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PREFACE - 11
CHAPTER ONE
THE PROPHET’S ESTATE AND ITS SOURCES
Preamble on the Estate of the Apostle of God - 15
The Prophet’s Estate - 16
The Khums On Sundry Gains Is A Right Established In The Qur'an - 17
The Obligation of Paying the Khums on Gains In the Prophetic Traditions - 18
Letters and Khums of the Holy Prophet - 23
The way the Prophet used to divide khums - 24
Khums is exclusively for those for whom alms is forbidden - 28
Fay' is for the Apostle Alone - 30
Safaya are for the Apostle Alone - 33
Anfal is for God and His Apostle - 37
The View of the followers of the Ahl al-Bayt about Anfal - 45
The Prophet’s Estate in Summary - 48
CHAPTER TWO
THE COURSE TAKEN ON THE PROPHET’S ESTATE AFTER HIS PASSING AWAY
The Quraysh confess dispossessing the Relatives of their rights - 55
Fatimah demands her father’s estate - 56
Fatimah and her husband meet Abu-Bakr to demand her right - 58
The Ahl al-Bayt would accept nothing but their full rights - 60
The entitlements of Lady Fatimah - 61
Lady Fatimah demands Fadak - 61
Ummu-Ayman’s testimony in favor of Lady Fatimah - 64
Rejecting the testimony of Imam ‛Ali was the epitome of disaster - 68
Sayyid al-Murtada’s words on the truthfulness of Lady Fatimah - 73
Al-Karajaki amazed by Abu-Bakr’s request - 75
CHAPTER THREE
FADAK AFTER THE CONFISCATION
Fadak, After The Confiscation - 79
The claim that the Prophet’s legacy was a public endowment - 81
How the Prophet used to spend the fay' - 82
Abu-Bakr, ‛Umar and ‛Uthman’s disbursement of fay' and khums - 85
Conclusion - 95
Inequality in giving out stipends from the treasury - 96
Al-Shafi‛i admits Abu-Bakr and ‛Umar’s revoking the right of the Relatives - 98
‛Umar’s contradicting the Prophetic practice - 111
‛Umar keeps the properties of Chosroe for himself - 116
CHAPTER FOUR
ABU-BAKR CHALLENGES FATIMAH OVER HER LEGACY
Before we start - 121
Denying Lady Fatimah her inheritance; suspending the Islamic Law - 121
Abu-Bakr’s narration - 122
The view of the Imamiyyah Shi‛ah scholars on Abu-Bakr’s narration - 124
Sunni scholars’ view on bequeathing by prophets - 131
The Prophet communicated to the Muslims what they need to know - 135
Fatimah was more knowledgeable than Abu-Bakr - 138
Imam ‛Ali accuses Abu-Bakr and ‛Umar - 139
CHAPTER FIVE
A SOLITARY HADITH; SUNNIS DO NOT REGARD IT AS A PROOF THAT IS NOT FREE FROM DEFECT
Khabar wahid in the view of the Companions and tabi‛un - 153
Fatimah accuses Abu-Bakr of falsehood and vehemently rejects his report - 157
Imam ‛Ali rejects Abu-Bakr’s narration - 161
Imam ‛Ali was more knowledgeable than the rest of the Companions - 162
Imam ‛Ali was the best judge of the Muslim community - 166
The Companions consulted Imam ‛Ali - 170
Imam ‛Ali knew the laws of inheritance better than the others - 171
Deficiency in legal decisions - 172
‛Umar applies personal opinion in judging cases of inheritance - 176
Judging between people without deserving to do so - 178
Epilogue - 179
CHAPTER SIX
ABU-BAKR’S REPORT: THEIR ONLY ARGUMENT
A critique of Abu-Bakr’s report - 181
Spending the share of the Ahl al-Bayt on warhorses and arms - 187
The Ahl al-Bayt’s conduct exposes those pretexts - 189
Motives behind misappropriation of the possessions of the Ahl al-Bayt - 191
Some remarks - 194
Closing Remarks - 196