Imaam Ash-Shaafi'ee: the grand jurist for the Sunnah

Everything was placid in the large valley except for the voice of a two-year old child who was weeping. His mother embraced him, took him close to her chest, and patted his shoulders with tenderness and...
 
 

  The caliphate of 'Ali -I

Bay'ah (oath of allegiance) of caliphate: A week after the martyrdom of 'Uthmaan Ibn Affaan, may Allaah be pleased with him, Bay'ah (oath of allegiance) was taken on Thul-Hijjah 25, 35 AH, at the hands...
 
 

  The caliphate of 'Ali -II

The battle of the Camel (Al-Jamal) 'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, headed to Koofah from Al-Madeenah, when he heard that fighting broke out between 'Uthmaan Ibn Hunayf, his governor in Basrah, and...