Imamate and Leadership


About the Author

Lesson One

The Place of Leadership in Islam

Lesson Two

The Position of the Messenger of God with Respect to the Future of Islam

Lesson Three

The Proclamation of 'All's Leadership by the Prophet

Lesson Four

The Objection of 'All to the Decision of the Companions

Lesson Five

The Rank of 'All as Indicated in Other Sayings of the Prophet

Lesson Six

The Relationship between the Qur'an and the Progeny of the Prophet

Lesson Seven

Irresponsible Attitudes of the Companions

Lesson Eight

Does the Qur'an Provide an Unconditional Guarantee for the Companions?

Lesson Nine

The Formation of the Caliphal Order at the Saqifah

Lesson Ten

Reliance on Unsound Criteria

Lesson Eleven

Answer to an Objection

Lesson Twelve

Shi'ism in the Course of History

Lesson Thirteen

The True Nature of the Holders of Authority

Lesson Fourteen

The Guardians of the Frontiers of the Shari'ah and the Realm of Islam

Lesson Fifteen

The Imamate as a Rational Necessity

Lesson Sixteen

Who are Those Capable of Interpreting Divine Law?

Lesson Seventeen

The Imamate and Inner Guidance of Man

Lesson Eighteen

The Inerrancy of the Imams and the Necessity of Belief in it in it

Lesson Nineteen

Confirmation from the Qur'an and the Sunnah

Lesson Twenty

The Imam's Comprehensive Knowledge of the Islamic Sciences

Lesson Twenty-One

The Sources of the Imam's Knowledge

Lesson Twenty-Two

A Word Concerning the Unseen and the Manifest

Lesson Twenty-Three

The Imam's Communication with the World of the Unseen

Lesson Twenty-Four

The Method of Choosing the Imam or Leader

Lesson Twenty-Five

The Imamate of the Most Excellent 

Index