
This text analyzes systematically the events recorded in the history books and proves without doubt that ‘Abdullah Bin Saba΄, the alleged founder of the Shi‘ah sect in Islam was a fictitious character. Further, the author throws some light on the narrations and the researchers who relied on such forgery in their historical and ideological research. The opinions of the great scholars of Islam about the inauthenticity and the unreliability of Sayf ibn ‘Umar are also given.
- Abdullah Ibn Saba’ And Other Myths
- Foreword
- Introduction by the Translator
- Truth Behind The Fiction
- Introduction: The tale of ‘Abdullah bin Saba’
- Preface
- The Tale of ‘Abdullah bin Saba’
- The Origin of the Tale and of the Story-tellers
- 1) Muhammad Rashid Reza
- 2) Abul Feda (d. 732 H.L. 1331 A.D.)
- 3) Ibn Athir (d. 630 H.L. 1229 A.D.)
- 4) Ibn Kathir (d. 774 H.L. 1289 A.D.)
- 5) Ibn Khaldoon
- 6) Muhammad Farid Wajdi
- 7) al-Bostani
- 8) Ahmed Amin
- 9) Hassan Ibrahim.
- 10) Van Flotten (Volten) (Johannes 1818—1883).
- 11) Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne (1868 1945).
- 12) The Islamic Encyclopedia
- 13) Donaldson, M. Dewight.
- 14) Wellhousen Julius (1844 — 1918).
- 15) Mirkhand
- 16) Ghiathud Din (d. 940 H.L. — 1455 A.D.)
- 17) Tabari and his source
- 18) Ibn ‘Asaker (d. 571 H.L. — 1086 A.D.)
- 19) Ibn Badran (d. 1346 H.L. — 1851 A.D.)
- 20) Ibn Abibakr (d.741 H.L. — 1256 A.D.)
- 21) Sa'id Afghani
- 22) Dhahabi (d. 748 H.L. — 1263 A.D.)
- Investigation concerning Saif and his Narrations
- 1. Osama army
- 2. Saqifah
- Saif and Saqifah
- An investigation into the truth of the stories concerning Saqifah recorded by Saif
- The story teller
- Saqifah and other historians apart from Saif — Saqifah and Abu Bakr
- The Prophet's Death
- The candidates before the burial of the Prophet
- Second candidate for the succession to the Prophet
- The Successful Candidate
- Warning
- The Public Allegiance
- After the Allegiance
- The Burial of the Prophet
- Refuge in the house of Fatimah
- The end of the Events at the Allegiance
- Comments made by various people about the Allegiance
- The evaluation of Saif's recording
- Conclusion
- 3. Reddah (Heresy)
- 4. Malik Bin Nowaira
- 5. ‘Ala΄ Bin Hazrami
- 6. Barking of Hawa’b's dogs
- 7. Ziad's family tree
- 8. Moghairah Bin Sho‘ba
- 9. Abu Mhjan's Imprisonment
- 10. Saif's Days
- 11. Consultation and ‘Othman
- 12. Qummadhban
- 13. Cities invented by Saif
- 14. Saif and the dates of the events
- The End of Translation
- A Note by the Editor