Ali The Magnificent

by :

Yousuf N. Lalljee

INTRODUCTION	1
CHAPTER I: BIRTH OF ALI	3
CHAPTER II: MUHAMMAD PROCLAIMS HIMSELF A PROPHET	9
CHAPTER III: ALI AS A YOUTH	12
CHAPTER IV: ALI AS A PROTECTOR AND DISCIPLE OF THE PROPHET	13
CHAPTER V: ALI'S MARRIAGE WITH FATIMA, THE DAUGHTER OF THE HOLY PROPHET	22
CHAPTER VI: ALI THE HEROIC DEFENDER OF ISLAM	26
CHAPTER VII: MUBAHALA (MALEDICTORY CONFLICT)	71
CHAPTER VIII: MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN YEMEN	75
CHAPTER IX: THE FINAL PILGRIMAGE OF THE HOLY PROPHET AND THE LAST DECLARATION AT GHADIR-EKHUM	75
CHAPTER X: THE DEATH OF THE HOLY PROPHET	89
CHAPTER XI: THE HEREDITARY ENMITY BETWEEN THE HASHI MITES AND THE UMAYYADS	96
CHAPTER XII: THE CALIPHATE	101
CHAPTER XIII: DISPUTE OVER THE CALIPHATE	111
CHAPTER XIV: THE SADDEST YEAR	114
CHAPTER XV: ALI'S SILENCE OVER THE CALIPHATE	118
CHAPTER XVI: INTRIGUES AND CONSPIRACY AGAINST ALI	126
CHAPTER XVII: BATTLE OF SIFFIN-BEFORE AND AFTER	162
CHAPTER XVIII: THE KHARIJITES	185
CHAPTER XIX: HIS VIRTUES AND XCELLENCE	192
CHAPTER XX: THE DISAFFECTION OF THE KHARIJITES	255
CHAPTER XXI: THE DEATH OF ALI	259
CHAPTER XXII: NAJAF	263
CHAPTER XXIII: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE TOMB OF ALI	267