FADAK

HISTORY

By
Shaheed Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr

Translated By
Abdullah Al-Shahin

Introduction	7
The method of the book	8
A Summary about the chapters of the book	9
A word on the case	12
My role in this revision	14
The author's foreword	16

CHAPTER ONE
On The Scene Of The Revolution

CHAPTER TWO
Fadak In Its Real And Symbolical Meaning

The Location	31
Fadak in its first stages	32
During the rules of Imam Ali	32
During the reign of the Umayyads	33
During the Abbasid reign	35
The Symbolic and Material value of Fadak	37

CHAPTER THREE
The History Of The Revolution

The method of studying history	39
Appraising the history of the first Islamic age	41
With al-Aqoad in his study	48
The incentives of the revolution	53
The incentives of the first Caliph's situation	56
The political dimensions of the case of Fadak	57
The Case of Fadak in the objective circumstances	65
The death of the leader; The Prophet	65
The case of Saqeefa and Imam Ali's situation	68
Analysis of the situation in the case of Saqeefa	79
Why did me not protest with the Prophet's traditions?	101
Peaceful Confrontation	107

CHAPTER FOUR
Light From The Fatimite Speech

The Greatness of the leading Prophet	115
Greatness of Imam Ali and his Excellences	117
A Comparison between Imam Ali's situations and the others	119
The ruling party	124
The great sedition	127

CHAPTER FIVE
The Court Of The Book

Abubakr's situation on the Prophet's inhertance	137
The variations of Abu Bakr's Tradition	141
The result of the argument	161
The matter of donation	176