Chapters
Ailment and Remedy
A part of the introduction by Dr.Hamid Hafni Dawud-Facts
Let us know the truth and its supporters
Support of Islam
Muhammad and enforcement of Justice
The close and distant friends of Muhammad
The author as viewed by Dr.Hamid Hafni Dawud
Ali's assassination and A'ishah's praise of God
Ali regarded God as his Governor
Ali and the Caliphate
    Historical verdicts of A'ishah
    Umm Salmah's historical letter to A'ishah
    The motive for writing this book
    A'ishah in the Prophet's household
    A glance at A'ishah's life
    Why did the Prophet have several wives?
    Some remarks about Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu'tazili
    The two Sheikhs(Elders)
    The Jinn mourn for 'Umar
    Who was Uthman ?
    Al-Waljd ibn 'Uqbah
and governorship of Kufah
    Playing with fire
    The winebibber ruler of Muslims
    A'ishah assumes the leadership of the revolution
    Pleaders for Justice proceed to Medina
    Usman is besieged
    A strange letter
    Uthman in siege of Talhah, 'A'ishah's cousin
    A word with critics
    A word with the writer
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

THE ROLE OF AISHA IN THE HISTORY OF ISLAM
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful
FACTS

any instructions except for the inspirations received from the source of divine revelation.
His words rose from the heart, and they were nothing but heavenly inspirations sent to him by Great God. In the Qur'an God has praised him and spoken well of his character, and said:
"And most surely you conform yourself to sublime morality."(1)

Therefore what has come from these two valid sources must be a clear and absolute truth into which. doubt or ambiguity cannot find its way, whereas anything that has not been derived from those two sources is exposed to evaluation and criticism, and is subject to changes and modifications, and also to the estimation of its beauty and ugliness.
An alert and clear-sighted reader may have understood our purpose in quoting the words of that exalted companion of the Prophet who began his remarks with such wise phrases. In his description of the ways of religion and the sacred laws of Islam, he draws the attention of the listener directly to the Book of God and His prophet's tradition, and advises him to follow those two principles, namely a book about whose words, phrases, and apparent form and arrangement all are unanimous and have no differences, and a tradition and lifestyle which have been handed down by the Prophet to chaste and virtuous individuals namely men who had no intention of attributing any falsehood or misconduct to the Prophet of Islam.

Let us know the truth and its supporters
Another point that we deduce from that sincere and wise utterance is that these two sources are immune from any questioning and safe from any criticism and alteration, whereas everything else is subject to evaluation, and about which a verdict is issued with the aid of intellect and knowledge, and is subject to analysis and criticism, in order to distinguish the difference between jewels and shells, and right and wrong. On this course, we have no fear in facing other sources and their authors even if they may possess a high rank in the Islamic society and dignity among the people and


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