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ENDNOTES
1. Al-Baladhiri, Ansab Al-Ashraf, vol. 2, p. 177.
2. Look up Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah by Ibn Abi al-Hadid,
vol. 4, p. 561.
3. Al-Arbili, Kashf Al-Ghummah, vol. 1, chapter on
Imam Ali (a.s).
4. A Brief History of the Fourteen Infallibles, World
Organization for Islamic Services, (Tehran: 1984), pp.
51.52.
5. Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki, al-Fusul al-Muhimmah fi
Ma'rifat al-A'immah, Ch. 1, p. 13.
6. Al-Bihar, vol. 35, p. 18.
7. Ibn al-Sabbagh, al-Fusul al-Muhimmah, Ch. 1, p. 14.
Ibn Abi al-Hadid. Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, p.151.
8. Sirat bin Hisham, chapter on Ali bin Abi Talib, the
first male who accepted Islam, p. 284; Bihar al-Anwar,
vol. 35, p. 44; Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, vol. 1, p.15.
9. Khalid Muhammad Khalid, Fi Rihab Ali, 2nd ed., Dar
al-Andalus, Beirut, p.46. Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, vol. 1,
p. 15.
10. Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, vol. 1,
p.15, quoting al-Baladiri and al-Isfahani.
11. Nahj al-Balaghah, Subhi al-Salih (ed.), 1967 p.
300.
12. Abd al-Fattah Abd al-Maqsud, Ali bin Abi Talib,
vol. 1, p.39.
13. Nahj al-Balaghah, p.301.
14. Ibid.
15. In Addition to books on history which state that
Imam Ali (a.s.) was the first believer there are several
traditions from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) which
mention this fact. Vide: al-Mustadrak, vol. 3. p. 136.
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi in his History, vol. 2, p. 81.
Al-Manaqib by al-Khuwarzami, Hilyat al-Awliya', vol. 1,
p. 16; Al-Sirah al-Halabiyah, vol. 1, p.285; Sirat Zaini
Dahlan, commenting on al-Halabiyah, vol. 1, p. 188, all
quoted from al-Ghadir, 3rd ed., (Beirut: 1967), vol. 3,
pp. 222-242.
16. See our book, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah,
Part One.
17 , Mustafa Al-Saqqa & Group (ed.), 1936, vol. 1,
p.259.
18. Al-Kafi, al-Rawdah, vol. 8 about Imam Ali's (a.s.)
Islam. Other traditions on this subject are narrated by
al-Nisa'i; Ibn Maja, al-Hakim; al-Tabari in his History,
and in al-Riyad al-Nadirah, vol. 2, p. 158, in Siffin by
Nasr bin Muzahim, p. 100, and others Look up al-Ghadir,
vol. 3, pp. 221-240. These narrators say seven years.
This does not contradict the formerly stated three years,
since he preceded the others in his acceptance of Islam
by three years, and he preceded them in believing in it
and in his worship with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.),
by some further years, to which he referred in his speech
al-Qasi'ah.
19. This tradition is quoted by: Ibn Ishaq; Ibn Jarir;
Ibn Abi Hatam; Ibn Mardawiyah; Abu Na'im; al-Baihaqi in
his Sunan, and Dala'il: Al-Tha'labi and al-Tabari in
their interpretation of the Sura of Al-Shu'ara', in their
large Qur'anic commentary, quoted by al-Tabari in Tarikh
al-Sirah al-Halabiyah, vol. 1, p. 381; al-Tahawi, Adhia'
al-Maqdisi in his al-Mukhtar; Ahmad bin Hanbal, vol.
1" p. 111, 159; al-Khasa'is by al-Nisa'i, p. 6; Kanz
al-Ummal, vol. 6. Tradition No. 6008; al-Irshad by
al-Mufid, and many others, all quoting the tradition in
almost similar words, quoted from Al-Muraja'at by Sharaf
al-Din, p. 124.
20. Ibn Al-Athir, al-Kamil, vol. 2, p.24; Bihar
al-Anwar by Shaikh al-Majlisi, vol. 18, p. 164; Fiqh
al-Sirah by Shaikh Muhammad al-Ghazali, pp. 102-103.
21. This hadith is also narrated by al-Baihaqi in his
Sunan and by al Thalabi in Tafsir al-Kabir, commenting on
Sura al-Shu'ara'; and al-Tabari in his Tarikh, vol. 2, p.
217; Ibn al-Athir in his Kamil, vol. 2, p. 22, al-Sirah
al-Halabiyah, vol. 1, p.381; Ibn Hanbal in his Musnad,
vol. 1, pp. 11-159; al-Nisa'i in his Khasa'ism, p.6; Kanz
al-Ummal, vol. 6, Hadith No. 6008.
22. Ibid.
23. See our book, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah,
Part One.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 19, chapter Entering the
Shi'b; Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat, vol. 1, pp. 173, 192; Ibn
Hisham, Sirah, vol. 1, pp. 399-404; Ibn Qutaibah, Oyun
al-Akhbar, vol. 2, p. 151; Ibn Kathir, History, vol. 3,
pp. 84, 96-97; Al-Sirah al-Halabiyah, vol. l, pp.
357-367,. Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil, vol. 2, p. 36, quoted
from al-Ghadir, vol. 7 pp. 363-366.
27. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 21, chapter Ghazwat Mu'tah.
Ibn Sa'd, al Tabaqat, vol. 4" p. 23. Usd al-Ghabah,
vol. 1, p.287. Ibn Abi al-Hadid, vol. 3. p. 407
al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah. vol. 4, p. 256. al-Isti'ab,
vol. 1, p. 81, quoted from Maqatil al-Talibiyin by Abul
Faraj al-Isfahani, chapter The Death of Ja'far bin Abi
Talib, 2nd ed , 1970, p. 10 ff.
28. Ibid.
29. Tarikh al-Tabari, vol. 2, p. 222; Tarikh bin
Asakir, vol. 1, p. 284; Mustadrak al-Hakim, vol. 2, p.
622. Tarikh bin Kathir, vol. 3, p. 122, quoted from
al-Ghadir, vol. 7, p.376. Kashf al-Ghummah fi Ma'rifat
al-A'immah, vol. 1, p. 16, and others.
30. Tafsir Sura al-Anfal, verse 30, al-Mizan, Muhammad
Hussein Tabatab'i, Part 9, p. 80.
31. Ibid.
32. A'yan al-Shi'ah. 3rd ed., vol. 3, p. 155.
33. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 9: al-Kulaini, al-Kafi
Al-Rawda, Tehran ed. vol. 8, p.339.
34. Ibn Al-Sabbagh, al-Fusul al-Muhimmah. chapter on
His Bravery p.28.
35. A'yan al-Shi'ah, 3rd ed., vol. 3, p. 155
36. Ali. The Magnificent. p. 17
37 A'yan al-Shi'ah. 3rd ed.. vol. 3. p 155
38. Ahmad bin Yahya al-Baladhiri, Ansab al-Ashraf; 1st
ed. Beirut. Vol. 2, pp. 91, 94; Mustadrak al-Sahihain,
vol. 3, p. 111. Ibn Sa'd. Al-Tabaqat" vol. 3, p. 15.
39. Ali, The Magnificent, pp. 26-27
40. Ibid., pp. 27-28.
41. Muhammed Sadiq al-Sadr, Hayat Amir al-Mu'minun,
2nd ed. 1972, p.230.
42. Ali, The Magnificent, pp. 28-29.
43. commentary on Holy Qur'an 3:120 by S.V Mir Ahmed
Ali, M. S. B.O.L.. B.T., Tahrike Tarsil Qur'an Inc., (New
York: 1988), p 344
44. Ibid.. and Ali, The Magnificent, p. 32
45. Madarij al-Nubowah. Ma'arij al-Nubowah.
46. For more detail, please see our book, Muhammad,
the Messenger of Allah, part 2.
47 Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyah. Ahmad Zaini Dahlan. vol. 2,
pp. 6-7. 'Ghazwat Khandaq'.
48. Ibid.
49. Mustadrak al-Sahihain, vol. 3, p 32 on the
authority of Sufyan Al. Thawri, narrated by al-Khatib
al-Baghdadi in, The History of Baghdad. Vol. 3. p. 19.
quoting al-Fadha'il al-Khamsah. vol. l.
50. Biography of Hadrat Ali (a.s ), Light. Knowledge.
Truth Peer Mahomed Ebrahim Trust, (Karachi: 1975). pp.
21.24
51. Ali. The Magnificent, p 49.
52. Dahlan, al-Sirah al-Nabawiyah" vol. 2, pp.
6-7 Al-Mufid, al-Irshad, chapter 'The Battle of the
Trench', p.58.
53. Ali, The Magnificent, pp. 49-54.
54. Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol.
V, p.365.
55. Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 2, pp. 93-94, on the
authority of Abu Hurairah and Ibn Abbas, in similar
wordings; al-Nisa'i, Khasa'is Ali bin Abi Talib. 1st ed.,
(Beirut: 1975), p. 9ff; al-Isabah, al-Isti'ab, HiIyat
al-Awlya', and in Muslim's Sahih, in similar wordings.
56. Sayid Muhsin al-Amin, Sirat al-Rasul, quoted from
al-Sirah al. Halabiyah; Ibn Qutaibah. al-Ma'arif;
al-Tabataba'i, Tafsir al-Mizan, vol. 10, interpretation
of verse 25 of the Sura Bara'at (Taubah); al-Bahth
al-Riwa'i; al-Mufid, al-Irshad, Ghazwat Hunain, p.81.
57 Look up Abdul Fattah Abdul Maqsud. al-Imam Ali,
Sayid Muhsin al-Amin, A'yan Al-Shi'ah, vol. 3; al-Mufid.
al-Irshad, Sirat bin Hisham: Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki,
al-Fusul al-Muhimmah.
58. Look up Ansab al-Ashraf by al-Baladhiri, 1st ed..
1947, vol. 2, p 92; Mustadrak al-Sahihain, vol. 3, p.
111; Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabaqat, vol. 3, p. 10; Ibn Hijr,
Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, vol. 3, p. 475. Look up Fada'il al.
Khamsah" vol. 2, p. 309 for more references.
59. Look up Sahih Muslim, the Book about The Merits of
the Companions; al-Hakim, Mustadrak al-Sahihain, vol. 3,
p. 147 Sunan al Baihaqi, vol. 2, p 149: al-Suyuti. Al-Dur
al-Manthur in the interpretation of the said verse: Sahih
al-Tirmidhi, vol. 2, p.209: Ibn Hijr, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib,
vol. 2. p.297 and others, in addition to 'Fada'il
al-Khamsah min al-Sihah al-Sittah'. vol. 1, p. 224ff.
60. Sahih Al-Tirmidi, vol. 2, p.300; Ahmad bin Hanbal,
al-Musnad, vol. 1, p. 185: al-Suyuti, Al-Dur al-Manthur
in the interpretation of al Mubahalah verse;
Al-Zamakhshari, al-Kashshaf, al-Fakhr al-Razi, The Big
Tafsir and others, quoted from 'Fada'il al-Khamsah min
al-Sihah al-Sittah' p. 244 ff.
61. Look up Al-Zamakhshari's al-Kashshaf, vol. 2;
al-Wahidi's Asbab Al-Nuzul; Al-Tabarasi's Majma' al-Bayan
in the interpretation of the Sura Al-Dahr; al-Hafid Muh.
bin Jarir Al-Tahari's al-Kifayah; Ibn Abd Rabbah's al-Iqd
al-Farid, vol. 3, pp. 42-47; al-Hakim Al-Naishaburi's
Manaqib Fatimah (a.s.) as stated in al-Kifayah;
al-Tha'labi's Tafsir al-Kashf wal Bayan; al-Alusi's Ruh
al-Ma'ani; al- Tabari's al-Riyad al-Nadirah, vol. 2, p.
207, quoted from al-Amini's al-Ghadir, vol. 3, pp.
107-111.
62. Tafsir al-Tabari, quoting Anas. vol. 10, p. 59;
al-Wahidi's Asbab al. Nuzul, p. 182; al-Qurtubi's Tafsir,
vol. 8, p.91; al-Razi's Tafsir vol. 4, p. 422;
al-Khazin's Tafsir vol. 2, p. 221; Abul Barakat
al-Nasfi's. Vol. 2. p 221; al-Suyuti's al-Dur al-Manthur.
Vol. 3. p. 218: and others. with some difference in
details and wordings
63. Mustadrak al-Sahihain. vol. 3, p. 126; Manaqib by
Ibn Hanbal and Jami' al-Sihah by Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi;
Kanz al-Ummal, vol. 6, p 401; Usd al-Ghabah, vol. 4,
p.22; al-Khatib al-Bahgdadi in his History, vol. 4. p.
348, quoted from Fad'il al-Khamsah min al-Sihah
al-Sittah. vol. 2,P 250ff.
64. Ahmad bin Hanbal's Musnad. vol. 1, p. 174; Abu
Dawud's Musnad, vol. 2, p. 28; al-Bukhari, chapter The
Battle of Tabuk; Muslim. Al-Tirmidhi and others. quoted
from al-Muraja'at pp. 133-136.
65. Sahih al-Tirmidhi. vol. 2, p.299; Ahmad bin
Hanbal's Musnad, vol. 6. p 292; al-Nisa'i and Mustadrak
al-Sahihain. Vol. 3, p. 129, and others. Look up Fada'il
al-Khamsah min al-Sihah al-Sittah. Vol. 2. p 207 and
others.
66. Ibn Maja, Sahih; al-Tirmidhi, Sahih, vol. 2, p.
299; Al-Nisa'i, al Khasa'is, pp. 3-18; Mustadrak
al-Sahihaian, vol. 3, p. 14; Ahmad bin Hanbal, al-Musnad,
vol. 1, p. 159 and others, with slight difference in
wordings.
67. Tafsir al-Baidawi; al-Tabrasi's Majma' al-Bayan.
Abu Ishaq Al-Tha’labi's Tafsir; al-Tabari's Tafsir,
vol. 6, p. 165; al-Wahidi's Asbab al-Nuzul, p. 148;
al-Khazin's Tafsir, vol. 1, p. 496; al-Razi's Tafsir,
vol. 3, p. 431; Abul-Barakat al-Nasfi, vol. 1, p.496;
al-Naishaburi's Tafsir, vol. 3, p. 431; Abul-Barakat
al-Nasfi, vol. 1, p. 496; al-Naishaburi's Tafsir, vol. 3,
p. 461: Ibn Hajar's al-Sawa'iq, p. 25, and others, quoted
from A'yan AI-Shi'ah, vol. 3, pp. 130-134, and Khulafa.
al-Rasul al-Ithna Ashar, p. 103 ff.
68. The wordings are quoted from Ibn Maja's Sahih, p.
12.
69. Ibn Hanbal's Musnad, vol. 4, p.281, says that this
was narrated by 30 of the Messenger's Companions. It is
also stated by An-Nisa'i in his Khasa'is Ali bin Abi
Talib, on diverse authorities; as did Al-Tirmidhi and
Al-Tabarani, quoting Zaid bin Arqam and al-Fakhr Al-Razi,
in interpreting the verse: "O Messenger! make known
what has been revealed to you from your Lord;..."
and Kanz al-Ummal, vol. 1, p.48; and Mustadrak
al-Sahihain and others, quoted from al-Amini's al Ghadir,
vol, 1,
70. Al-Baghdadi's History, vol. 14, p, 321:
al-Haithami's Majma' vol. 7 p.235; Kanz al-Ummal, vol. 6,
p, 157; al-Razi's Tafsir. vol. 1" p. 111: and
others, quoted from Ali and Vicegerency. p. 113.
71 Ibid., vol. 13, p. 186; al-Haithami's Majma. vol. 7
p.236, Kanz al Ummal, vol. 6, p 155
72 Sulaiman al-Hanafi Yanabi. al-Mawaddah: Al-dhahabi.
Mizan al. I'tidal: al-Suyuti, al-La'ali; al-Dailami.
Kunuz al-Daqa'iq; Ahmad bin Hanbal, al-Manaqib; Kanz
al-Ummal. vol 6. p. 154; al-Tabarani. Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir;
al-Muhib al-Tabari, Al-Dhaka'ir and others as stated by
Najm al-Din al-'Askari in Ali and Vicegerency, p. 194.
73. For further reference look up: Yanabi al-Mawaddah
by al-Shaikh al-Qanduzi al-Hanafi; al-Fusul al-Muhimmah
by Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki; Fadha'il al-Khamsah min
al-Sihah al-Sittah by al-Firoozabadi; Musnad Ahmad bin
Hanbal; al-Shaikh Najm al-din al-Askari, and others.
74. Al-Khawarzmi, al-Manaqib, quoting A'ishah; Ahmad
bin Hanbal al Musnad, vol. 2, p. 300; al-Muhib al-Tabari,
Dhakha'ir al-Uqba, p. 73; Ali and Vicegerency, p.206.
75. Quoted by al-Nisa'i, Abu Dawud, Ibn Maja and Ahmad
bin Hanbal in his Musnad.
76. Quoted by al-Tirmidhi under No. 874 of Kanz
al-Ummal, vol. 1, p. 44; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 5, pp.
182-189; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, vol. 3, p. 148 and
others.
77 Quoted by al-Bukhari, vol. 1, p. 21, Muslim, Sahih,
vol. 3, p. 259; Ahmad bin Hanbal, al-Musnad, vol. 1 and
others
78 See Sahih Bukhari, vol. 4, p. 194 and also Saqifah
by Shaikh Muhammad Ridha al-Mudafar
79. Ibn Kathir's History, vol. 5, p. 271; Abul Fida's
History, vol. 1, p.152. quoted from al-Ghadir, vol. 7 p
75.
80. Al-Saqifah, 4th ed., (Beirut: 1973), p.160.
81. Al-Sayid Sharaf al-din, al-Muraja'at, p 302
82. Extracted from a letter to the Egyptians, which he
sent with Malik al-Ashtar his governor appointed to that
province Look up Nahj al-Balaghah, Letter No. 62.
83 Tarikh al-Ya'qubi, vol 2, p. 111, quoting Ali wal
Khulafa' by al-Askari, p 62
84 Manaqib Aal Abi Talib, vol 2, p 178 Bihar al-Anwar.
vol 40. quoting al-Kafi.
85 Kanz al-Ummal, vol 3, p. 99, quoted from Ali wal
Khulafa' p 63
86. Ali wal Khulafa', p. 60, quoting al-Tasturi and
Al-Najaf al-Ashraf, Qadha' Amir al-Mu'minin, 1st ed. 1369
A. H , p. 66.
87 Manaqib Aal Abi Talib, vol. 2, p. 180.
88. Nahj al-Balaghah, Dr. Subhi al-Salih (ed.), p.
192.
89. Najm Al-Din al-Askar, Ali wal Khulafa', p. 83,
quoting Ahmad bin Hanbal's al-Musnad, vol. 1, p. 94, Kanz
al-Ummal, vol. 4, p. 39, and others.
90. Kanz al-Ummal, vol 7, p. 147 al-Bukhari's Sahih,
191727, and others, quoted from Ali wal Khulafa' p. 87
91. Al-Baihaqi's Sunan, al-Tabri's History, Kanz
al-Ummal, vol. 3, p. 101, Al-Zarqani's Sharh al-Muwatta'
vol. 4, p. 25, and others.
92. Kanz al-Ummal, vol. 3, p.96; al-Futuhat
al-Islamiyah, vol. 2, p.482, quoted from Ali wal Khulafa'
p. 98.
93 Manaqib Aal Abi Talib, vol. 2, p 191; Ali wal
Khulafa' p. 102.
94. Ali wal Khulafa', p. 133, quoting Ibn al-Hujjah
al-Hamawi al Hanafi's Thamarat al-Awraq of the Lectures,
1368 A H. ed., vol. 2, p 15
95 Ali wal Khulafa', p 239 ,
96 Tarikh al-Tabari, vol 2, p.250. Tarikh al-Yaqoubi;
Kanz al-Ummal, Mastadrak al-Hakim; al-Kamil by Ibn
al-Atheer Quoting from Ali wal Khulafa' p 240.
97 Manaqib Aal Abi Talib, vol. 2, p. 192, and Muh bin
Ali al-Qummi's Aja'ib Ahkam Amir al-Mu'minin, p.43.
98. Al-Manaqib, p. 192; Ibn Kathir'sTafsir,vol.4, P 57
and al-Baihaqi's Sunan, vol. 7, p. 442.
99. Al-Suyuti's al-Dur al-Manthur, vol. 3, p. 144; Ibn
al-Jawzi's Sirat Umar, p. 106; Dahlan's al-Futuhat
al-Islamiyah, vol. 2, p. 486, and others, quoting Ali wal
Khulafa'; Ibn Shahrashub's Manaqib Aal Abi Talib, vol. 2;
al Ghadir, vol. 6-7 and Aja'ib Ahkam Amir al-Mu'minin by
the respected Qur'anic commentator, Muhammad bin Ibrahim
al Qummi
100. Nahj al-Balaghah, Dr. Subhi al-Salih (ed.), p.
136.
101. Ibid.
102. Ibid. Sermon No. 131.
103. Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah by Muhammad Abdoh, vol. 1,
p.269.
104. From his instructions to Muhammad bin Abi Bakr on
appointing him as governor of Egypt, Nahj al-Balaghah,
Letter No. 27.
105. His instructions to Abdullah bin Abbas, his
representative in Basra, Nahj al-Balaghah , Letter No.
76.
106. Nahj al-Balaghah, al-Salih (ed.), Letter No. 45,
p.416.
107 Ibid., p.415.
108. Ibid., p. 412.
109. Ibid., Letter No. 14, p. 373.
110. Ibid., Letter No. 50, p.424.
111. Ibid., Letter No 51.
112. Ibid., Letter No. 25.
113. George Cherdaq, Rawa'i Nahj al-Balaghah, p. 163.
114. Al-Baladhiri, Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 2, p. 136.
115. Muhammad Abul Fadhl Ibrahim, Sharh al-Nahj, 1378
A.H. ed., vol. 2, pp. 198, 199.
116. Nahjal-Balaghah, Letter No. 45, p.418.
117 Look up Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 41, p. 104; Amaal
al-Saduq, Tadhkirat al-Khawas, p. 134; al-Baladhiri,
Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 2, p. 129, with little difference
in wordings.
118. Sibt bin al-Jawzi, Tadhkirat al-Khawas, p. 125.
119. Nahj al-Balaghah, Letter No. 45.
120. Sibt bin al-Jawzi, Tadhkirat al-Khawas, p 121;
al-Aqqad, Ab qariyat al-Imam, Beirut, 1g67 ed., p. 16.
121. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon No 209.
122. Tadhkirat al-Khawas, p. 68.
123. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sharh bin Abi al-Hadid, vol. 2,
p. 200.
124. Ibid., p.201.
125. Ibid., p. 202.
126. Tadkiratul Khawas, p. 121.
127 Ibid., p. 125.
128. Ansab al-Ashraf, vol. 2, p. 132.
129. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sharh bin Abi al-Hadid, vol. 2,
p.200.
130. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 40, Ch. 98; Manaqib Aal Abi
Talib, vol. 1.
131. Ibid.
132. Ibid., the same page.
133. Ibid.
134. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon No. 224.
135. Dr. Muhammad Ahmad Khalafallah, Ali bin Abi
Talib, Nadrah As-riyah Jadidah, p.32. ,
136. Nahj al-Balaghah, Dr. Subhi al-Salih (ed.), 1st
ed., (Beirut: 1967), Sermon No. 205.
137 Al-Imam Ali Wa Fadha'iluh, Dar Maktabat al-Hayat,
Beirut, p. 175.
138. Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki, al-Fusul al-Muhimmah,
p.50. Look up the text of the Imam's letter No. 75. Bab
al-Kutub, p. 464.
139. Al-Fusul al-Muhimmah, p. 51.
140. Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, vol.
16, p. 154; commenting on the Imam's letter No. 37
141. Al-Fusul al-Muhimmah, p. 51.
142. Sharih Nahj al-Balaghah, vol. 3, p.75.
143. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon No. 164, p.235.
144. Ibid.
145. Ibid.
146. Al-Tabari, Ibn al-Athir and others, citing the
sayings of A'ishah, p 98.
147 The Tabri, Ansab al-Ashraf, Ibn al-Athir, bin
Qutaibah's al-Ma'arif and others, quoted from the same
reference, p. 99.
148. Al-Tabari's History Ansab al-Ashraf quoted from
the same reference, p. 113.
149. Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, vol. 9 pp. 5-6.
150. Al-Fusul al-Muhimmah p. 55.
151. Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki al-Fusul al-Muhimmah fi
Ma'rifat al A'immah, p.63. Sibt bin al-Jawzi, Tadhkirat
al-Khawas, p. 77 Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh Nahjal-Balaghah
vol. 2 p.167.
152. Al-Fusul al-Muhimmah, p. 62; Sibt bin al-Jawzi's
al-Tadhkira.
153. Ibid.
154. Ahadith Urn al-Mu'minin A'ishah part In p. 181,
quoted from al Ya'qubi and Kanz al-Ummal.
155. Ibid., p. 182.
156. Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki, al-Fusul al-Muhimmah p.
70.
157 Ibid., p.71.
158. Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, Dar
Ihya' al-Kutub al Arabia, 1959, vol. 1, p.23.
159. Al-Fusul al-Muhimmah and Ibn al-Jawzi's
Al-Tadhkira.
160. Ibid.
161. Sibt bin al-Jawzin Tadhkirat al-Khawasn p. 103.
162. Ibid., and al-Fusul al-Muhimmah, p.78.
163. Tadhkirat al-Khawas, p. 74.
164. Ibid., p.79.
165. Julius Filhausen, al-Shi'ah and al-Khawarij,
translated by Abdul-Rahman Badawi, (Kuwait: 1976), p 32.
,
166. Nasr bin Muzahim, Waqi'at Siffin, p.517.
167 The Quran 16:91 Look up Nasr bin Muzahim, Waqi'at
Siffin, p. 517.
168. Al-Fusul al-Muhimmah, p. 91.
169. Ibid., p. 92.
170. A'yan Al-Shi'ah vol. 3n p. 20n quoting Al-Tabari
and al-Fusul al Muhimmah, p. 93.
171. Sahih al-Bukhari quoted from al-Fusul al-Muhimmah
p. 94; al Baladhiri Ansab al-Ashraf vol. 2, p. 376,
quoting Imam Ali (a.s.) in different wordings; al-Nisa'i
Khasa'is p. 71.
172. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon No 182.
173. Nahj al-Balaghah, Will No. 47, p. 412.
