FADAK
IN
HISTORY

By: Ayatullah il-Uzma al-Imam ash-Shaheed Muhammad Baqir as-Sadr (r.a.)

Translator By: Abdullah al-Shahin

Author: Shaheed Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr
Revised: Dr. Abdul-Jabbar Sharara
Translator: Abdullah al-Shahin

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
INTRODUCTION 7
  THE METHOD OF THE BOOK
A SUMMARY ABOUT THE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK
A WORD ON THE CASE
MY ROLE IN THIS REVISION		 8
9
12
14
THE AUTHOR’S FOREWORD 16

CHAPTER ONE
ON THE SCENE OF THE REVOLUTION

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  PREFACE
THE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE EVENT
THE TOOLS OF THE REVOLUTION
THE ROUTE OF THE REVOLUTION
THE WOMEN
A PHENOMENON		 17
20
22
27
28
28

CHAPTER TWO
FADAK IN ITS REAL AND SYMBOLIC MEANING

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  THE LOCATION
FADAK IN ITS FIRST STAGES
DURING THE RULE OF IMAM ALI
DURING THE REIGN OF THE UMAYYADS
DURING THE ABBASID REIGN
THE SYMBOLIC AND MATERIAL VALUE OF FADAK		 31
32
32
33
35
37

CHAPTER THREE
THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION

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  THE METHOD OF STUDYING HISTORY
APPRAISING THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST ISLAMIC AGE
WITH AL-AQQAD IN HIS STUDY
THE INCENTIVES OF THE REVOLUTION
THE INCENTIVES OF THE FIRST CALIPH’S SITUATION
THE POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE CASE OF FADAK
THE CASE OF FADAK IN THE OBJECTIVE CIRCUMSTANCES
THE DEATH OF THE LEADER; THE PROPHET
THE CASE OF SAQEEFA AND IMAM ALI’S SITUATION
ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN THE CASE OF SAQEEFA
WHY DID HE NOT PROTEST WITH THE PROPHET’S TRADITIONS?
PEACEFUL CONFRONTATION 		39
41
48
53
56
57
65
65
68
79
101

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CHAPTER FOUR
LIGHTS FROM THE FATIMITE SPEECH

115
  THE GREATNESS OF THE LEADING PROPHET
GREATNESS OF IMAM ALI AND HIS EXCELLENCES
A COMPARISON BETWEEN IMAM ALI’S SITUATIONS AND THE OTHERS’
THE RULING PARTY
THE GREAT SEDITION 		115
117
119

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127

CHAPTER FIVE
THE COURT OF THE BOOK

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  ABU BAKR’S SITUATION ON THE PROPHET’S INHERITANCE
THE VARIATIONS OF ABU BAKR’S TRADITION
THE RESULTS OF THE ARGUMENT
THE MATTER OF DONATION 		137

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REFERENCE BOOKS 189