AL-ABBAS

Peace be Upon Him

PUBLISHER'S PREFACE	11
THE PUBLISHER'S WORD	11
DEDICATION	12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT	13
THIS BOOK	15
PREFACE	17
THE PURE LINEAGE	19
THE IMMACULATE WOMB	20
SERIES OF FATHERS	21
FATHERS	22
ADNAN	24
MAAD	24
NIZAR	24
MADHAR	24
ILIAS	24
MUDRIKA	25
AN-NADHR	25
FIHR	25
KAAB	25
KELAB	25
QUSSAY	25
ABD-MENAF	26
HASHIM	26
ABD-UL-MUTTALIB	26
ABU-TALIB	27
ALI	28
UNCLES	29
HAMZA	29
TALIB	30
AQIL	30
DESCENDANTS OF AQIL	30
JAFAR	31
UMM-UL-BANIN	33
MARRIAGE	33
HER SITUATIONS	34
IN THE SIGHT OF THE AHL-UL-BAYT	34
IN THE SIGHT OF MUSLIMS	35
BROTHERS AND SISTERS	37
THE TWO IMAMS	37
MOHAMMAD IBN AL-HANAFIYYA	38
FULL BROTHERS	38
ZAYNAB	38
BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE	39
YEAR OF BIRTH	40
NAME	40
AL-ABBAS IN ARABIC	40
HIS MOTHER'S VERSES	41
NICKNAMES	41
PREDICTIONS	42
EARLY LIFE	42
EPITHETS	45
BAB UL-HUSSEIN	45
QAMAR BANI HASHIM	46
AS-SAQQAA	47
AL-ABBAS AND WATERING	47
BATTAL UL-ALQAMI	50
HAMIL UL-LIWAA	50
KEBSH UL-KATEEBA	51
AL-AMEED	52
HAMI AZ-ZHAEENA	52
BAB UL-HAWAAIJ	52
ASH-SHAHID	52
AL-ABD US-SALIH	53
AL-AABID	53
PERSONALITY	55
COURAGE	55
FAITH	56
DISDAIN	57
PATIENCE	57
LOYALTY	58
LOYALTY TO THE RELIGION	58
LOYALTY TO THE NATION	58
LOYALTY TO THE HOMELAND	58
LOYALTY TO HIS BROTHER	59
WILLPOWER	59
MERCY AND KINDNESS	59
AL-ABBAS IN THE IMAMS' SIGHT	61
1) IMAM ALI	61
2) IMAM AL-HUSSEIN	62
3) IMAM ZAYN UL-ABIDIN	62
4) IMAM AS-SADIQ	63
A. CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS	63
B. STEADFAST FAITH	63
C. FIGHTING WITH IMAM AL-HUSSEIN	64
ZIYARA OF IMAM AS-SADIQ	64
A. SUBMISSION	64
B. BELIEF	64
C. LOYALTY	64
D. SINCERITY	65
5) IMAM AL-MAHDI	65
THE HOLY SHRINE	67
LOCATION	69
RIVER AL-ALQAMI	71
BURIAL PLACE OF THE HEAD	72
BURIAL PLACE OF THE TWO HANDS	73
CONSTRUCTION	74
PILGRIMAGE	76
THE ZIYARA OF AL-ABBAS	78
CHARISMATA	86
DESCENDANTS OF AL-ABBAS	91
EVENTS AND MARTYRDOM	95
MOTIVE OF RIVALRY; THE OLD ENVY	95
ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE PROPHET	96
AFTER THE CONQUEST OF MECCA	97
AFTER THE PROPHET	99
AL-ABBAS IN THE EVENTS	100
THE GOVERNMENT OF IMAM ALI	101
AL-ABBAS IN THE BATTLE OF SIFFEEN	105
MORE ORDEALS	106
THE REIGN OF IMAM AL-HASAN	108
MUAWIYA'S REIGN; HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE	109
THE REVOLUTION OF IMAM AL-HUSSEIN	112
IMAM AL-HUSSEIN REJECTS YAZID'S LEADERSHIP	113
TO MECCA	114
THE SHIA'S REVOLT IN KUFA	115
UBAIDULLAH IN KUFA	116
TO THE LAND OF MARTYRDOM	121
AL-ABBAS FETCHES WATER FOR THE AHL-UL-BAYT	129
GRANT OF REPRIEVE FOR AL-ABBAS	129
DAY OF ASHURA	131
THE WAR	134
MARTYRDOM OF AL-ABBAS	138
ENDNOTES	141