• Book ID
• Point
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter One
  • A Cursory Glance at the References
    • Lesson One
      • Point
      • Special References
        • Point
        • 1. Maqātil aṭ-Ṭālibiyyīn
        • 2. Ad-Darajāt ar-Rafī‘ah fī Ṭabaqāt ash-Shī‘ah
        • 3. A‘yān ash-Shī‘ah
        • 4. Tārīkh ash-Shī‘ah
        • 5. Shī‘eh dar Tārīkh
        • 6. Jihād ash-Shī‘ah
        • 7. Tārīkh-e Tashayyu‘ dar Īrān az Āghāz tā Qarn-e Haftum-e Hijrī
        • * Lesson 1: Summary
        • * Lesson 1: Questions
    • Lesson Two
    • Lesson Two
      • General References
        • Point
        • 1. General History
        • 2. Biography of the Imāms (‘a)
        • 3. Books on Revolts and Wars
        • 4. Books on Rijāl and Classes
        • 5. Books on Geography
        • 6. Books on Narrations
        • 7. Books on Genealogy
        • 8. Books on Ḥadīth
        • 9. Books on Nations and Religions
        • * Lesson 2: Summary
        • * Lesson 2: Questions
• Chapter Two
  • The Manner of Emergence of the Shī‘ah
    • Lesson Three
      • “Shī‘ah” in the Lexicon and the Qur’an
      • * Lesson 3: Summary
      • * Lesson 3: Questions
    • Lesson Four
      • The Origin of Shī‘ism
      • * Lesson 4: Summary
      • * Lesson 4: Questions
    • Lesson Five
      • The Other Terms for the “Shī‘ah”
      • The Status of ‘Alī (‘a) among the Companions [ṣaḥābah]
      • * Lesson 5: Summary
      • * Lesson 5: Questions
    • Lesson Six
      • The Role of the Quraysh in the Event of Saqīfah
      • The Reasons behind the Quraysh’s Enmity toward the Family of the Prophet (ṣ)
        • Point
        • 1. The Quraysh’s Ambition for Leadership
          • Point
          • a. Economic Clout
          • b. Spiritual Position
        • 2. Tribal Rivalry and Envy
        • 3. The Quraysh’s Enmity toward ‘Alī (‘a)
    • Lesson Seven
      • The Silence of the Commander of the Faithful ‘Alī (‘a)
        • Point
        • 3. The Safety of the Progeny of the Prophet (ṣ)
      • The Concrete Political Formation of the Shī‘ah after the Event of Saqīfah
      • * Lesson 7: Summary
      • * Lesson 7: Questions
    • Lesson Eight
      • The Shī‘ah among the Companions [ṣaḥābah]
      • * Lesson 8: Summary
      • * Lesson 8: Questions
• Chapter Three
  • The Periods of Historical Development of the Shī‘ah
    • Lesson Nine
      • 1. The Shī‘ah during the Period of the First Four Caliphs
      • 2. The Shī‘ah during the Period of the Umayyad Caliphate
      • * Lesson 9: Summary
      • * Lesson 9: Questions
    • Lesson Ten
      • The Spread of Shī‘ism during the Period of Umayyad Caliphate
        • Point
        • a. The Period of Imām al-Ḥasan and Imām al-Ḥusayn (‘a)
      • The Impact of the Karbalā’ Movement on the Spread of Shī‘ism
      • * Lesson 10: Summary
      • * Lesson 10: Questions
    • Lesson Eleven
      • b. The Period of Imām as-Sajjād (‘a)
      • The Shī‘ah Uprisings
      • Stabilization of the Rule of Marwān’s Descendants (Period of Strangulation)
      • * Lesson 11: Summary
      • * Lesson 11: Questions
    • Lesson Twelve
      • The Beginning of the ‘Abbāsid Campaign and Its Effect upon the Spread of Shī‘ism
        • Point
        • 1. Shī‘ism during the Period of Imām al-Bāqir and Imām aṣ-Ṣādiq (‘a)
      • The University of Imām aṣ-Ṣādiq (‘a)
      • * Lesson 12: Summary
      • * Lesson 12: Questions
    • Lesson Thirteen
      • 3. The Shī‘ah during the Period of ‘Abbāsid Caliphate
      • ‘Abbāsids Control over the Shī‘ah Leaders
      • * Lesson 13: Summary
      • * Lesson 13: Questions
    • Lesson Fourteen
      • The Reasons behind the Burgeoning of the Shī‘ah during the Period of ‘Abbasid Caliphate
        • Point
        • 1. The Hāshimīs and ‘Alawīs during the Period of Umayyad Caliphate
        • 2. The End of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Succession to Power of the ‘Abbāsids
        • 3. The Migration of the ‘Alawīs
      • The Reasons behind the Emigration of the Sādāt [Sayyids or Descendants of the Prophet (ṣ)]
        • Point
        • a. The Defeat of the ‘Alawī Uprisings
        • b. Pressure Exerted by Governments Agents
        • c. Existence of Favorable Circumstances
      • * Lesson 14: Summary
      • * Lesson 14: Questions
• Chapter Four
  • The Shī‘ah and ‘Alawī Uprisings
    • Lesson Fifteen
      • The Shī‘ah and ‘Alawī Uprisings during the Period of Umayyad Caliphate
        • Point
        • a. The Uprising of Zayd
        • b. The Uprising of Yaḥyā ibn Zayd
      • * Lesson 15: Summary
      • * Lesson 15: Questions
    • Lesson Sixteen
      • The Shī‘ah and ‘Alawī Uprisings during the Period of ‘Abbāsid Caliphate
        • Point
        • 1. The Uprisings of the Zaydīs
          • Point
          • a. The Uprising of Muḥammad Nafs az-Zakiyyah
          • b. The Uprising of Ibn Ṭabāṭabā’ī al-Ḥasani
          • c. The Uprising of Ḥasan ibn Zayd (the ‘Alawīs of Ṭabaristān)
          • d. The Uprising of Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn (the Zaydīs of Yemen)
        • * Lesson 16: Summary
        • * Lesson 16: Questions
    • Lesson Seventeen
      • 2. Sporadic Uprisings
        • Point
        • a. The Uprising of Shahīd Fakh
        • b. The Uprising of Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim
        • c. The Uprising of Yaḥyā ibn ‘Umar aṭ-Ṭālibī
      • Factors behind the Failure of the Uprisings
      • * Lesson 17: Summary
      • * Lesson 17: Questions
• Chapter Five
  • The Geographical Expansion of Shī‘ism
    • Lesson Eighteen
      • The Geographical Expansion of Shī‘ism
      • * Lesson 18: Summary
      • * Lesson 18: Questions
    • Lesson Nineteen
      • The Demographic Concentration of the Shī‘ah
      • 1. The Shī‘ah-Populated Places during the First Century Hijrī
        • Point
        • a. Medina
        • b. Yemen
        • c. Kūfah
        • d. Basrah
        • e. Madā’in
        • f. Jabal ‘Āmil
      • * Lesson 19: Summary
      • * Lesson 19: Questions
    • Lesson Twenty
      • 2. The Shī‘ah-Populated Places during the Second Century Hijrī
        • Point
        • a. Khurāsān
        • b. Qum
        • c. Baghdad
      • 3. The Shī‘ah-Populated Places during the Third Century Hijrī
      • * Lesson 20: Summary
      • * Lesson 20: Questions
    • Lesson Twenty One
      • Shī‘ism among the Different Tribes
      • * Lesson 21: Summary
      • * Lesson 21: Questions
• Chapter Six
  • The Rifts within Shī‘ism
    • Lesson Twenty Two
      • The Rifts within Shī‘ism
      • * Lesson 22: Summary
      • * Lesson 22: Questions
    • Lesson Twenty Three
      • Factors behind the Rifts within Shī‘ism
        • Point
        • 1. Repression
        • 2. Taqiyyah [Dissimulation]
        • 3. Ambition for Leadership
        • 4. The Existence of Mentally Weak Individuals
      • The Infallible Imāms’ (‘a) Campaign against Extreme Views
        • Point
        • * Lesson 23: Summary
        • * Lesson 23: Questions
• Chapter Seven
  • The Intellectual Legacy of the Shī‘ah
    • Lesson Twenty Four
      • The Intellectual Legacy of the Shī‘ah
      • First Category
        • Point
        • Second Category
        • Third Category
        • Fourth Category
        • * Lesson 24: Summary
        • * Lesson 24: Questions
    • Lesson Twenty Five
      • The Science of Jurisprudence [‘ilm al-fiqh]
      • The State of Jurisprudence during the Period of the Companions [ṣaḥābah] and the Followers [ṭābi‘ūn]
      • The State of Jurisprudence among the Shī‘ah
      • The Beginning of Ijtihād
      • The Jurists [fuqahā] among the Companions of the Imāms (‘a)
      • * Lesson 25: Summary
      • * Lesson 25: Questions
    • Lesson Twenty Six
      • The Science of Scholastic Theology [‘ilm al-kalām]
      • * Lesson 26: Summary
      • * Lesson 26: Questions
• Chapter Eight
  • The Role of the Shī‘ah Poets in the Spread of Shī‘ism
    • Lesson Twenty Seven
      • The Shī‘ah Poets and the Station of Poetry
      • The Shī‘ah Poets Till the End of Minor Occultation [ghaybah aṣ-ṣughrā]
      • The Leading Shī‘ah Poets
      • * Lesson 27: Summary
      • * Lesson 27: Questions
    • Lesson Twenty Eight
      • The Subjects of the Poems of the Shī‘ah Poets
        • Point
        • 1. Argumentation against the Usurpers of the Ahl al-Bayt’s (‘a) Rights
        • 2. The Shī‘ah Poets’ Confrontation with the Umayyad and ‘Abbāsid Poets
      • * Lesson 28: Summary
      • * Lesson 28: Questions
    • Lesson Twenty Nine
      • 3. Elegy-Recitation
        • Point
        • a. Elegies for Imām al-Ḥusayn (‘a) and the Other Martyrs in Karbalā’
        • b. Elegies for the Other Martyrs among the Descendants of the Prophet (ṣ)
      • 4. The Virtues and Merits of the Descendants of the Prophet (ṣ)
      • 5. The Demerits of the Enemies of the Prophet’s (ṣ) Descendants
      • * Lesson 29: Summary
      • * Lesson 29: Questions
• Bibliography