The series of lectures delivered by Allamah Sayyid Murtadha al-Askari on discussion of the principle matters concerning veracious Islam.
The Role of Holy Imams (a.s) in the Revival of Religion (Vol. 3)
Allamah Sayyid Murtadha al-Askari
Translated by Jalil Dorrani
Published by Naba Pubblications
ISBN: 964- 6643-94-9
- The Role of Holy Imams (a.s.) in the Revival of Religion Vol. 3
- Introduction
- Preface
- Human Powers and Instincts
- The State of Arab Society in the Pre-Islamic Era
- 1. The Arab Race and Origin
- 2. The Religious, Cultural, Economic and Social conditions of the Arabs in the Pre-Islamic Era
- 3. The Conditions of Mecca and Medina in the Pre-Islamic Era
- A Brief Glance At The Biography of The Holy Prophet (S)
- Before Appointment
- The Prophet’s Appointment
- Commencement Of The General Call
- Reaction of the Quraish and their leader’s support for the Prophet (S)
- Conflict between the Prophet’s uncle (Hamza) and Abu Jahl
- Revolt against the Meccan chief
- The Demise of Khadijah (s.a.)
- The last moments of Abu Talib’s life
- The stalwart of Islam face to face with the Quraish
- Migration To Medina
- After the Demise of the Prophet (S)
- The Sunnah During Abu Bakr’s Era
- Abu Bakr, the Caliph from the Quraish
- Abu Bakr’s policy vis-a-vis the supporters and opponents of his allegiance
- Appraisal of These Utterances
- The result of the opposition’s actions against Abu Bakr’s allegiance
- The Policy of Abu Bakr’s Government Towards the Prophet’s Sunnah and Hadith
- Narration of a Hadith in Approval of Abu Bakr’s Rule of Government
- The Reason for the Silence of the Prophet’s Companions Before the Caliphate
- The Importance of Promises and Contracts in the Eyes of Arabs of the Arabian Peninsular
- The Policy of Abu Bakr’s Government vis-a-vis the Prophet’s Hadith and Sunnah
- Prohibition on the Narration of the Prophet’s Hadith
- The Sunnah During Umar’s Era
- Umar, the Caliph from Quraish
- Polices during Umar’s era
- Policy of preferential treatment for the Arab race
- Policy of setting up class-system in the Islamic society
- Policy of imprisoning the Prophet’s companions
- Policy of fabricating kinsfolk and Ahl-ul-Bayt for the Prophet (S)
- Umar’s policy vis-a-vis the Prophet’s hadith and Sunnah
- Return to the discussion on Umar’s policy
- The end of Umar’s rule and the appointment of a six-member Consultative Committee
- Events following the allegiance
- Assessing the Consultative Committee and Uthman’s appointment
- Conclusion
- The Sunnah During Uthman’s Era
- The Sunnah During Ali’s Era
- The Sunnah During Abu Bakr’s Era
- The Birth Of Different Sects In The Caliphate School
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Compilation Of Hadith In The Caliphate School
- First Discussion: Differences and division of sects in the caliphate school
- Second Discussion: Unity in the Ahlul Bayt (as) School
- Preface
- A) Appointment of the prophet’s legatees
- B) Concealment of hadith
- C) Uprisings by followers of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) school
- D) The effect of appointment of the legatees and effect of concealment of hadith
- E) Recognition of Shi’a and Shi’ism
- Differences amongst the followers from the Ahlul Bayt school
- A Comparative Analysis of the Sects Ascribed Towards The Ahlul Bayt School And The Sects of the Caliphate School
- Differences in the Ahle-bayt (as) school during major occultation
- Conclusion
- Status of Ahlul Bayt In Divine Words
- Mode And Method Followed by the Prophet’s Legatees in Their Efforts Towards The Revival Of His Sunnah
- Foreward: General overview of our discussion
- First Discussion: By Divine Command, The Holy Prophet (S) Entrusted The Exegesis Of Quran And His Sunnah With His Twelve Legatees
- Second Discussion: The Divine proclamation of the custodians of Islam through Holy Prophet
- The basis of reasoning of the two schools on Imamat
- (a) The literal meaning of Caliph
- (b) Caliph in the Muslim terminology
- (c) Caliph in the Islamic terminology
- The Concept of Imamat according to followers of Caliphate
- Caliphs and the Muslims
- Imamat in the Ahlul Bayt School of Thought
- Explanation about Divine Appointment
- Enclosures
