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Ahmad AlKatib

  

 

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHIITE POLITICAL THOUGHT

 

FROM      SHURA TO WILAYAT AL-FAQIH

Or

FROM CONSULTATION GUARDIANSHIP OF THE JURIST-CONSULT

 

INTRODUCTION

 

PART ONE

  

THE DOCTRINE OF DIVINE IMAMATE

OF THE AHL AL-BAYT

(MEMBERS OF THE PROPHET’S HOUSEHOLD)

 

               CHAPTER ONE

 

SHURA (CONSULTATION):

THE DOCTRINE OF AHL AL-BAYT

 (MEMBERS OF THE PROPHET’S HOUSEHOLD)

IMAM ALI’S CONCIOUSNESS OF HIS PRIORITIES 

IMAM ALI AND SHURA (CONSULTATION)

IMAM HASSAN AND SHURA

IMAM HUSSAIN AND SHURA

THE SECLUSION OF IMAM ZAYN AL-ABIDIN

ELECTION OF SULAIMAN BIN SARD AL-KHUZA’I AS THE LEADER OF SHIITES

 

 

 

                        CHAPTER TWO

 

FROM  SHURA  (CONSULTATION)…TO         HEREDITARY RULE                          

 

 THE KISSANITE THEORY

IMAM BAQIR’S POLITICAL THEORY

IMAM SADIQ POLITICAL THEORY

THE ABBASIDS THEORY OF IMAMATE

THE OPPOSITION FROM THE HASSANITES

THE GENERAL SHIITE THEORY

 

CHAPTER THREE

 

THE INCEPTION OF IMAMATE THOUGHT

 

UMAYYAD POLITICAL THEORY 

THE REACTION OF THE SHIITES

DIVINE IMAMATE

THE PHILOSOPHY OF INFALLIBILITY

THE NECESSITY OF A DIVINE SCHOLAR WHO INTERPRETS THE QURAN

THE MOST SUITABLE AND THE SUITABLE

FROM INFALLIBILITY… TO (DIVINE) TEXT

 

 

              CHAPTER FOUR

 

 

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF IMAMATE THEORY

 

 

THE TEXT IN PLACE OF THE WILL

REASON IN PLACE OF THE TEXT

MIRACLES IN PLACE OF REASON

CONFINING THE IMAMATE TO THE CHILDREN OF HUSSAIN

VERTICAL INHERITANCE

THE CONTINUATION OF THE IMAMATE TO THE DAY OF RESURRECTION

WHAT SHOULD THE SHIITES DO WHEN IGNORANT OF THE IMAM (OF THE TIME)?

SECRECY IN THE THEORY OF IMAMATE

 

 

CHAPTER FIVE

 

 

THE THEORY OF IMAMATE IN THE                   FACE OF CHALLENGES

 

 

CRITIQUE OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF                             INFALLIBILITY

THE POSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE PROPHET’S FAMILY (AHL AL BAYT) ON INFALLIBILITY.

THE STANCE OF IMAM SADIQ ON THE IMAMATE

THE CRISIS OF AL- BADA’ (CHANGEOF WILL)

THE IMAMATE OF MUSA KADHIM

THE EVIDENCE OF MIRACLES

 WAQIFIYYAH

THE POSITION OF SHIITES ON THE IMAMATE OF RIDA

THE STANCE OF MA’MUN ON RIDA

THE REVOLUTION OF IBRAHIM BIN MUSA KADHIM IN YEMEN

 THE REVOLUTION OF ALI BIN MUHAMMAD BIN SADIQ AND ABDULLAH, THE BROTHER OF ABU SURAYA IN KUFAH

THE QAT’IYYITES (AL-QAT’IYYAH)

 MIRACLES AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN

THE CRISIS OF CHILDHOOD

               THE PROBLEM OF ‘AL-BADA’ (CHANGE OF WILL) REVISITED:

 

 

                                    CHAPTER SIX

 

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWELVER- SHIISM

 

 

THE BIRTH OF THE TWELVER- IMAM THEORY

ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF CHILDHOOD

TRANSCENDING THE PROBLEM OF BADA (CHANGE OF WILL)

 

 

PART TWO

 

THE MAHDI THEORY       (MUHAMMAD BIN HASSAN   ASKARI)

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

 

THE PERIOD OF CONFUSION AND PERPLEXITY

 

 

THE DEATH OF IMAM ASKARI

 

 THE CLAIM OF JA’FAR BIN ALI TO THE IMAMATE

 THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE CESSATION OF THE IMAMATE

 THOSE WHO BACKED DOWN

 THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN ASKARI BEING THE MAHDI

 

 

MUHAMMADITES AND NAFISITES

THE WAQIFITES

 THE PERPLEXED

 

 

THE JENINITES

THOSE WHO CLAIM THE EXISTENCE OF PRE-          DETERMINED SON (TWELVER-IMAM SHIITES)

 

THE AGE OF PERPLEXITY (CONFUSION)

 

SECTION   ONE:

 

“VIDENCES”FOR THE EXISTENCE OF        IMAM   MUHAMMAD BIN HASSAN ASKARI

 

CHAPTER ONE:

 

PHILOSOPHICAL EVIDENCE

 

A- EASON FIRST

B-  TRADITIONAL STEPS ON THE RATIONAL WAY

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER TWO:

 

THE TRADITIONAL

(TEXTUAL)   EVIDENCE ON THE               EXISTENCE OF THE MAHDI

 

           

            FIRST GROUP: THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN

 SECOND GROUP: HADITHS (TRADITIONS)

 

 

CHAPTER THREE:

 

THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

 

   A-THE BIRTH OF THE MAHDI                  

THE MOTHER OF THE MAHDI

 

             THE DATE OF HIS BIRTH

THE WAY OF HIS DELIVERY

TUSI’S REPORT OF THE STORY OF MAHDI’S BIRTH

 

             

              THE SECRECY OF THE DELIVERY

SIGHTING THE MAHDI DURING THE LIFE- TIME      OF HIS FATHER

    SIGHTING HIM AT THE TIME OF THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER

  THE ATTEMPT TO ARREST THE MAHDI

 

             

B: THE TESTIMONY OF THE FOUR DEPUTIES  

C-                             THE LETTERS OF MAHDI

 

 

CHAPTER FOUR:

 

 

THE EVIDENCE OF MIRACLES ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE MAHDI

                 

CHAPTER FIVE:

 

THE EVIDENCE OF CONSENSUS (IJMA’)

 

 

       

CHAPTER SIX:

 

 

THE OCCULTATION

 

A-                WHY OCCULTATION?

 

1- The Theory of Unknown Wisdom

2-    THE THEORY OF DISTINCTION

3-    THE THEORY OF FEAR

 

B: THE OCCULTATION, WHERE?

C: WHAT IS THE TIME- FRAME OF THE OCCULTATION?

D: WAY OF CONFIRMING THE IDENTITY OF THE MAHDI

  E:    THE SIGNS OF THE APPEARANCE

 

             

 

 

SECTION TWO:

  

CRITIQUE OF

THE TWELVER-IMAM HIITES’

MAHDISM THEORY

 

 

CHAPTER ONE:

 

IMAM MUHAMMAD BIN HASSAN ASKARI: A HISTORICAL REALITY OR A PHILOSOPHICAL ASSUMPTION?

 

             

A-   THE AMBIGUITY SURROUNDING THE IDENTITY OF THE MAHDI FROM AHL AL-BAYT

 THE HOPE OF KADHIM BEING THE MAHDI

RIDA DENIES THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIS BEING THE MAHDI

 

 

  B – THE MAHDISM PHENOMENON IN ISLAMIC HISTORY

 THE MAHDISM OF IMAM ALI

  THE MAHDISM OF IBN HANAFIYYAH

THE MAHDISM OF ABU HASHIM

THE MAHDISM OF AL-TAYYAR

   CONFINING MAHDISM TO THE FATIMIDE FAMILY

 

             

THE MAHDISM OF DHU AL-NAFS AL-ZAKIYYAH

THE MAHDISM OF BAQIR

THE MAHDISM OF SADIQ

THE MAHDISM OF ISMA’IL

 

             THE MAHDISM OF DIBAJ

THE MAHDISM OF MUHAMMAD BIN ABDULLAH AL-AFTAH

THE MAHDISM OF KADHIM

THE MAHDISM OF MUHAMMAD BIN QASIM

THE MAHDISM OF YAHYA BIN UMAR

THE MAHDISM OF MUHAMMAD BIN ALI HADI AND ASKARI

THE MAHDISM OF AN UNKNOWN QA’IM

 

       

 

 

CHAPTER TWO:

 

PHILOSOPHICAL FACTORS FOR THE INCEPTION OF MAHDISM THEORY

 

             

CHAPTER THREE:

 

CRITIQUE OF THE TRADITIONAL (TEXTUAL) EVIDENCE

 

  THE EVIDENCE OF THE TWELVER-IMAM SHIITES

MUFID CONSIDERED THE BOOK OF SALIM AS WEAK

 

 

WHERE IS THE IMPORT (OF THE EVIDENCE)?

THERE MUST BE A LIVING IMAM WHO IS WELLKNOWN AND MANIFEST!

 

 

CHAPTER FOUR:

 

 

CRITIQUE OF THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

 

A-CONSISTENCY OF THE REPORTS

             B:  EVALUATING THE CHAINS OF TRANSMISSION OF THE           HISTORICAL REPORTS.

            THE REPORT OF HAKIMAH

 A MAN FROM THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA

             YA’QUB BIN MANQUSH

UTHMAN BIN SA’ID AL-UMARI

ABU AL-ADYAN AL-BASRI

SA’AD BIN ABDULLAH AL-QUMMI

 C: ASSESSING THE TESTIMONY OF THE FOUR DEPUTIES

 D: ASSESSING THE LETTERS OF ‘MAHDI’

THE PROBLEM OF RECOGNIZING THE HAND WRITING