Dedication

Acknowledgments

Preface

1) Hadith Al-Khilafah

2) Hadith Al-Wilayah, Investigating Its Authenticity

3) Hadith Al-Wilayah, Al-Arnaut’s Rescue Attempts

4) Hadith Al-Wilayah, What Does Wali Mean?

5) Hadith Al-Wilayah, The Implication of “After Me”

6) Hadith Al-Wilayah, Doctored By Shi’is?

7) Hadith Al-Tawliyah

8) Hadith Al-Wirathah, Establishing Its Authenticity

9) Hadith Al-Wirathah, Examining Some Shawahid

10) Hadith Al-Ada, Investigating Its Authenticity

11) Hadith Al-Ada, the Report of Zayd B. Yathi’

12) Hadith Al-Ada, Revealing Ibn Taymiyyah’s Fears

13) Hadith Al-Qital, Ibn Taymiyyah Charges Imam ‘Ali With Mass Murder

14) Hadith Al-Qital, the Prophet’s Defence of Amir Al-Muminin

15) Hadith Al-Qital, Mu’awiyah B. Abi Sufyan: A Case Study

16) Hadith Al-Siyadah, Examining The Background Arguments

17) Hadith Al-Siyadah, Proving Its Authenticity

18) Hadith Al-Siyadah, Exploring the Scope of ‘Ali’s Superiority

19) Hadith Sadd Al-Abwab, A Tale of Two Hadiths

20) Hadith Sadd Al-Abwab, What Doors Exactly Were Closed?

21) Hadith Al-Manzilah, the Golden Hadith

22) Hadith Al-Manzilah, ‘Ali: The Wazir of Muhammad

Bibliography

This text provides evidence for the Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS) over Abu
Bakr using differents Traditions such as Hadith Al-Wilayah,Hadith
Al-Tawliyah, and Hadith Al-Wirathah.


On The Khilafah Of ‘Ali Over Abu Bakr

Dedication
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This research is dedicated to Amir al-Muminin ‘Ali b. Abi Talib,
*salawatullah wa salamuhu ‘alaihi*, who is my *mawla* and the *mawla* of
all believers.


