Ghadir

Author: Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr · Dr. Sachedina · Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi · Husein Khimjee

Publisher: Ansariyan Publications - Qum

Al-Ghadir is the place where the Muslims had stopped was at Ghadir Khumm. The Prophet then delivered a sermon and appointed Imam Ali, peace be upon him, as his successor. This text provides a brief study on the origins of Shi’ism and how the ideology of Wilayah came to existence, and the theological-juridical implications for the Islamic political thought in relation to the Wilayah of Imam Ali (AS).

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Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1: A Study on the Question of Al-Wilaya
  3. Chapter 2: WiIaya of Imam Ali and its Theological-Juridical Implications for the Islamic Political Thought
  4. Chapter 3: Orientalists and the Event of Ghadir Khumm
  5. Chapter 4: The Theological Aspects of Ghadir

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