BIOGRAPHY OF
IMAM `ALĪ IBN ABĪ-TĀLIB

Translation of SIRAT AMIR AL-MU’MININ

By:
 MUFTI JA`FAR HUSAYN

TRANSLATED BY:
 SAYYID TĀHIR BILGRAMI

Revised by
Badr Shahin

Author: Mufti Ja`far Husayn
Translator: Sayyid Tahir Bilgrami
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
First Edition 1427 -1385 - 2006
Thamin Al-a'immah Press
Quantity: 2000
Number of Pages: 720
Size: 162 x 229 mm
ISBN: 964-438-798-8

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD 11
BIRTHPLACE AND ORIGIN 14
FAMILY AND PEDIGREE 21
  The chronological chart
`Adnan ibn Adad
Ma`d ibn `Adnan
Nizar ibn Ma`d
Mudar ibn Nizar
Ilyas ibn Mudar
Mudrikah ibn Ilyas
Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah
Kinanah ibn Khuzaymah
Nadr ibn Kinanah
Malik ibn Nadr
Fihr ibn Malik
Ghalib ibn Fihr
Lu’ay ibn Ghalib
Ka`b ibn Lu’ay
Murrah ibn Ka`b
Kalab ibn Murrah
Qasi ibn Kalab
`Abd-Manaf ibn Qasi
Hashim Ibn `Abd-Manaf
`Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
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ABŪ-TALIB IBN `ABD AL-MUTTALIB 64
  Fatimah bint Asad
 		 109
 
THE FELICITOUS BIRTH 114
NAME, APPELLATION AND FILIAL APPELLATION 118
APPEARANCE, BEARING AND LOOKS 121
APPEARANCE, BEARING AND LOOKS 123
HIS SARTORIAL HABITS 125
FOOD HABITS 128
CHILDHOOD 131
EDUCATION AND UPBRINGING 133
THE FIRST TO ACCEPT THE FAITH OF ISLAM 136
THE FEAST OF `ASHIRAH 145
HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO THE PROPHET COMMENCES 148
THE QURAYSH BOYCOTT 150
MIGRATION TO AL-MADINAH 154
THE EVENT OF BROTHERHOOD 161
THE MATRIMONY 163
THE SONS OF THE PROPHET 167
WIVES AND CHILDREN 173
  Fatimah al-Zahra’
Umamah bint Abil-`as
Ummul-Banin bint Hizam al-Kalabiyyah
Layla bint Mas`ūd al-Darimiyyah
Asma’ bint `Umays al-Khath`amiyyah
Ummu-Habib al-Sahba’ bint Rabi`ah al-Taghlubiyyah
Khawlah bint Ja`far al-Hanafiyyah
Umm-Sa`id bint `Urwah al-Thaqafiyyah
Ummu-Shu`ayb al-Makhzūmiyyah
Mukhabba`ah bint Imru’ al-Qays

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSQUE AND SEALING OF THE DOORS 176
THE PROPHET’S EXPEDITIONS 181
THE EXPEDITION OF BADR 184
THE EXPEDITION OF UHUD 198
THE EXPEDITION OF BANŪ-AL-NADIR 216
THE EXPEDITION OF AL-AHZAB 219
THE EXPEDITION OF BANŪ-QURAYZAH 231
THE TRUCE OF AL-HUDAYBIYAH 235
THE CAMPAIGN OF KHAYBAR 247
THE LAND OF FADAK 257
THE CONQUEST OF MAKKAH 260
PURIFICATION OF THE KA`BAH 268
THE DAY OF AL-GHUMAYDA’ 270
THE EXPEDITION OF HUNAYN 273
THE SIEGE OF AL-TA’IF 279
DISTRIBUTION OF THE BOOTY 282
PROPAGATION OF ISLAM IN YEMEN 284
THE EMIRATE OF YEMEN 286
SARIYYAT WADI AL-RAML 288
SARIYYAT BANŪ-TAYY 290
GHAZWAh OF TABŪK 292
PROPAGATION OF SŪRAT BARA`AH 298
THE CALL FOR MUBAHALAh OR IMPRECATION 301
SARIYYAt BANŪ-ZUBAYD 307
THE HIJJAT AL-WADA` 309
GHADIR KHUMM 313
THE CONTINGENT OF USAMAH IBN ZAYD 319
LEADING THE CONGREGATION 325
THE CALAMITY OF QIRTAS 333
THE PROPHET’S LAST JOURNEY 338
COMPLIANCE WITH THE WILL 340
DENYING THE PROPHET’S DEATH 342
AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVENTS OF SAQIFAH 347
HOMAGE AND USE OF COERCION 357
AMIR AL MU’MININ’S DISCREET SILENCE 362
THE LAND OF FADAK 365
THE MISCHIEF OF APOSTASY 375
ISTIKHLAF OR NOMINATION OF THE SECOND CALIPH 383
SHŪRA OR THE COMMITTEE 386
THE ALLEGIANCE TO IMAM `ALI 398
AMIR AL MU’MININ’S STYLE OF GOVERNANCE 404
THE NORMS FOR SELECTION OF THE FUNCTIONARIES 408
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE FUNCTIONARIES 410
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 413
PROTECTION OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS 417
  The Right to Live
The Right of Thought
The Right of Action
Right of Racial Equality

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THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM 423
DISTRIBUTION FROM THE BAYT AL-MAL 431
THE SYSTEM OF ZAKAT 436
THE SYSTEM OF TRIBUTE 439
THE SYSTEM OF JIZYAH 441
CITIZENSHIP 442
MONITORING THE TRADING COMMUNITY 447
KINDNESS ON WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND THE POOR 450
TREATMENT OF THE CAPTIVES 454
TREATMENT OF THE DHIMMIS 456
THE TRUSTS AND THE PROJECTS FOR PEOPLE’S WELFARE 458
UNREST AND ITS CAUSES 460
DISMISSAL OF FUNCTIONARIES AND REASONS THEREOF 464
MU`AWIYAH IBN ABI-SUFYAN 469
`AMR IBN AL-`AS 477
`ABDULLAH IBN SA`D 480
Al-WALID IBN `UQBAH 484
SA`ID IBN AL-`AS 487
RETALIATION OVER `UTHMAN’S BLOOD 491
THE BATTLE OF THE CAMEL 495
TRANSFER OF THE CAPITAL 540
APPOINTMENT OF THE FUNCTIONARIES OF THE STATE 543
  Qays Ibn Sa`d
Sahl ibn Hunayf al-Ansari
Malik ibn al-Harith al-Ashtar
`Abdullah ibn `Abbas
Muhammad ibn Abi-Bakr
Abū-Ayyūb al-Ansari
Mikhnaf ibn Sulaym al-Azdi
Qarazah ibn Ka`b al-Ansari
Qathm ibn al-`Abbas
Yazid ibn Qays al-Arhabi
Kumayl ibn Ziyad al-Nakha`i
Rabi`ah ibn Khaytham al-Asadi
`Umar ibn Abi-Salamah
Al-Nu`man ibn `Ajlan al-Ansari
`Uthman ibn Hunayf al-Ansari
Sa`id ibn Mas`ūd al-Thaqafi
`Ubaydullah ibn `Abbas
Hassan ibn Hassan al-Bakri

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INVASION OF AL-DAHHAK IBN QAYS 554
DISMISSAL OF QAYS IBN SA`D 556
THE BATTLE OF SIFFIN  (Part 1) 562
THE BATTLE OF SIFFIN  (Part 2) 597
THE AGREEMENT FOR ARBITRATION 626
THE REACTION OF KHAWARIJ AGAINST ARBITRATION 630
A LOOK AT THE KHAWARIJ 641
THE VERDICT OF THE REFEREES 645
THE BATTLE OF NAHRAWAN 653
THE BATTLES OF THE KHAWARIJ 667
THE DEFEAT OF EGYPT 675
IBN `AMIR IN AL-BASRAH 682
THE AGGRESSIVE ATTACKS OF THE SYRIANS 689
THE ATROCITIES OF BuSR BIN ARTA’AH 697
THE MARTYRDOM 705
THE BURIAL 712
SOME IMPRESSIONS 714
THE END OF IBN MULJIM AND HIS COHORTS 716
SETTLEMENT IN NAJAF 717
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAUSOLEUM OF IMAM `ALI 719