harboursuchfeelingsagainsttheother[caliphs]sincetheydidnothold
thesame[high]positionwiththeProphetasthatof‘Alineitherdidthey
rank equal to himin defending Islam injihād.This is the reason why
people turned away from ‘Ali and accepted others.”
* * *ThislessonhasbeenwrittenandcompiledbySayyidM.Rizvibyus-
ing the following sources.
1.Shi’a Islam’of Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-
Tabataba’i.
2.Pishway-eHastum:Hazrat‘Aliar-Riza(a.s.)byDarRah-eHaq,
Qum.
Themainsources havebeenextensivelyedited inordertofit the re-
quirementsofourcourse.Also,forthesake ofbrevity,we havenot in-
cludedthereferencesquotedbyoursources.Thosewhoareinterestedto
know the sources may refer to those mentioned above.