Distinguished Benefactors

Acknowledgments

About The Author

Introduction

Part 1: The Imam During The Era Of The Prophethood

1. The House of the Prophet Muhammad

2. Members of the House of Muhammad

3. The Indispensable People

4. The First Muslims

5. Brother and Minister

6. The Redeemer

7. ’Ali's Role in Building the Islamic State

8. At Badr

9. At Uhud

10. The Moat

11. At Kheibar

12. Announced Brotherhood

13.’Ali's Place from the Prophet in the Qur'an

14. The Mawla of the Muslims

15. Unfulfilled Will of the Prophet

Part 2: The Imam During The Era Of The Three Caliphs

16. Abu Bakr Succeeds

17.’Ali Views the Succession

18. Abu Bakr Names a Successor

19. ‘Umar Succeeds

20. The Electoral Convention

21. Uthman’s Reign

Part 3: Imam ‘Ali In His Own Era

22. The Election of the Imam ‘Ali

23. The Battle of Basra

24. The Alleged Conspiracy

25. The Battle of Siffin

26. Al-Khawarij (The Seceders)

27.  Martyrdom

28. The Imam's Policy Concerning Public Funds

29. Was the War of Siffin Inevitable?

30.  Did the Imam Exercise His Rule as a Preacher?

31. Why did the reign of the Imam not last long?

Part 4: The Caliphate in The Islamic Law

32. Should the First Caliphate Have Been Established by Inheritance Popular Election or by the Prophet's Selection?

33. Had What Ought to Be Done Been Done?

34. The Home Conference

35. The Hadith of the Analogy "You Are to Me Like Aaron to Moses"

36. The Hadith of Performance and Delivery

37. Hadith Al-Thaqalain (The Two Valuables)

38. The Hadith of the Wilayah

The Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

The text analyzes in details the political-religious place of Imam Ali
in Islam, his spiritual relationship to the Prophet Muhammad and his
contribution in establishing the Islamic State and the spread of the
Faith of Islam; it discusses him as a Caliph and as a statesman, and
also what was said about his policy and statesmanship and the causes
which led to the accumulations of the difficulties which prevented him
from reaching a peaceful and more lasting rule during the days of his
caliphate. Finally the book discusses the caliphate as a
religious-political system and the kind of caliphate which is consonant
with the nature of the Islamic message.


The Brother of the Prophet Muhammad: Imam ‘Ali

Acknowledgments
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My genuine thanks to the three following intellectuals: Mr. Hussein
Hakim (Michigan City Indiana) Mr. William Leslie (Dearborn Heights
Michigan) Dr. Abid Marayati (Toledo Ohio) I do not find adequate words
to express my deep appreciation of their selfless and tremendous
contributions in polishing sentences and correcting words in this book.


