ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ahl al Bayt

[Ali Abbas]

http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~yusufali/islam

Table of Contents

Chapter 1.a: *** Version 2.0 ***

- Quran and Ahlul-Bayt
- Why School of Ahlul-Bayt?
- Who are Ahlul-Bayt? (Parts I through VIII)
- The Word House (Ahlul-Bayt) in Quran
- Sunni Feedback on the Issues of Infallibility and Ahlul-Bayt

Chapter 1.b: *** Version 2.0 ***

- Who Offended the Blind?
- Infallibility of the Prophets (Parts I through III)
- Leadership and Infallibility (Parts I & II)
- The Twelve Imams (Parts I & II)
- The Holy Quran and the Pure Imams
- The Reward of Loving Ahlul-Bayt
- How to Send Greetings to Prophet Muhammad?
- Is Being a Member of a Party Forbidden in Islam?
- The Term "Shia" in Quran and Hadith
- al-Azhar Verdict on the Shia

Chapter 2: *** Version 2.0 ***

- The Last Luminary
- Sunni Documentation on Imam al-Mahdi (AS)
- Special specifications of Imam al-Mahdi (AS)
- Necessity of the Existence of Imam al-Mahdi (AS)
- More on Imam al-Mahdi (AS)
- The Knowledge of the Unseen & the Knowledge of the Book
- Some Traditions on the Virtues of Imam Ali (AS)

Chapter 3: * Version 1.5 *

- Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS)
- The Major Difference Between the Shia and the Sunni
- Ghadir Khum (Parts I, II, & III)
- Certainly your Master is ...
- Who is the successor of the Prophet (PBUH&HF)?
- The Prophet Announcing His Successor in His First Preach
- How is This Possible?
- The Opinion of Imam Ali (AS) on Caliphate

Chapter 4: * Version 1.5 *

- Respecting the Righteous Companions
- A Shi'ite View of the Companions
- The Tragedy of Thursday
- Conspiracy Against Imam Ali (AS)
- Attacking the House of Fatimah (AS)
- Usurping the Land of Fadak
- Lady Fatimah (AS) protests against Abu Bakr's Actions
- More Facts on Fadak
- A short history of Fadak after the Martyrdom of Fatimah (AS)

Chapter 5.a: * Version 1.5 *

- Muawiyah and Abusing Imam Ali (AS)
- More on Muawiyah
- Development of History and Hadith Collections
- Islam of Abu Talib (Parts I through IV)
- Was Azar the Father of Prophet Abraham?
- Who was Umm Kulthum the wife of Umar?
- On the Companions who Murdered Uthman
- The Innovations of the Early Caliphs
- Are Munafiqeen Counted Among the Sahabah?
- Shia vs. Iran

Chapter 5.b: * Version 1.5 *

- Imam Husain (AS): A brief Description and Analysis
- Some Traditions on Imam al-Husain (AS)
- Reasons Behind the Commemoration of Imam al-Husain (AS)
- Did Imam al-Husain (AS) Know He Would Be killed?
- The Martyred Ones
- Tragedy of Karbala as reported by the Sunnis (Parts I through IX)

Chapter 6.a: *** Version 2.0 ***

- Temporary Marriage in Islam:
- Part 1: Evidences From Quran and the Sunni Commentaries
- Part 2: Evidences From the Sunni Hadith Collections
- Part 3: Evidences From the Sunni History/Fiqh/Misc. Books
- Part 4: Some Contradicting Reports
- Part 5: Purpose of Marriage; Prohibition of Illegal Sex & Alcohol
- Part 6: Similarities and Differences of Mut'a and Regular Marriage
- Part 7: The Necessities and the Advantages of Mut'a
- Part 8: Some Frequently Asked Questions on Mut'a

- Debate on the Legitimacy of Mut'a:
- Introduction
- The Shia View
- The Sunni View
- Debate on the Quranic Verse of Mut'a
- Debate over the Sermon of Umar
- Debate on the Controversial Reports
- The Opinion of the Four Sunni Schools of Law
- The Opinion of the Shia School of Law and the Shi'ite Traditions
Which Attribute Many Rewards to Mut'a and the Reasons Behind it.

Chapter 6.b: * Version 1.5 *

- al-Taqiyya/Dissimulation (Parts I through III)
- Khums (one fifth)
- Tawassul (Resorting to Intermediary)
- Evidence for Tawassul by a Sunni Writer
- Did Muhammad Receive Revelation by Mistake?!
- Imamat vs. Prophethood (Parts I and II)
- Finality of the Prophethood

Chapter 7: * Version 1.5 *

- The Shia/Sunni Jurisprudence:
- Shia Scholars
- The Rules of Modesty (according to five Schools)
- Fasting (according to five Schools)
- Call for Prayer (Adhan) and Ablution (Wudu)
- Joining Prayers and Other related Issues
- Prayer (according to five Schools)

Chapter 8: * Version 1.5 *

- Shia/Sunni and Quran:
- Belief of Shia in the Completeness of Quran
- Different Arrangements of Quran
- Some Sunni Reports on the Incompleteness of Quran
- The Quran Compiled by Imam Ali (AS)
- Tabarsi and incompleteness of Quran
- The Book of Fatimah (AS)
- Can ANY human do that?
- Early Debates on the Integrity of the Quran (Incomplete)

Chapter 9: * Version 1.5 *

- Outline of Differences
- Traditions which falsely allege physical attributes to Allah
- Abu Huraira vs. Paul
- Similarities of Jews/Christians/Muslims
- Women, Was it their choice?
- Ibn Taymiyah and his Works
- The Wahhabis

Chapter 10: * Version 1.5 *

- Abdullah Ibn Saba (Parts I through V)
- Kaab al-Ahbar (Parts I through III)

Chapter 11: * Version 1.5 *

- Kumail's Invocation and other Supplications
- Free Will and Fatalism
- Divine Justice and the Problem of Evil
- Some traditions from al-Kafi on the place of reason in religion
- Some stories on Imam Ali (AS)
- Islamic Scientists
- List of Islamic Books
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Glossary

- SWT = "Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala" = Exalted He is (used for Allah)
- PBUH&HF = Peace be upon him and his family (used for Prophet Muhammad)
- AS = "Alayhi al-Salam" = Peace be upon him (used for the prophets and the
Imams)
- RA = "Radhiyallah Anh/Anha" = may Allah be pleased with him/her

Please note that the addresses of Sahih al-Bukhari which are given in the
form of x.xxx match the Arabic-English version of Sahih al-Bukhari which is
available in most mosques. The first number before the point indicates the
volume number, and the number after the point indicates the tradition
number (not the page number). For example al-Bukhari Hadith 8.578 indicates
volume 8, tradition #578 for the Arabic-English version.
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