Then I was Guided

Author: Muhammad al Tijani al Samawi

An autobiographical account of Sayed Tijani's search for knowledge, which aims to remove some of the barriers that exist between the schools of thought of the ahl-as-Sunnah and the shi'a by clearing misconceptions about Shi'ism.

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Chapters

  1. Dedication
  2. Foreword
  3. A Brief Look at My Life
  4. The Pilgrimage to the House of Allah
  5. In Egypt
  6. A Meeting on Board the Ship
  7. My First Visit to Iraq
  8. Abdul Qadir al-Jilani and Musa al-Kazim
  9. Skepticism and Questioning
  10. The Visit to al Najaf
  11. A Meeting with the Al Ulama’ (The Learned Men)
  12. A Meeting with Al Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al Sadr
  13. Skepticism and Perplexity
  14. The Journey to Hijaz
  15. The Beginning of the Research
  16. The Companions of the Prophet as seen by the Shi’a and the Sunnis
  17. The Companions at the Peace Treaty of al Hudaibiyah
  18. The Companions and the Raziyat Yawm al Khamis (The Calamity of Thursday)
  19. The Companions in the Military Detachment under Usamah
  20. The Opinion of the Quran regarding the Companions
  21. The Opinion of the Messenger regarding the Companions
  22. The Opinion of the Companions about Each Other
  23. The Beginning of the Change
  24. A Dialogue With a Scholar
  25. The Reasons Behind the Enlightment
  26. The Correct Prophetic Traditions Which Indicate the Fact that it is Compulsory to Follow the Ahl al Bayt
  27. Our Misfortune Regarding Ijtihad Against the Texts
  28. An Invitation to Friends to Join the Research
  29. The Guidance of Truth
  30. The References

First published on al-islam.org.

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