The best of people are those of my era, then those after, then those after them

1. Chain of events leading up to the battle

2. Outbreak of fighting

3. Arbitration

4. Biography of Abu Musa al-Ash`ari

5. Biography of `Amr ibn al-`As

6. The text of the arbitration document

7. Warning against some books which distort the history of the Sahabah