA BIN SHO‘BA
    1. OTHER HISTORIANS
    2. ORIGIN OF SAIF’S STORY
    3. CONCLUSION
  22. 9 — THE IMPRISONMENT OF ABU MEHJAN
    1. Saif’s narration:
    2. ORIGIN OF SAIF’S STORY
    3. CONCLUSION
  23. 10 — SAIF’S DAYS
    1. a — The Day of The Cows
    2. b — The Days of Armãth, Aghwãth and ‘Emãs
    3. c — The Day of Jarãthīm
  24. 11 — CONSULTATION AND ALLEGIANCE TO ‘OTHMÃN
    1. THE STORY OF CONSULTATION BY OTHERS APART FROM SAIF
    2. CONSULTATION AND ‘OMAR
  25. 12 — QUMMÃDHBÃN SON OF HORMOZÃN ACCORDING TO SAIF
    1. STORY TOLD BY OTHERS APART FROM SAIF
    2. CONCLUSION
  26. 13 — CITIES INVENTED BY SAIF
    1. 1.Dolouth
    2. 2.Tãwous
    3. 3.Je‘rãna and No‘mãn
    4. 4.Qordouda
    5. 5.River Ott
    6. 6.Ermãth, Aghwãth and Emãs
    7. 7.Altheni, Thanyat al-Rekãb, Qodais, Maqr, Wayakhord Walaja and Alhawãfi.
  27. 14 — SAIF AND THE DATES OF THE EVENTS
  28. CONCLUSION
  29. THE END OF TRANSLATION
  30. A NOTE BY THE EDITOR
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