The Truth is with Ali (a)

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Title: The Truth is with Ali (a)
Author: Mahdi Faqih Imani
Project supervisor: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department, Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly (ABWA)
Translator: Sayyid Iraj Razzaghi
Editor: Iffat Shah
Proofreader: Abu Ali Radhawi
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
First Printing: 2014
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Preface —13
Preface to the Fifth Edition —15
Preface to the Second Edition —17
The Motives in Writing This Book —17
The Truth Circuiting Around Ali (a) —21
Dedication —23
Prologue —25
Seeking the Truth —25
Caliphate As Viewed by Sunnis and Shi’as —31
Role of the Divine Prophets (a) in the Continuation of Leadership —35
The Prophet of Islam and the Issue of Leadership —39
The Role of Caliphs in the Issue of Leadership —47
Evidence of the hadith: "The Truth is with Ali and Ali is with the Truth" —59
The Third Century A.H. —61
The Fourth Century A.H. —62
The Fifth Century A.H. —63
The Sixth Century A.H. —64
The Seventh Century A.H. —66
The Eighth Century A.H. —67
The Ninth Century A.H. —68
The Tenth Century A.H. —69
The Eleventh Century A.H. —70
The Twelfth Century A.H. —71
The Thirteenth Century A.H. —72
The Fourteenth Century A.H. —73
The Hadith: Related by Abu Bakr —74
Reported by Sa'd b. Ubbadah Ansari —74
Reported by Abu Dharr Ghaffari —76
Reported by Miqdad and… —78
Reported by Hudhayfah —79
Reported by Salman and… —80
Reported by Ammar Yasir —81
Reported by Ali ibn Abi Talib (a) —82
Reported by Abu Musa 'Ash'ari —86
Reported by Ka'b b. 'Ajazah —86
Reported by Abu Ayyub Ansari and Ammar Yasir —86
Reported by Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas —89
Reported by Abu Yasir Ansari —89
Reported by A'isha, Abu Bakr's Daughter —90
Reported by Umm Salama —94
Reported by Umm Salama and Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas 96
Reported by Imam Husayn ibn Ali (a) —99
Reported by Abu Sa'id Khidri —100
Reported by Zayd ibn Arqam —101
Reported by Abdullah Ibn Abbas —106
Reported by Bura' b. 'Azib —107
Reported by Jabir b. Abdullah —107
Reported by Jabir b. Abdullah and Ali ibn Abi Talib (a) —107
Reported by Sahl Sa'di —111
Reported by Abu Layli Ghaffari —111
Reported by Abu Tufayl 'Amir ibn Wathilah —113
Occasions When this hadith was proclaimed —115
Lies told by Ibn Taymiyah Harrani —119
Specimen of the Treachery of Umayyad Mercenaries —120
1. Hadith of Manzilah —122
2. Hadith: "I am the City of Knowledge…" —124
3. "I am the City of Knowledge and I am its Lofty Gate." —126
4. "May God have Mercy on Ali; O God, have the Truth Circuit around Ali wherever he is (or whereever he turns)." —127
5. Hadith: "Hasan and Husayn are the Two Lords of the Youth of Heaven and Their Father is Better (Superior to Them)" —128
6. Hadith: The First One Who Believed in Islam was Ali ibn Abi Talib —130
7. Hadith: You are my Wali in this World and in the Hereafter —132
Ammar, A Companion of the Truth —133
Arguments Based on this Hadith —139
1. Imam Ali Presents His Proof —139
2. Abu Ayyub Ansari Argues —141
3. Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas Argues —141
4. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr Argues —144
5. Abdullah and Muhammad (Sons of Badil Warqa) Argue —145
6. Umm Salama Argues —145
7. Massacre of the Khawarij and A'isha's Reference (to the Hadith) —146
8. Ibn Jawzi Argues —148
9. Sibt Ibn Jawzi Argues —148
10. Imam Fakhr Razi Argues —148
11. Ibn Abi al-Hadid Argues —149
Uttering The Truth but Desiring The Falsehood —152
The Imam's (a) Refusal to give Allegiance to Abu Bakr —162
Successorship and Leadership —165
Knowledge —165
Piety —167
Political Issues —169
Ethics —170
Imam Ali's (a) Inerrancy —173
Alienation From Ali (a) is Alienation from God (swt) and His Messenger (s) —177
Prolific results of the Tradition: "The Truth is with Ali and…" —181
Why did the Imam not Demand his Right? —185
The Imam's Pleas for Justice —187
The Commander of the Faithful's Stance With Regard to the Caliphal Consultative Assembly —209
The Commander of the Faithful and the Truth —215
The Commander of the Faithful (a) Guiding to the Truth —215
The Imam (a), and Enjoining the truth —218
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