edition); Ibn !As"kir al-Sh"fi!:’s entry on !Al: b. AbY ª"lib in ta’r:kh dimashq: vol.3, p.118, trad.1159 and 1160; The musnad of al-Bazz"r: vol.3, p.52 (Mu’assassah !UlYm al-Qur’"n, Beirut edition); gh"yah almar"m: p.539; The musnad of AbY Yu!l": vol.1, p.418 (D"r al-Ma’mYn lil-Tur"th, Damascus edition); shar9 nahj al-bal"ghah of Ibn Ab: al ad:d: vol.2, p.572 (Beirut edition); Selections from kanz al-!umm"l in the margins of the musnad of A9mad: vol.5, p.62 (al-Maymanah edition, Egypt); al-fat9 al-kabir of al-Nabah"ni: vol.2, p.131; j"mi! al-uNYl of Ibn al-Ath:r: vol.9, p.420; far"‘id al-simUayn of al- amaw:n:: vol.1, p.176; al-ma9"sin wal-mas"wi’ of al-Bayhaq:: p.41 (Beirut edition); al-inN"f of al-B"qill"n:: p.58 (Cairo edition); ta’r:kh al-isl"m of al-Dhahab:: vol.2, p.198 (Egyptian edition); arja9 al-maU"lib of !Ubaydullah al- anaf:: p.599 (Lahore edition). He (N) also said: ‘The truth is with !Al: b. AbY ª"lib wherever he goes.’ See: far"‘id al-simUayn of al- amaw:n:: vol.1, p.177, trad.139. 25
See: Ibn !As"kir al-Sh"fi!:’s entry on !Al: b. AbY ª"lib in ta’r:kh dimashq: vol.42, p.450, no.9026. 26
al-man"qib of al-Kh"razm:: p.105, trad.108.
27
kanz al-!umm"l: vol.6, p.157.
28
See footnote 13 of this book.
29
The Holy Qur’"n: Purity of Faith (111): 1-4.
30
The Holy Qur’"n: The Earthquake (99): 7-8.
31
By al-!All"mah al- ill: (r.a.) (648–726 A.H.).
32
!abaq"t al-anw"r f: ithb"t al-a’immah al-aUh"r by !All"mah M:r "mid Husayn al-Hind: (1241-1306 A.H. / 1830–1888 C.E.). The latest priniting of this book comes in 100 volumes. It is organised into two subjects – firstly proving Imamate by Qur’"nic verses, and secondly, proving Imamate by traditions. 33
By !All"mah Shaykh al-Am:n: (1320–1390 A.H.). This book comes in more than 20 volumes of which twelve are in print. 132