Shaqshaqiya Sermon
The Shaqshaqiya[1] or Shiqshiqiyya[2] sermon (Arabic: الخطبة الشقشقية, translit. al-khuṭbat al-shiqshiqiyya)[3] is a sermon believed by Shi'a to have been delivered by Ali.
Etymology
The title refers to an incident in which Ali interrupted his sermon to read a letter that had just arrived.[4] After being asked to resume the sermon, Ali replied: "In no way, in no way. It was like the foam on the camel's mouth (shiqshiqa) as it opens its mouth to bellow and then falls silent."[5][3]
Content
Ali a.s pointed to characters of other caliphs and his intent of becoming caliph.[6] He speaks about the people abused the property of Islamic community.[7][8]
See also
References
- ↑ Francis Joseph Steingass (1992). A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. p. 750.
- ↑ David Thomas (2013). Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization and Religion, "Nahj al-Balagha". Routledge. p. 750.
- 1 2 Lawson, Todd (2014). "Religious Authority & Apocalypse: Tafsīr as Experience in an Early Work of the Bāb". In Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan. Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam. Leiden: Brill. p. 60. ISBN 978-90-04-26280-5.
- ↑ Jamal J. Elias, 1999 & Islam the University of Virginia, p. 38
- ↑ Nahj al-Balagha. 1:37. As translated in al-Mufid's Kitab al-irshad 213.
- ↑ Ali Muhammad As-Sallabi & Darussalam Publishers
- ↑ Khomeini & 2013 Islam & Revolution Hb, p. 204
- ↑ Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy 2009, p. 154
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