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THE FABLE OF THE ATTACK ON FATIMAH AND HER MISCARRIAGE
—AN ACADEMIC ANALYSIS—

by: Saʿd ibn Rāshid al-Shanfā

 

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Introduction

 

Previous Studies

 

Research Methodology

 

Preface

 

The Myth of the Broken Rib and Clarification of the Dispute

 

The Status of the Broken Rib Issue between Belief and History

Implications of Believing in the Broken Rib Myth

  1. The claim that ‘Ali was coerced into pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr
  2. Accusing Abu Bakr and ‘Umar of enmity towards the Ahlul Bayt
  3. The claim of oppression of Fatimah and the Ahlul Bayt

 

Study of the Narrations on the Rib Fracture

Section 1 – Musnad Narrations

What is attributed to the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam

1. The narration from Kitab Sulaim ibn Qais

2. The Narration of al Amali

3. The Narration of Kamil al Ziyarat

 

What is attributed to Sayyidina ‘Ali

 

What is attributed to Sayyidina Salman

 

What was attributed to Sayyidina ‘Ammar ibn Yasir

 

What was Attributed to Sa’id ibn al Musayyab

 

What is Attributed to Sayyidina Jafar al Sadiq

1. The Narration of al Khusaybi (d. 358 AH)

2. Narration from Kamil al Ziyarat

3. Narration from Dala’il al Imamah

4. The Narration of Kanz al Fawa’id

 

Second 2 – Non-Musnad Narrations 

What is attributed to the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam

 

What is Attributed to Sayyidina ‘Ali

 

What is Attributed to Sayyidah Fatimah

 

What is attributed to Sayyidina al Hassan ibn ‘Ali

 

What is attributed to Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al Baqir

 

What is Attributed to Jafar al Sadiq

 

What is Attributed to al Hassan al ‘Askari

 

Study of the Origins of the Rib-Breaking Narrations and a Study of Their Limited Sources and Chains of Transmission

 

Report on the Weakness of All Chains of Transmission for the Narrations on the Breaking of the Rib

 

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