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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Translators' Preface

FIRST SESSION, Thursday night, 23rd Rajab, 1345 A.H.

• Relationship (of Well­Wisher) with the Holy Prophet
• Additional evidence proving that the descendants of Bibi Fatima are of the progeny of the Holy Prophet
• Why Shias combine their prayers

• How the grave of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali, was discovered
• Desecration of graves by Bani Umayyad
• Differences about the burial place of the Commander of the Faithful
  

SECOND SESSION, Friday night, 24th Rajab, 1345 A.H.

• Misconception about origin of the Shia sect
• Absurd to associate Abdullah bin Saba with Shias
• Meaning of Shia
• Further merits of Shia
• Rank of Salman, Abu Dharr, Miqdad, and Ammar
• Causes of Iranian's receptivity to Shia'ism
• Debates between Allama Hilli and the chief justice concerning the imamate

• Islam forbids boasting about ancestors
• Islam also forbids racism
• Condemnation of the extremists
• Shias separate from Ghalis (Extremists)
• Clarification about reverence towards Imams
• The people of Ya Sin refers to the people of Muhammad
• Salawat (blessings) on Muhammad and Ahle­Muhammad is the Sunna (commendable), and in ritual prayer, it is compulsory
  

THIRD SESSION, Saturday night, 25th Rajab, 1345 A.H.

• Shias not divided into factions
• The Zaidiyyas
• The Kaysaniyyas and their belief
• The Qaddahiyyas and their belief
• The Ghullat and their belief

• Shia Imamiyya Ithna Ashari and their belief
• Belief in Allah and the Prophets
• Belief in chastisement, reward, hell, paradise, and day of judgement
• Belief in the articles of practice
• Belief in Imams

• Objection on Hadith of Ma'rifa (tradition of knowledge of Allah)
• Absurd reports in Sahihain (the two collections) of Bukhari and Muslim
• Hadith­e­Thaqalain
• Polytheism and its kinds
• Concerning offerings or pledges

• Offerings in the name of Allah
• Hidden polytheism: making a display of prayers
• Polytheism regarding causation
• Why Prophets sought help from people
• The Holy Ahle Muhammad (descendants of the Prophet) are means of divine bounty

• Hadith­e­Thaqalain (Hadith of Two Great Things)
• Bukhari and Muslim have recorded many traditions reported by fabricators
• Many authentic ahadith regarding Ahle Bait scrupulously avoided
• Sources of Hadith­e­Thaqalain
• Hadith­e­Safina

• Seeking means to approach Allah not polytheism
• Du'a­e­Tawassul
• Shias do not malign Sunnis
• Sunni Ulema call Shias infidels
• Shias and the four Sunni schools of law

• Murders of Shias in Iran and Afghanistan
• Martyrdom of Shahid­e­Thalis
• Namaz­e­Ziarat and invocations after the prayer
• Prostration of the brothers of Joseph before him
• Invoking Imams is not worshiping the dead

• The infidelity of Yazid
• Sanction by Sunni Ulema for cursing Yazid
• Desecration of graves
• The descendants of the Holy Prophet are martyrs in the way of Allah and are alive
• The position of Infallible Imams
  

FOURTH SESSION, Sunday night, 26th Rajab, 1345 A.H.

• Discussion regarding Imamate
• Limitation to four schools of law has no basis
• Shia'ism compared to four schools of law
• The four Sunni Imams have declared each other to be infidels

• The Sunni Ulema's condemnation of Abu Hanifa
• Imamate according to Shias means vicegerency of Allah
• The rank of Imamate is higher than that of general Prophethood
• General and special Prophethood

• Differences in the rank of the Prophets
• Authenticity of Hadith of Manzila from the usual sources
• Amadi unreliable as narrator of ahadith
• The position of single narration in the Sunni sect

• Characteristics of Ali
• Hadith that by order of the Prophet the doors of houses facing the mosque were closed except the door of Ali's house
• While bowing in ritual prayer, Ali gave a ring to a beggar
• Aaron's position as Prophet as well as Caliph
  

FIFTH SESSION, Monday night, 27th Rajab, 1345 A.H.

• Hadith of Manzila narrated several times
• Aaron was the ordained successor of Moses
• Similarity between the affairs of Ali and Aaron
• Hadith of invitation to relatives and the Prophet's appointing Ali as his successor
• Clear ahadith about the Caliphate of Ali

• Characteristics of the Companions
• Hadith in praise of Abu Bakr
• Abu Huraira's character and his condemnation
• Ibn Abd Rabbih's slanders against the Shias
• Slanders by Ibn Hazm

• Slanders by Abu Taimiyya
• Abu Huraira's character and ahadith calling for his condemnation
• Reply to the supposed hadith that Allah said "I am pleased with Abu Bakr ­ is he also pleased with Me?"
• Ahadith in praise of Abu Bakr and Umar and their disqualification
• Hadith that both Hasan and Husain are foremost of youth of paradise

• Reply to purported Hadith that Abu Bakr and A'yesha were preferred by the Prophet
• Shafi'i's acknowledgement that love for Ahle Bait is obligatory
• Misconception regarding Holy Prophet's love for A'yesha
• Holy Prophet preferred Ali to all other men
• Hadith of the roasted bird

• "People of the Remembrance" are the Ahle Muhammad, the descendants of the Holy Prophet
• Citation of a verse of the Holy Qur'an about the appointment of the four Caliphs, and a reply
• Argument from the "Verse of Cave" and its reply
• Facts about Abu Bakr's accompanying the Holy Prophet
• Barsisa Abid
• The sending down of peace was on the Prophet of Allah
  
  

SIXTH SESSION, Tuesday night, 28th Rajab, 1345 A.H.

• 300 Hundred verses in praise of Ali
• Ali first to declare belief in Prophet of Allah
• Ali excelled all other companions and the whole community in merit
• Qur'anic verse in praise of Ali on his sleeping in the Prophet's bed on the night of Hijra

• Evidence regarding Umar's saying "Had Ali not been there, Umar would have been ruined"
• Caliph Umar's bravery was never observed on any battlefield
• Hadith of the standard in the conquest of Khaibar
• Uthman's character and way of life compared to that of Abu Bakr and Umar

• The wealth of Caliph Uthman
• Caliph Uthman encouraged the evildoers among the Umayyads
• Holy Prophet cursed Abu Sufyan, Mu'awiya and his son Yazid
• Uthman did not accept counsel of Ali

• Uthman mercilessly beat companions of Holy Prophet
• Ammar beaten by order of Uthman
• The hadith "all companions are like stars" applied also to Abu Dharr
• Ali bin Abu Talib's kindness and generosity
• Doubts and complications regarding the "verse of guardianship" and their clarification
  

SEVENTH SESSION Wednesday night 29th Rajab 1345 A.H.

• Difference between assumed unity and real unity
• The Verse of Imprecation (Mubahila) proves the unity of the soul of Ali with the Holy Prophet
• Merits of Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husain proven by the verse of imprecation
• Further narrations and hadith as evidence of the essential unity of the Holy Prophet and Ali

• The mirror of all the Prophets as shown by the hadith of similitude (Hadith­e­Tashbih)
• Consensus for Abu Bakr
• Arguments against validity of Ijma
• Ali was deliberately kept uninformed of the meeting at Saqifa

• 'Hadith­e­Thaqalain' and 'Hadith­e­Safina'
• Hadith "Ali is with the truth and the truth is with Ali"
• Hadith of the ark ­ Hadith of Saqifa
• Should Ijma be accepted because of precedent?

• Holy Prophet's ahadith urging the believers to follow Ali
• Forced allegiance by Ali and Bani Hashim after six months
• Ali dragged from his home and his house set on fire
• Twelve arguments in support of the fact that Ali was taken to the mosque at the point of a sword

• Fatima told Abu Bakr and Umar that she cursed them both in every prayer
• Narrations about Fatima's miscarriage
• Real meaning of Bidat (innovation)
• Effects of visiting shrines of the Holy Imams
  

EIGHTH SESSION, Thursday night, 1st Sha'ban, 1345 A.H.

• Difference between Islam (submission) and Iman (faith)
• Association of Shia'ism with Imam Ja'far Sadiq
• Criticizing the companions does not mean infidelity
• According to Abu'l­Hasan Ash'ari even calling Allah or Holy Prophet by evil names is not infidelity
• Most companions abused one another but not regarded as infidels
• Holy Prophet of Islam knew all good and bad actions of Sahaba

• Merit of being a party to Bai'at­e­Rizwan
• Shias do acknowledge merits of Sahaba
• Hadith of "following companions" examined
• Aqaba affair and design to kill Holy Prophet
• Opposition of companions at Saqifa
• Sa'd bin Ubaida's opposition to Abu Bakr and Umar

• Talha and Zubair confront Ali at Basra
• Mu'awiya and 'Amr As used to curse and abuse Ali
• Sources of hadith "my companions are like stars" are weak
• Companions were not infallible
• Taking wine by ten companions in a secret meeting
• Companions' breaking pledge

• Ghadir hadith and its nature
• Some of companions were slaves to their wishes and turned against truth
• Imam Ghazali's view about companions breaking the pledge taken on the day of Ghadir­e­Khum
• Reference to Ibn Iqda's status
• Reference to Tabari's death
• Nisa'i's murder

• Sunnis' doubt about meaning of Maula
• Meaning of Maula as "guide", "master" in light of the verse "ya ayyuha'r­rasul baligh"
• Revelation of verse "This day have I perfected for you your religion" at Ghadir­e­Khum
• Ali's argument based on Hadith of Ghadir in the mosque at Kufa
• Sad plight of those who did not confirm Hadith of Ghadir
• Companions' breaking their promise made on the day of Ghadir

• Companions' breaking their promise at Uhud, Hunain, and Hudaibiyya
• Shias condemn only those companions whose acts were unjust
• Fadak and its usurpation
• Argument from hadith 'la nuris' ­ we do not leave legacies
• Fadak was a gift ­ not a legacy
• Fatima's arguments rejecting hadith 'la nuris'

• Hadid's surprise at Abu Bakr's abusing Ali and Fatima
• Tormenting Ali is tormenting the Holy Prophet
• Hadith "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is it gate"
• Hadith about the vicegerency
• "Allah selected Ali from among all men to be my vicegerent"
• Ahle Bait endowed with seven matchless qualities

• Mahdi to fill the earth with justice
• At the time of his death, the head of the Holy Prophet was on the chest of Amiru'l­Mu'minin
• Inquiring about immediate succession or vicegerency
• Holy Prophet's will concerning Ali's vicegerency exists in all authentic books
• Holy Prophet was prevented from writing his will at the time of his death
• Holy Qur'an also asks us to consult Ahle Dhikr, that is, the Ahle Bait

• Abu Bakr was not prevented from writing his will
• So it is clear that Ali was Holy Prophet's immediate successor
• Caliphate belongs to the heir of knowledge
• Ali's verdict concerning a woman who gave birth to a child after a six­month pregnancy
• Hadith 'la nuris' not applied to other properties
• Abu Bakr's returning fadak to Fatima and Umar's intervention

• Caliph's returning Fadak to descendants of Fatima
• Proof that Fadak had been given to Fatima
• Contention that Abu Bakr acted according to "verse of evidence" and its reply
• To demand witnesses from occupants was against religious law
• Rejecting witness of Fatima was against religious law
• 'Truthful Ones' refers to Muhammad and Ali

• Caliph Abu Bakr did not follow law of evidence in other cases
• Ali and Fatima were referents of the verse of purification
• Proving that the verse of purity was not in praise of the Prophet's wives
• Wives of Prophet are not included in Ahle Bait
• Numerous hadith concerning "Verse of Purity" being in praise of Holy Five
• Hadith of Umme Salma about 'harrira' (a sweet liquid food) of Fatima and revelation of "Verse of Purity"

• Fadak was taken away for political reasons
• Khums interdicted
• Caliph may not pass an order in violation of a clear ordinance of Allah and the practice of Holy Prophet
• Fatima remained indignant with Abu Bakr and Umar until her death
• Fatima's distress is Allah's and Prophet's distress
• Allegation about Ali's intending to marry Abu Jahl's daughter

• Fabricating of hadith during Mu'awiya's period
• Misunderstanding about Fatima's indignation being non­religious
• Fatima was free from worldly attachment
• Fatima was buried at night, a proof of her lasting displeasure with Abu Bakr and Umar
  

NINTH SESSION, Friday night, 2nd Sha'ban, 1345 A.H.

• 'Shias' accusing A'yesha of adultery' and its reply
• A'yesha's exoneration from the charge of adultery
• A husband and wife do not necessarily share the same level of attainment
• Meaning of faithlessness of Noah's and Lot's wives
• Faithlessness of wives does not imply impurity
• A'yesha grieved the Holy Prophet
• No such reports about other wives of the Holy Prophet
• Ummu'l­Mu'minin Suda did not go out even for Hajj or Umra

• A'yesha goes out to fight against Ali
• Hadith in praise of Ali's virtues
• Authors who narrate Holy Prophet's hadith about hypocrites' hatred of Ali
• Slaughter of Sahaba (companions) and innocent believers in Basra by order of A'yesha
• Shias say about A'yesha exactly what history shows
• No evidence that A'yesha repented
• A'yesha prevents burial of Imam Hasan near the Holy Prophet
• A'yesha's prostration at martyrdom of Amiru'l­Mu'minin

• Contradictory statements of A'yesha about Uthman
• Hadith of mending shoes is the greatest proof of the Imamate and Caliphate of Ali
• Difference in mode of appointment of the first three Caliphs is proof of invalidity of their Caliphate
• Other proofs for invalidity of consensus (Ijma')
• Holy Prophet's nomination of Ali ignored and Abu Bakr's nomination of Umar held invalid
• Objection to Majlis­e­Shura (consultative body)
• Objection to Abdu'r­Rahman bin Auf being arbiter
• According to the Holy Prophet, Ali should be followed in preference to all the others

• Ali's creation from light and his association with the Holy Prophet
• Ali's physical ancestry
• Azar was Abraham's father
• Fathers and mothers of the Holy Prophet were not polytheists but they were all believers
• Ali's forefathers were equally free from polytheism
• Misunderstanding about Abu Talib's faith clarified
• Shia consensus regarding belief of Abu Talib
• Misunderstanding about concocted Hadith of Zuhzah clarified

• Evidence for Abu Talib's belief
• Abraham's announcement of Prophethood and his conversation with Azar
• Abu Talib assures Holy Prophet of full support and also recites couplets in praise of Islam
• Abu Talib was a supporter and guardian of the Holy Prophet
• Not proper to call Mu'awiya 'Khalu'l­Mu'minin'
• Mu'awiya pronounces Takbir at Imam Hasan's martyrdom
• Muhammad bin Abi Bakr was killed thirsty and burnt to ashes for love of Ahle Bait
• Mu'awiya was not a scribe of Wahi (revelation) but only of letters

• Evidence for Mu'awiya's infidelity
• Mu'awiya and Yazid are cursed
• Murder of prominent believers like Imam Hasan, Ammar Hajar bin Adi Malik Ashtar, Muhammad bin Abi Bakr, etc by order of Mu'awiya
• In the words of the Holy qur'an Sahab and Sahaba, meaning "companions", have no reverential significance
• Holy Qur'an praises good companions but also condemns bad companions
• Abu Talib was a firm believer
• Additional proof of Abu Talib's belief
• Abu Talib concealed his faith while Hamza and Abbas proclaimed theirs

• Mut'a marriage and Hajj Nisa were lawful up to Abu Bakr's time but made unlawful by Umar
• Sunni's are really Rafizis and Shia are Sunni's
• Arguments for lawfulness of Mut'a
• Ali's birthplace was the Ka'ba
• The origin of Ali's name was the unseen world
• After the names of Allah and the Holy Prophet, Ali's name is written on Arsh'
• Words used by Adam for acceptance of his repentance were the names of the five pure ones
• Wahi (revelation) and Ilham (intuition) bestowed on persons other than Prophets, even on animals

• Abu Talib was guided by Allah to name his son Ali
• Revelation of Lawh (tablet) to Abu Talib
• Ali's name is not a part of the Adhan and Iqama (call for prayers)
• Ali's piety
• Abdullah bin Rafi'i's report
• Suwaid bin Ghafla's report
• Ali's abstaining from eating Halwa
• Ali's dress

• Zurar's conversation with Mu'awiya concerning Ali
• The Prophet's recognition of Ali's piety
• Allah and the Holy Prophet called Ali Imamu'l­Muttaqin (chief of the pious)
• As Imamu'l­Muttaqin Ali had no inclination for self­indulgence or authority
• Ali's refusal to pay allegiance to Abu Bakr proves the method of his appointment as Caliph was not right
• Silence of Holy Prophets
• Ali's situation similar to Aaron's
• The Holy Prophet could not effect drastic changes for fear of people

• After the death of the Holy Prophet Ali's patience was for the sake of Allah
• Amiru'l­Mu'minin's letter to the people of Egypt explaining his silence when deprived of the Caliphate
• Amiru'l­Mu'minin's sermon after martyrdom of Muhammad bin Abi Bakr
• Sermon of Shiqshiqayya also explains Ali's silence
• Doubt about the sermon of Shiqshiqayya
• Seyyed Razi (compiler of Sermons of Ali)
• Sermon of Shiqshiqayya recorded long before the birth of Seyyed Razi
  

TENTH SESSION, Saturday night, 3rd Sha'ban, 1345 A.H.

• Assessment of Umar's knowledge of Islamic law
• Confiscation of any portion of Mehr is unlawful
• Umar's denying the Prophet's death proves that he was ignorant of several verses of the Holy Qur'an
• Umar's order to stone five people and Ali's intervention
• Umar's ordering a pregnant woman to be stoned to death and Ali's intervention
• Umar ordering an insane woman to be stoned and Ali's intervention
• Umar's ignorance concerning Tayammum (substitute for ablution)

• All knowledge was clearly visible to Ali
• Mu'awiya defending the position of Ali
• Umar's admission of his ignorance concerning difficult problems and his declaration that if Ali had not helped him his difficulties would not have been solved
• Ali was most suitable for the office of Caliphate
• Ali's "allegiance" to Caliphs was forced
• There should be no "blind faith" in religion
• Faith should be based on reason and honest inquiry

• Prophet's order to obey Ali
• No Hadith exists designating other Caliphs as the "guides of the community" or "gates of knowledge"
• Prostration on dust by Shia's objected to by others without reason
• Differences among the four schools are ignored but Shias' are not tolerated
• Verdicts by Sunni scholars in contradiction to Qur'anic injunctions
• Washing of the feet in Wuzu' is against the Qur'anic ordinance
• Wiping over the socks against the explicit ordinance of the Holy Qur'an

• The wiping over the turban is against the Qur'anic ordinance
• Shias alone blamed for such differences
• According to Sunni ulema prostration on dry excrement and dung is lawful
• Prostration on floor coverings instead of the ground is against Qur'anic injunction
• Shias do not consider prostration on dust of Karbala compulsory
• Old age is no criterion for the Caliphate
• Ali appointed for conveyance of verses of Sura Bara'a (the immunity) of the Holy Qur'an

• After the Holy Prophet Ali was the guide of the community
• Ali hated corrupt politics
• Rebellion during Amiru'l­Mu'minin's Caliphate was due to enmity against him
• A'yesha was largely responsible for the revolt against Ali
• Ali's battles of Jamal, Siffin, and Nahrwan were like the battles of the Holy Prophet against the infidels
• Ali possessed knowledge of the unseen world
• Vicegerents of Prophets also had knowledge of the unseen

• Holy Imams were true Caliphs and had the knowledge of unseen
• Sunni ulema who have narrated the hadith of "city of knowledge"
• To narrate Ali's merits is worship
• Hadith "I am the House of Wisdom"
• Elucidation of the hadith of "Gate of Knowledge"
• Holy Prophet opened 1,000 chapters of knowledge in Ali's heart
• Jafr­e­Jami'a and its nature

• Gabriel brought a sealed book for Wasi (successor) of the Holy Prophet
• Ali's announcement of Saluni (ask me) and the reports of the Sunnis
• Ali's claim that he could judge cases according to the Torah as well as the Gospels
• Prophesying that Sinan bin Anas was the murderer of Imam Husain
• Foretelling the standard bearing of Habib bin Ammar
• Foretelling Mu'awiya's oppression
• Foretelling of Dhu'th­Thadiyya's murder

• Prophecy about his own martyrdom and about Ibn Muljim
• "City of Knowledge" proves Ali's right to be the first Caliph
• According to the Holy Prophet Ali excelled all others in knowledge
• Description of zones of space in agreement with the modern science of astronomy
• Ali mastered all sciences
• Ibn Abi'l­Hadid's admission of Ali's superior knowledge
• Imam Husain's birth and the angels' congratulations
• Nawab Sahib's acceptance of Shia'ism
  

LAST SESSION, Sunday, 3rd Sha'ban, 1345 A.H.

• Birthday of Imam Husain
• Genuine liberty
• Sunnis' belief concerning the meaning of "Those vested with authority" (Uli'l­amr')
• Leaders of Israel selected by Moses were considered worthless
• The words Uli'l­amr' do not refer to rulers
• Infallibility of the Holy Imams generally reported
• Knowledge of the Ahle Bait
• Why the names of the Imams do not appear in the Holy Qur'an
• No mention of units (Rak'ats) of prayers in the Holy Qur'an
• Uli'l­amr refers to Ali and the Imams of the Ahle Bait
• Names of the twelve Imams and their number
• The number of Caliphs after the Holy Prophet is twelve