The Saqifah Conspiracy

Title: The Saqifah Conspiracy
Author: Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi
Project supervisor: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly (ABWA)
Translator: Badr Shahin
Editor: Iffat Shah
Proofreader: Muhammad Mahdi Baqi
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
First Printing: 2011
All rights reserved.

Publisher’s FOREWORD - 13
Foreword - 15
PREAMBLE - 21
Disturbance of the Polytheists of Quraysh - 24
Persecuting the Believers Physically - 25
Emigration to Abyssinia - 25
The Holy Prophet in Yathrib - 26
Foundation of the Islamic State - 27
Islamic Brotherhood - 27
Enactment of Laws - 28
Panic of the Chiefs of Quraysh - 29
The Battle of Badr - 29
The Battle of U¦ud - 30
The Conquest of Makkah - 31
The Anti-Islam Front - 33
The Hypocrites - 33
The Jews - 34
Caliphate; An Islamic Necessity - 37
Linguistic Denotation of Caliphate - 37
Caliphate in the Terminology of Muslim Jurisprudence - 38
The Holy Prophet’s Attention to Caliphate - 38
The Holy Prophet Matched Caliphate to Prophethood - 39
Need for Caliphate - 39
Unanimity on the inevitability of Caliphate - 40
Qualifications of the Imam - 40
View of al-F¡r¡b¢ - 41
View of the Sh¢‛ah - 42
The Imam’s Duties and Responsibilities - 45
Responsibilities of the leader From Imam ‛Al«’s viewpoint - 47
The Imam is Role-Model - 47
The Imam Shares the Subjects in Vicissitudes of Time - 47
Precaution in Matters Related to the Public Properties - 48
The Imam is Just Like the Feeble People - 53
Cancellation of all Privileges - 53
Method of Conversing with the Imam - 54
The Holy Prophet Selects Imam ‛Al« for Caliphate - 56
Imam ‛Al¢ in the Holy Qur'¡n - 61
Verse of Mubªhalah - 61
Verse of the Warner and the Guide - 64
Verse of the Retaining Ear - 65
Verse of the People of the Reminder - 65
Verse of the Guardian - 65
Verse of the Foremost - 66
Verse of Selling Souls with Allah’s Pleasure - 66
Verse of Love for the Near Relatives - 67
Verse of Purification - 69
Imam ‛Al¢ in the Prophetic Traditions - 75
Imam ‛Al«; The Holy Prophet’s Self - 75
Imam ‛Al«; The Holy Prophet’s Brother - 75
Imam ‛Al«; The Holy Prophet’s Aide - 79
Imam ‛Al«; The Holy Prophet’s Vicegerent - 80
Imam ‛Al«’s position to the Holy Prophet - 81
Imam ‛Al«; the Door to the Holy Prophet’s City of Knowledge - 83
Imam ‛Al«; the Door to the Holy Prophet’s Wisdom - 84
Imam ‛Al« and the Holy Prophet; the Same Tree - 84
Imam ‛Al«; the Match of the Prophets - 85
Imam ‛Al¢; the Most Beloved of all Humans to the Almighty - 86
Obedience to the Imam; Obedience to the Prophet - 87
Love for ‛Al«; Love for Allah - 87
Love for ‛Al« is Faith; Hating him is Hypocrisy - 88
Love for Imam ‛Al«; The Title of the True Believer’s Record - 90
Imam ‛Al¢’s Position in the Other World - 91
Imam ‛Al«; the Bearer of al-°amd Standard - 91
Imam ‛Al«; the commander of the Prophet’s Pond - 93
Imam ‛Al«; the distributor of Heaven and Hell - 94
Without a License from Imam ‛Al«, No one passes the Discriminating Bridge - 95
Imam ‛Al¢; in the company of the Holy Prophet in Paradise - 96
THE HOLY PROPHET’S FULL SUPPORT FOR CALIPHATE - 97
The Jews - 98
The Hypocrites - 99
The People of Quraysh - 99
Contention of the An¥¡r - 100
The Farewell Pilgrimage - 100
The Holy Prophet’s Sermon at Spring Zamzam - 101
The Congregated Meeting at Ghad«r Khumm - 106
The General Pledge of Allegiance to Imam ‛Al¢ - 109
Revelation of the Verse of Perfecting the Religion - 111
The Endless Tragedy - 113
The Final Ailment of the Holy Prophet - 113
The Holy Prophet Implores God’s Forgiveness for the Buried in the Baq¢‛ Cemetery - 114
The Brigade of Us¡mah - 115
Reflection on the Episode - 117
Choosing Us¡mah the Young as the Commander over the Old Companions - 118
The Calamity of Thursday - 120
Sorrow of Lady Fimah - 123
The Holy Prophet’s Legacy for His Two Grandsons - 124
The Holy Prophet Gives His Possessions As Alms - 124
Towards the Uppermost Garden of Paradise - 124
Burying the Blessed Body - 129