The Emergence of Shi'ism and the Shi'ites

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Title: The Emergence of Shi'ism and the Shiites

Author(s): Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

Translator(s): Asaad F. Shaker

Publisher(s): Imam Ali Foundation

Category: Sunni amp; Shi’a Early Islamic History The 12 Imams

Topic Tags: Succession to Prophet Muhammad Caliphate Imamate

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The relation between the ideological and the theological realms in Islam. Theories of the Caliphate and the Imamate in Islam and the historical development of Shi'ism as a distinct school of Islamic thought.

Preface

In The Name of Allah the All Merciful

Imam Ali Foundation has published books and book translations of high quality concerning many subjects, especially regarding a wider understanding of Islam both in its dogmatic and legal aspects.

Dear Reader, the book which you have in your hands treats a most important topic regarding the relation between the ideological and the theological realms in Islam. It concerns theories of the Caliphate and the Imamate in Islam and especially the historical development of Shi'ism, which insists upon a strict observance of Koranic and prophetic texts in everyday life.

The first text represents the inspired thought of the martyr Sayyed Mohammad Baqir As-Sadr, who was highly reputed for the intellectual quality, scientific value and objectivity of his works. Dr. Abdul Jabbar Chararah has been given the great distinction, and privilege, to annotate this work and to present it here, in order to facilitate its access to the public.

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Foreword