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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
Abdullah Ibn Saba’ and Other Myths
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Author(s): Sayyid Murtadha al-Askari
Translator(s): M.J.Muqaddas
Publisher(s): World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS)
Category: Early Islamic History
Topic Tags: Fabricated Traditions early islamic history Miscellaneous information: First edition — 1398/1978
Second edition — 1404/1984
Featured Category: Debates discussions
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In this book, the author begins by describing 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 inauthenticity and the unreliability of Sayf ibn ‘Umar are also given.
Foreword
1. We are pleased to announce, thanks due to the Almighty Allah for his guidance, the publication of a complete English translation of the first volume of the Arabic book entitled ‘Abdullah ibn Saba’ and Other Myths written by the great scholar as-Sayyid Murtadha al-’Askari. Brother Jawad Muqqadas undertook the translation.
2. The research in this book centers around those historical narrations compiled by Sayf ibn ‘Umar al-Tamimi al-Usayyid, who lived in the second century after Hijrah. These narrations are to be found in his books covering the early Islamic events.
The contents of the two volumes of the book ‘Abdullah ibn Saba’ merely represents one part of a series dealing with Sayf ibn ‘Umar's narrations, stories and quotations. The second book in the series “One Hundred and Fifty Fictitious Companions of the Prophet” has also been published in Arabic and also consists of two volumes.
3. In this book, the author begins by describing
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