Al-Tabarsi's Al-Ihtijaj (The Book of Disputation), a twelfth century Shia compilation of arguments and sermons defending the Imams' cause, preserves the fullest text of the Khutbat al-Fadakiyya, the sermon on inheritance and leadership attributed to Fatimah after her father's death. Its strength is that it is the classical source within the Shia tradition for her recorded words on the succession dispute. Its limit is that it was compiled some three centuries after Fatimah's lifetime, from a chain of transmission the tradition itself preserves rather than an independent contemporary record, and it is principally studied in the original Arabic, with only partial published English translation.
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The classical Shia source for this sermon, compiled some three centuries after Fatimah's lifetime from within the tradition's own chain of transmission, principally available in the original Arabic rather than a widely available scholarly English edition. NotesTwelfth century Shia compilation preserving the Khutbat al-Fadakiyya attributed to Fatimah.
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AuthorAhmad ibn Ali al-Tabarsi
Source TypeTradition's own account
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This source names Fatimah directly: "and leadership attributed to Fatimah after her father's death."
Source Ahmad ibn Ali al-Tabarsi, Al-IhtijajAhmad ibn Ali al-Tabarsi
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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