1. Foreword
2. Acknowledgments
3. Preface
4. Chapter One – Module One: Issues of Methodology – Section One: The Causes of Interpolation in Islamic History
5. Section Two: Methodology in studying Islamic history
6. Section Three: The Fiqh of the History of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum
7. Module Two: The Life of Imam al Tabari Section One: Lineage, Travel for Knowledge, Character, and Views.
8. Section Two Knowledge, Integrity, Scholarship, and Praise of Scholars for Him I. Knowledge and integrity. Imam al Tabari was divinely blessed with abilities that allowed him to draw from every science and attain from it such knowledge that would make h
9. Section Three: The Smear Campaign of Rafd Against Him.
10. Module Three: Tarikh al Rusul wa al Muluk of Imam al Tabari. Section One: The nature of the Tarikh of Imam al Tabari and its academic significance.
11. Section Two: The principle sources of Imam al Tabari in discussing the fitnah
12. Section Three: His methodology in writing his Tarikh
13. Chapter Two: The First Fitnah Module One: Defining the concept of Fitnah and examining the Saba’iyyah Section One: Defining Fitnah
14. Section Two: The Saba’iyyah, fact or fiction?
15. Section Three: The cause of fitnah during the caliphate of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu.
16. Module two: The personality of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu and the circumstances surrounding his assassination. Section One: The personality of ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan and his life.
17. Section Two: Answering the allegations against ‘Uthman I. Accusations of familial preference.
18. Section Two: II. Accusations of innovation.
19. Section Two: III. Accusations in his manner of dealing with those Sahabah who conflicted with him such as Abu Dharr, ‘Ammar ibn Yasir, and ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud radiya Llahu ‘anhum
20. Section Two: IV. Accusations against his personality such as being absent from Badr, fleeing Uhud, and not being present at Bay’ah al Ridwan.
21. Section Three: The circumstances surrounding the assassination of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu
22. Module Three: The first Fitnah in Light of revelation and the stance of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum and Tabi’in – Section One: The Fitnah in Light of Revelation.
23. Section Two: The Stance of the Sahabah(R.A) regarding the Fitnah
24. Section Three: The Stance of the Tabi’in and Those who Followed them Regarding the Fitnah
25. Chapter Three – The Second Fitnah – Module One: The Fourth Rightly Guided Khalifah (His Nomination, his Policies of Ruling, and the Plots against him) – Section One: The nomination of ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu
26. Second Two: His Policies of Ruling
27. Section Three: The Influence of the Saba’iyyah in the Second Fitnah
28. Module Two: Seeking retribution from the murderers of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu and the stance of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum. – Section One: The Stance of those who were Seeking Retribution for the Blood of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu from amongst th
29. Section Two: The Stance of those who called for exercising patience in exacting the retribution till conditions settle, like ‘Ali, al Qa’qa’ and those who concurred with them
30. Section Three: The Stance of those who avoided the Fitnah, they form Majority of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum
31. Module Three: The Second Fitnah – Section One: The Qurra’, the predecessors of the Khawarij
32. Section Two: The Issue of Arbitration between Sayyidina ‘Ali and Sayyidina Muawiyah
33. Section Three: The Outcomes of the Fitnah – 1. The Political Outcomes
34. 2. The Theological Outcomes
35. 3. The jurisprudential outcome: The Rulings regarding the Rebels
36. 4. The Splendid Position of the Ahlus Sunnah regarding the Fitnah
37. Conclusion
38. The Stance of the Ahlus Sunnah
1. Foreword
2. Acknowledgments
3. Preface
4. Chapter One – Module One: Issues of Methodology – Section One: The Causes of Interpolation in Islamic History
5. Section Two: Methodology in studying Islamic history
6. Section Three: The Fiqh of the History of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum
7. Module Two: The Life of Imam al Tabari Section One: Lineage, Travel for Knowledge, Character, and Views.
8. Section Two Knowledge, Integrity, Scholarship, and Praise of Scholars for Him I. Knowledge and integrity. Imam al Tabari was divinely blessed with abilities that allowed him to draw from every science and attain from it such knowledge that would make h
9. Section Three: The Smear Campaign of Rafd Against Him.
10. Module Three: Tarikh al Rusul wa al Muluk of Imam al Tabari. Section One: The nature of the Tarikh of Imam al Tabari and its academic significance.
11. Section Two: The principle sources of Imam al Tabari in discussing the fitnah
12. Section Three: His methodology in writing his Tarikh
13. Chapter Two: The First Fitnah Module One: Defining the concept of Fitnah and examining the Saba’iyyah Section One: Defining Fitnah
14. Section Two: The Saba’iyyah, fact or fiction?
15. Section Three: The cause of fitnah during the caliphate of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu.
16. Module two: The personality of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu and the circumstances surrounding his assassination. Section One: The personality of ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan and his life.
17. Section Two: Answering the allegations against ‘Uthman I. Accusations of familial preference.
18. Section Two: II. Accusations of innovation.
19. Section Two: III. Accusations in his manner of dealing with those Sahabah who conflicted with him such as Abu Dharr, ‘Ammar ibn Yasir, and ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud radiya Llahu ‘anhum
20. Section Two: IV. Accusations against his personality such as being absent from Badr, fleeing Uhud, and not being present at Bay’ah al Ridwan.
21. Section Three: The circumstances surrounding the assassination of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu
22. Module Three: The first Fitnah in Light of revelation and the stance of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum and Tabi’in – Section One: The Fitnah in Light of Revelation.
23. Section Two: The Stance of the Sahabah(R.A) regarding the Fitnah
24. Section Three: The Stance of the Tabi’in and Those who Followed them Regarding the Fitnah
25. Chapter Three – The Second Fitnah – Module One: The Fourth Rightly Guided Khalifah (His Nomination, his Policies of Ruling, and the Plots against him) – Section One: The nomination of ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu
26. Second Two: His Policies of Ruling
27. Section Three: The Influence of the Saba’iyyah in the Second Fitnah
28. Module Two: Seeking retribution from the murderers of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu and the stance of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum. – Section One: The Stance of those who were Seeking Retribution for the Blood of ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu from amongst th
29. Section Two: The Stance of those who called for exercising patience in exacting the retribution till conditions settle, like ‘Ali, al Qa’qa’ and those who concurred with them
30. Section Three: The Stance of those who avoided the Fitnah, they form Majority of the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum
31. Module Three: The Second Fitnah – Section One: The Qurra’, the predecessors of the Khawarij
32. Section Two: The Issue of Arbitration between Sayyidina ‘Ali and Sayyidina Muawiyah
33. Section Three: The Outcomes of the Fitnah – 1. The Political Outcomes
34. 2. The Theological Outcomes
35. 3. The jurisprudential outcome: The Rulings regarding the Rebels
36. 4. The Splendid Position of the Ahlus Sunnah regarding the Fitnah
37. Conclusion
38. The Stance of the Ahlus Sunnah