Commentary_Verse_Of_Completion_Usurpation_Of_Caliphate Imam Ali ibn abi Talib

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Knowing the Imams

Volume 8

A Commentaryon theVerse on the Completion

ofthe Religion; the Usurpation ofthe Caliphate

Allamah Sayyid Muhammad

Husayn Husayni Tihrani

Translated by

Rahim P. Dawlati and Salim Rossier

Editor
Sayyed KhalilToussi

Series Editor
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Great Books of the Islamic World
A Course on the Knowledge and Science of Islam
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He Is Omniscient
Knowing the Imams

Volume 8
A Commentary on the Verse on the Completion of
the Religion; the Usurpation of the Caliphate
cAllamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni TihranI
Translated by Rahim P. Dawlati and Salim Rossier
Editor: Seyyed Khalil Toussi
Series editor: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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Allamah Hajj Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani
Knowing the Imams, Volume 8
• 1. Islam. 2. Shiism. I. Title II. Author
Volume 8
ISBN 10:1-56744-609-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-56744-609-8
Note: While it is common in Persian or Arabic to place blessings on the
Prophet or the Imams (you may find an "as," "s," or "pbh" or something
similar after the names of the Imams), it is not common practice in an Eng­
lish text. Readers should just say the phrase of blessings in their hearts
when they see reference to the Prophet or Imams.
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He Is Cherished
Knowing the Imams
Volume 8
A commentary on the philosophical, hadith-based, historical, and
social aspects of governorship in general, and particularly that of the
imaznate of A2i Abl Talib and the Immaculate Imams, may peace be
upon them all.
Teachings based on the wisdom of the Glorious Qur’an and rea­
soning based thereon, and hadiths both common and particular, in
addition to definitive and critical discussions concerning governor­
ship.
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He is the Omniscient
1. A commentary on the verse
2. Alteration of God's Command, and the consequences of falling be­
hind.
3. Ali Ibn Abl Talib, the Master of the Faithful, as the arbiter of the
good and the bad.
4. To obtain their greatest wishes, people must struggle for the guard­
ianship of the Master of the Faithful.
Important topics and selected references
1. Detailed discussions, hadiths, and historical events concerning the
verse
2. Hadiths from great scholars, both Shica and Sunni, about the reve­
lation of the verse on the completion of the religion.
3. Evidence co show the invalidity of the claim that the verse was re­
vealed on the Day of cArafa, and that it was revealed on the Day
of Ghadir.
4. The disasters that befell Fatimah al-Zahra3 and the Master of the
Martyrs on the Day of Saqlfa.
5. Taking the lead, irrespective of the commands of God and His
Prophet, is a sign of interference.
6. Comments on some of the Qur’anic verses concerning the Master
of the Faithful.
7. Sunni historians, commentators, and narrators who celebrated the
Shaykhs (Abu Bakr and Omar), and their confessions to having
acknowledged the guardianship of Ali.
8. Answering the questions that the usurpers of the caliphate raised
against the Master of the Faithful.
9. "The Master of the Faithful" as a title that refers particularly to Ali.
10. How Imam Ali wished to guide the people just as the Prophet did.
11. Omar's confession that Imam Ali had a greater right to the cali­
phate
12. The caliphs chosen after the Prophet are historically condemned.
13. The sermons of Imam Ali on how his peaceful personality is nec­
essary for the caliphate.

He is the Omniscient
1. A commentary on the verse
2. Alteration of God's Command, and the consequences of falling be­
hind.
3. Ali Ibn Abl Talib, the Master of the Faithful, as the arbiter of the
good and the bad.
4. To obtain their greatest wishes, people must struggle for the guard­
ianship of the Master of the Faithful.
Important topics and selected references
1. Detailed discussions, hadiths, and historical events concerning the
verse
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2. Hadiths from great scholars, both Shica and Sunni, about the reve­
lation or the verse on the completion of the religion.
3. Evidence to show the invalidity of the claim that the verse was re­
vealed on the Day of cArafa, and that it was revealed on the Day
of Ghad ir.
4. The disasters that befell Fatimah al-Zahra3 and the Master of the
Martyrs on the Day of Saqlfa.
5. Taking the lead, irrespective of the commands of God and His
Prophet, is a sign of interference.
6. Comments on some of the Quranic verses concerning the Master
of the Faithful.
7. Sunni historians, commentators, and narrators who celebrated the
Shaykhs (Abu Bakr and Omar), and their confessions to having
acknowledged the guardianship of Ali.
8. Answering the questions that the usurpers of the caliphate raised
against the Master of the Faithful.
9. "The Master of the Faithful" as a title that refers particularly to Ali.
10. How Imam Ali wished to guide the people just as the Prophet did.
11. Omar's confession that Imam Ali had a greater right to the cali­
phate
12. The caliphs chosen after the Prophet are historically condemned.
13. The sermons of Imam Ali on how his peaceful personality is nec­
essary for the caliphate.
14. The separation of religion and politics as the most acute weapon i
used by colonizing governments for the removal of religion and
justice, and how it is similar to Omar's separation of prophethood :
from the caliphate and statesmanship.
15. Ali Ibn Abl Talib as the arbiter of the good and the bad.
16. Sunni and Shica hadiths on the testing of people for the guardian­ i
ship.
17. The argument between respected companions of the Prophet and :
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Abu Bakr in the Prophet's Mosque.
18. How people must struggle for the guardianship of Imam Ali to !
fulfil their greatest wishes.
19. On the necessity of leaving matters with the most learned and
clear-sighted.
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20. How Omar disguised his innovations under the cloak of religion.
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21. How Omar sketched the plan of the council in such a way that the
caliphate devolved upon Othman. ■
22. How Omar sacrificed true Islam for the glory of the Arabs.
23. How Mucawiyah substituted the mission of the Prophet with the
monarchy.
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24. The deeds of the Master of the Martyrs and the scientific applica­
tions of Imam Sadiq for the benefit of Islam.
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Contents
LESSONS ONE HUNDRED SIX TO ONE HUNDRED NINE 3
The Hadiths of Ibn Shahr Ashub Concerning the Verse al-yaum
akmaltu lakum dinakum 3
Tahir and Himyari's Elegies Concerning the Verse al-yaum
akmaltu lakum dinakum 5
The Hadiths of Ibn Asakar, Khatib Baghdadi, and Ibn
Mardawayh Concerning the Verse of the Completion of
the Religion 8
Hadiths of Ibn Mughazili and Hammu5! Concerning the Verse of
the Completion of the Religion and the Fulfilment of
the Blessing 11
Hadiths of Sibt Ibn Juzl and Sayyid Radi Concerning the Verse
of ::he Completion of the Religion and the Fulfilment of
the Blessing 14
The Sunni Claim that the Verse on the Completion of the
Religion Was Revealed on the Day of cArafa 17
How the Revelation of the Verse al-yaum akmaltu lakum dinakum
Was Not on the Day of cArafa 20
To Fear God Is to Fear the Condition of Guardianship 30
The Verse of the Completion of the Religion as Equivalent to
wacda Allah al-ladhina minkum 37
The Jews' Saying That If the Completion Verse Had Been
Revealed to Them, They Would Celebrate the Day 40
Mulla Ali KhuT Azarbayjani's Elegy to Ali 48
The Poems of Abu Bakr Ibn QurayT on the Trials of the Master
of the Martyrs on the Day of Saqifa 50
LESSONS ONE HUNDRED TEN TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN 55
The Elegies of Ibn Hammad cAbdi on How There Is No Choice
in the Election of the Imam 56
Ibn Shahr Ashub on Extolling the Virtues of the Two Shaykhs 58
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