Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Crisis of Succession; The Saqīfah Debate and its Aftermath; 3. Abū Bakr's Regrets and 'Umar's Uncertainties; Abū Bakr: Khalīfat Rasūl Allāh; 'Umar: Amīr al-Mu'minīn; 4. The Second Crisis: The Shūrā Council and its Failure; The Shūrā Deliberations; 5. 'Uthmān: Khalīfat Allāh; 'Uthmān's Caliphate: Umayyad Power and the Beginning of Shī'ī Opposition; 'Uthmān's Critics: 'Ammār b. Yāsir and Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī; 'Uthmān and the Clash between Religious Authority and Political Power; The Siege and 'Uthmān's Violent Death.
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6. 'Ali Wasị̄ Rasūl Allāh: The Clash of Religion and PoliticsThe Battle of the Camel; Mu'āwiyah's Opposition; The Battle of Sịffīn; 'Amr's Scheme and its Consequences; The Collapse of 'Alī's Rule and the End of the Normative Caliphate; 7. Conclusion; Appendix I The Four "Rightly Guided" Caliphs in their Own Words; Appendix II The Sịffīn Truce Document; Bibliography; Index.
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This balanced and sensitive study draws on a wide range of original sources to provide a scholarly yet highly readable account of the period, exploring the delicate interplay between religion and politics and the roots of the conflict that led to the Crisis of Succession and Sunni/Shii schism.
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Crisis of Muslim History : Religion and Politics in Early Islam.