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- Foreword
- Introduction by the Translator
- Truth Behind The Fiction
- Introduction: The tale of ‘Abdullah bin Saba’
- Preface
- The Tale of ‘Abdullah bin Saba’
- The Origin of the Tale and of the Story-tellers
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- 1) Muhammad Rashid Reza
- 2) Abul Feda (d. 732 H.L. 1331 A.D.)
- 3) Ibn Athir (d. 630 H.L. 1229 A.D.)
- 4) Ibn Kathir (d. 774 H.L. 1289 A.D.)
- 5) Ibn Khaldoon
- 6) Muhammad Farid Wajdi
- 7) al-Bostani
- 8) Ahmed Amin
- 9) Hassan Ibrahim.
- 10) Van Flotten (Volten) (Johannes 1818—1883).
- 11) Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne (1868 1945).
- 12) The Islamic Encyclopedia
- 13) Donaldson, M. Dewight.
- 14) Wellhousen Julius (1844 — 1918).
- 15) Mirkhand
- 16) Ghiathud Din (d. 940 H.L. — 1455 A.D.)
- 17) Tabari and his source
- 18) Ibn ‘Asaker (d. 571 H.L. — 1086 A.D.)
- 19) Ibn Badran (d. 1346 H.L. — 1851 A.D.)
- 20) Ibn Abibakr (d.741 H.L. — 1256 A.D.)
- 21) Sa'id Afghani
- 22) Dhahabi (d. 748 H.L. — 1263 A.D.)
- Investigation concerning Saif and his Narrations
- 1. Osama army
- 2. Saqifah
- Saif and Saqifah
- An investigation into the truth of the stories concerning Saqifah recorded by Saif
- The story teller
- Saqifah and other historians apart from Saif — Saqifah and Abu Bakr
- The Prophet's Death
- The candidates before the burial of the Prophet
- Second candidate for the succession to the Prophet
- The Successful Candidate
- Warning
- The Public Allegiance
- After the Allegiance
- The Burial of the Prophet
- Refuge in the house of Fatimah
- The end of the Events at the Allegiance
- Comments made by various people about the Allegiance
- The evaluation of Saif's recording
- Conclusion
- 3. Reddah (Heresy)
- 4. Malik Bin Nowaira
- 5. ‘Ala΄ Bin Hazrami
- 6. Barking of Hawa’b's dogs
- 7. Ziad's family tree
- 8. Moghairah Bin Sho‘ba
- 9. Abu Mhjan's Imprisonment
- 10. Saif's Days
- 11. Consultation and ‘Othman
- 12. Qummadhban
- 13. Cities invented by Saif
- 14. Saif and the dates of the events
- The End of Translation
- A Note by the Editor
both the Saba’iyyah legend and its originator (Saif ibn ‘Umar). Further, he throws some light on the narrations and the researchers who relied on such forgery in their historical and ideological research. The opinions of the great scholars of Islam about the in authenticity and the unreliability of Sayf ibn ‘Umar are also given.
4. The author elaborated on the evaluation of Sayf's narrations which cover events that took place between 11 A.H. and 40 A.H. (cf. at-Tabari's History. In his critical evaluation, he plotted the suspicious movements of this strange personality indicating those areas where Sayf fabricated fictitious ahadith (traditions), stories and events. Not only that, but the author points out the role of this character in distorting, deforming and annulment of great Islamic events, such events being of great significance in the structure of the Islamic history. The timing of the events in question coincided with that very critical period of the four Caliphs.
It is not an exaggeration to consider Sayf as being one of the most characters who willfully endeavored to, and succeeded in, distorting the early Islamic history.
The author started his research and critical evaluation by considering the very first narration of Sayf, namely the event of the sickness and death of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and the events that took place at Saqifah (during which Abu Bakr was chosen as the Caliph). The events that took place between Saqifah and the eventful assassination of Imam ‘Ali are very well documented
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