To Be With The Truthful

276 Pages·2007·2.71 MB·English

by  Dr. Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi

LI-‘AKUNA MA ‘AL
SADIQIN

To Be With
the Truthful

Author

Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi

Translator:
Hasan M. Najafi

In The Name of Allah
The Beneficient, the Merciful

“O Ye who believe! Be careful of your duty
to Allah, and be with the truthful”
(9:119)

CONTENTS
Preamble ...................................................................................................... 5
Introduction................................................................................................. 9
The Qur’ān in the Perspective of Ahl Al-Sunnah and the Shi'ah 11
The Prophetic Sunnah in the Perspective of Ahl Al-Sunnah and Shi‘ah
.................................................................................................................... 17
Doctrines in the Perspective of Shi'ah and Ahl Al-Sunnah ................... 29
BELIEVING IN ALLAH THE EXALTED BY BOTH SECTS ................. 29
BELIEF IN PROPHETHOOD BY THE TWO SECTS ............................ 33
Belief in Imāmate by Both Sects .............................................................. 41
1. IMĀMATE IN THE HOLY QUR’ĀN................................................ 42
2. IMĀMATE IN THE PROPHETIC SUNNAH ...................................... 44
AHL AL-SUNNAH’S OPINION ABOUT CALIPHATE AND ITS
DISCUSSION ..................................................................................... 48
‘ALI’S GUARDIANSHIP IN THE HOLY QUR’ĀN ............................... 51
A COMMENTARY ............................................................................. 63
VERSE OF RELIGION PERFECTION RELATES TO CALIPHATE TOO
......................................................................................................... 70
DISCUSSING THE CLAIM THE VERSE WAS REVEALED ON ‘ARAFĀT
......................................................................................................... 75
THE SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT IN THE RESEARCH ........................... 92
GRIEF AND SORROW ..................................................................... 110
OTHER EVIDENCES FOR ‘ALI’S GUARDIANSHIP .......................... 117
FIRST EVIDENCE............................................................................ 117
SECOND EVIDENCE ........................................................................ 119
A COMMENT ABOUT SHURĀ ......................................................... 122
Disagreement about Al-Thaqalayn ....................................................... 127
ANOTHER SELF-CONTRADICTORY STORY BY ABU HURAYRAH . 137
THE DISPUTE BETWEEN AISHAH AND IBN UMAR ........................ 138
DISAGREEMENT AMONG SCHOOLS ABOUT THE PROPHETIC
SUNNAH .......................................................................................... 138
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AHL AL-SUNNAH AND SHI‘AH ABOUT THE
PROPHETIC SUNNAH ..................................................................... 140
Fate and Destiny ..................................................................................... 149
IN THE VIEW OF AHL AL-SUNNAH .............................................. 149
SHI’AH’S BELIEF IN FATE AND DESTINY ..................................... 158
A COMMENTARY ON CALIPHATE WITHIN FATE AND DESTINY . 163
Al-Khums (One-Fifth) ............................................................................ 167
Imitation (Taqlid) ................................................................................... 173
Doctrines with which Ahl Al-Sunnah Revile the Shi‘ah ...................... 179
(BELIEF IN) INFALLIBILITY........................................................... 184
NUMBER OF IMĀMS (ITHNĀ ‘ASHAR) ........................................... 190
THE IMĀMS’ KNOWLEDGE ............................................................ 191
PRINCIPLE OF AL-BADĀ’ .............................................................. 194
TAQIYYAH (DISSIMULATION) ....................................................... 201
AL-MUT‘AH (OR TEMPORARY MARRIAGE) ................................ 210
CLAIM OF TAHRIF OF THE QUR’ĀN ............................................ 218
PERFORMING TWO PRAYERS TOGETHER .................................... 231
PROSTRATION ON CLAY ............................................................... 238
AL-RAJ'AH (RESTORATION TO LIFE) .......................................... 242
EXTRAVAGANCE (GHULUWW) (IN LOVING THE IMĀMS) ............. 246
AL-MAHDI, THE AWAITED ........................................................... 251
Bibliography-Exegesis Books ................................................................. 261
Hadith Books ........................................................................................... 263
History Books .......................................................................................... 264
Sirah (Biography) Books ........................................................................ 265
Other References..................................................................................... 266