Foreword

Introduction by the Translator

Truth Behind The Fiction

Introduction: The tale of ‘Abdullah bin Saba’

Preface

The Tale of ‘Abdullah bin Saba’

The Origin of the Tale and of the Story-tellers

Investigation concerning Saif and his Narrations

1. Osama army

2. Saqifah

3. Reddah (Heresy)

4. Malik Bin Nowaira

5. ‘Ala΄ Bin Hazrami

6. Barking of Hawa’b's dogs

7. Ziad's family tree

8. Moghairah Bin Sho‘ba

9. Abu Mhjan's Imprisonment

10. Saif's Days

11. Consultation and ‘Othman

12. Qummadhban

13. Cities invented by Saif

14. Saif and the dates of the events

The End of Translation

A Note by the Editor

In this book, the author begins by describing both the Saba’iyyah legend
and its originator (Saif ibn ‘Umar). Further, he throws some light on
the narrations and the researchers who relied on such forgery in their
historical and ideological research. The opinions of the great scholars
of Islam about the inauthenticity and the unreliability of Sayf ibn
‘Umar are also given.


Abdullah Ibn Saba’ and Other Myths

A Note by the Editor
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I am honored to have had the pleasure to review, edit, and compare the
English translation of Truth Behind Fiction, Abdullah Bin Saba (a study
in the early history of Islam), with the Persian translation.

Special thanks are due to Mr. Muhammad ‘Alavi, who kindly read a few
chapters, and compared them with the original Arabic text.

Some sections were altered with minor changes and some others were
either revised or completely retranslated.

It is our sincere hope, that this study will induce and encourage some
Western scholars, to do a more thorough research in other matters and
periods, finding out the truth behind myth which has prevailed for many
centuries.

Hossein Saheb.


