Dedication of The second Edition
This Second Edition is Dedicated to the memory of
the stillborn child of the Noble and Blessed Lady Fatima (a.s.)
and those Martyrs whose names are lost in History
and who readily sacrificed their lives
for perpetuating the faith in the Vicegerency of Imam Ali (a.s.) and the Eleven Imams (a.s.) from his progeny
- The Hidden Truth about Karbala
- Dedication of the first Edition
- Dedication of The second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Introduction to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Chapter 1: Preamble
- Chapter 2: Historical Background
- Chapter 3: The Antagonists
- Chapter 4: Nomination of Ali to the Caliphate by the Prophet (S)
- (1) The Feast of Youm ad-Dar
- (2) The Night of Emigration
- (3) The Bond of Brotherhood
- (4) The Sura of at-Tawba
- (5) Mubahala
- (6) Madinatul Ilm (the city of knowledge)
- (7) Ghadir Khum
- (8) Authenticity of the event of Ghadir Khum
- (9) The Last Will
- (10) The Oral Will
- (11) Miscellaneous Traditions
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5: The Intrigue
- Chapter 6: Attributing fallibility to the Prophet
- Chapter 7: Hadith
- Chapter 8: Mutilation of the Concept of Jihad
- Chapter 9: Mutilation of the Concept of Zakat and Khums
- Chapter 10: The Caliphate
- Chapter 11: Imam Ali, The only Caliph by Public Choice
- Chapter 12: Imamate
- Chapter 13: The Muslim Empire
- Chapter 14: Yazid bin Mu’awiya bin Abu Sufyan
- Chapter 15: Imam Husayn migrates to Mecca
- Chapter 16: Muslim bin Aqeel: Imam Husayn’s Ambassador to Kufa
- Chapter 17: Imam Husayn’s Migration from Mecca
- Chapter 18: Imam Husayn’s journey to Karbala
- Chapter 19: Yazid’s forces gather at Karbala
- Chapter 20: Seventh and eighth of Muharram
- Chapter 21: The Ninth of Muharram
- Chapter 22: Ashura; the Tenth of Muharram
- Chapter 23: The Martyrs
- Chapter 24: The Burial of the Martyrs
- Chapter 25: Persecution after Karbala
- Chapter 26: Miracles
- Chapter 27: Persecution of the Shia
- Part A: Demolition of the Shrines
- Part B: Persecution of the Shia by the Umayyads
- Persecution of the Shia by Mu’awiya from 11 to 30 AH
- (1) Sa’d bin Ubadah
- (2) Malik bin Nuwayra
- (3) The Tribes of Kinda and Hadhramaut
- (4) Abu Sa’eed Khalid bin Sa’eed bin al-Aas bin Umayya
- (5) Ubay bin Ka’b bin Qais al-Khazraji al-Ansari
- (6) Bilal bin Rabah al-Habashi
- (7) Al-Hurmuzan
- (8) Abu Dharr Jundab bin Junadah al-Ghifari
- (9) Al-Miqdad bin Amr
- (10) Salman al-Farsi
- (11) The Martyrs in the Battle of al-Jamal
- (12) Uthman bin Hunaif al-Ansari
- (13) The Martyrs in the Battle of an-Nahrawan
- (14) The Martyrs in the Battle of Siffin
- (15) Ammar bin Yasir
- (16) Hashim bin Utba bin Abi Waqqas az-Zohri
- (17) Owais al-Qurani
- (18) Huthaifa bin al-Yaman’s sons Sagwan and Sa’eed
- (19) Malik bin al-Harith al-Ashtari
- (20) Kinana bin Bishr
- (21) Muhammad bin Abu Bakr
- (22) A’yan bin Dhubay’ah
- (23) Muhammad bin Abi Huthaifa
- (24) Maytham at-Tammar
- Persecution by Mu’awiya between 30-60 AH
- Between 61 to 64 AH under Yazid bin Mu’awiya
- The Shia Martyred between 64 & 73 AH under Abdullah ibn az-Zubair’s rule
- Persecution between 64 to 85 AH, by Marwan and his son Abdul Melik
- Persecution of the Shia by Mu’awiya from 11 to 30 AH
- Part C: Persecution of the Shia by the Abbasid kings
- [1] Abul Abbas as-Saffah (133–137 AH)
- [2] Abu Ja’far al-Mansur ad-Dawaniqi (137–159 A H)
- [3] Muhammad al-Mahdi (157-169 A H)
- [4] Abu Muhammad Musa al-Hadi (169-170 A H)
- [5] Haroon ar-Rashid (170-193 A H)
- [6] Abdullah al-Ma’mun (198- 218 AH)
- [7] Al-Mu’tasim Billah (218-227 A H)
- [8] Al-Mutawakkil `Alallah (232-247AH)
- Part D: Persecuton of the Shia during the Period when a Multitude of Caliphs came to Rule the Muslim World
- Part E: Persecution under the Mongols and Recent Times
- Appendix: The Martyrs at Karbala
- (a) The Names of the 18 Martyrs from the Banu Hashim
- (b) Names of the 16 Martyrs who left Yazid’s army and fought with Imam Husayn
- (c) Names of the 14 Companions of the Prophet (S) who were Martyred at Karbala
- (d) Names of the 22 Companions of Imam Ali who fought with Imam Husayn
- (e) Names of the 42 valiant soldiers who fought and sacrificed their lives for Imam Husayn
- Summary
- Bibliography
- A Prayer