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Transliteration and Footnotes

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PART ONE

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Brief Introduction to Part One

Foreword by Dr Mostafa al-Badawi

Preface
The Sha Perspective
The Khawrij Perspective
About Fail Literature
Who are Ahl al-Bayt?
Etymology and Definition of Some Important Terms
Ahl al-Bayt in the Qurn
adth Ahl al-Kis People of the Cloak
The aba Making Tawassul through the Ahl al-Bayt and the
Recommendation for Doing So

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PART TWO Virtues of the Ahl al-Bayt

Brief Introduction to Part Two

Biographies of Principle adth Scholars Used in this Work
Virtues of the Prophetic Lineage

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Al-Suys Iy al-Mayt bi-Fail Ahl al-B ayt R eviving the Dead: the
Virtues of the Prophetic Household
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Fail of the R elatives of the Messenger of Allah a
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The Virtues of Jafar ibn Ab lib al-Hshim g
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The Virtues of the Relatives of the Messenger of Allah a and of Fima, the
Daughter of the Prophet a, of whom He Said, Fima is the Leader of the
Women of Paradise
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Concerning amza ibn Abd al-Mualib by Ibn Kathr
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Th e P e r f e c t Fa m i ly
Imam al-Shfis Poetry on the Ahl al-Bayt

PART THREE The Virtues of Lady Fima h

Brief Introduction to Part Three

Al-Suys Al-Thughr al-B sima f Manqib Sayyidatin Fima

The R adiant Smile On the Virtues of Our Lady Fima
The Unique Distinctions and Virtues of Fima
Concerning Her Age and Her Death
Fimas h Funeral Washing, Prayer and Burial
Fimas h Funeral Bier
On the Continuance of the Messenger of Allahs a Line
Through Fima h
The Narrations of Fima, Daughter of the Messenger of Allah a
Poetry Attributed to Fima h

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Ibn Shahns Fail Fima The Virtues of Lady Fima j

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The Leader of All Women after Maryam, and the Daughter of the Messenger
of Allah a
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Fimas immediacy in obeying Allah and his Rasl s and her unparalleled
generosity
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Journeys of the Prophet s started and finished with Fima and the Unique
Prophetic declaration to Sayyidah Fima may my mother and father be
your ransom
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The Prophets s sharing secrets with Fima and Fimas sharing secrets
with isha
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The Prophets sharing secrets with Fima and Fimas sharing secrets with
Umm Salama
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Allah has forbidden the hellfire to Fima and her progeny
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Fima is the leader of all women
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The household of Fima blessed with Divine provision
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The Prophets s special exhortation for Fima and Al
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The Prophets s war and peace for Fima
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Fima is a part of the Prophet and Fimas hurt is the Prophets hurt
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The Prophets s naming of Al as Ab Turb
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The Virtues of Fima from the Jmi al-a of Imam al-Bukhr with
the Commentary of Sheikh al-Islam Imam Ibn ajar al-Asqaln
The Virtues of Fima h of Whom the Prophet a Said, Fima is the
Leader of the Women of Paradise

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The Virtues of Fima from the a of Imam Muslim with the
Commentary of Sheikh al-Islam Imam Z akariyy al-Nawaw
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The Virtues of Fima h, Daughter of the Prophet s
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The Injuries the Prophet a Received At Uud [the Bravery of and the Role
of Lady Fima in Nursing him)]
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Hadiths About the Marriage of Fima j
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Al not allowed to marry again during the lifetime of Fima
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The Prophet married his daughter to the best of people
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Al selling his armour to make arrangements for his marriage
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Divine instructions for the marriage of Al to Fima
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PART FOUR The Virtues of Al ibn Ab lib g

Brief Introduction to Part Four
Biography of Imm Al g
His lineage, birth and his embrace of Islam
His knowledge and virtue
His asceticism and piety
His caliphate and assassination
Definition of the Important Term Mawl

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Al-Nass Khai Imam Al The Unique Distinctions of Imam Al ibn Ab

lib g
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The Virtues of Al ibn Ab lib al-Qurash al-H shim, Ab al-asan g 181
The Virtues of Al g
Q Iys Response to the Sha
The adth al-Thaqalayn of Two Weighty Matters and the Wives of the
Prophet as Ahl al-Bayt

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The Incident at Ghadr K humm by Ibn K athr

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PART FIVE The Virtues of Imams al-asan and al-usayn

Brief Introduction to Part Five

The Virtues of al-asan g and al-usayn g

On Those That Resembled the Messenger of Allah a

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Further Virtues From a al-Bukhr with Ibn ajars Commentary from

Fat al-B r
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Imam al-asans Role in Reconciling the Umma
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The Relationship Between Al and Ab Bakr
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Th e P e r f e c t Fa m i ly
The Virtues of al-asan g and al-usayn from a Muslim g
The aba Crying on Seeing Imam al-asan g

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PART SIX The Virtues of the Awaited Imam al-Mahd

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Brief Introduction to Part Six The Virtues of the Awaited Imam al-Mahd 244

adth about the M ahd from a al-Bukhr with commentary by Ibn

ajar al-Asqaln
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Virtues of the Mahd g
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The Imams and Scholars Who Declared That the Hadiths of the Mahd Are
Mass-Transmitted
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The Sunnis Position on the Mahd
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The Importance Given by Scholars Past and Present to the Issue of the
Mahd
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Prophetic Hadiths About the Mahd
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Sayings of the Salaf al-li about the Mahd
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