Shaqshaqiya Sermon

The Shaqshaqiya[1] or Shiqshiqiyya[2] sermon (Arabic: الخطبة الشقشقية, romanized: al-khuṭbat al-shiqshiqiyya)[3] is a sermon believed by Shi'a and some Sunni scholars to have been delivered by Ali.

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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

According to Gleave, Nahj al-Balagha's third sermon, Shaqshaqiya Sermon, in which Ali reveals his claim to Caliphate and his superiority over Abu bakr, Umar and Uthman, is the most controversial section of Nahj al-Balagha.[6]

Ali addressed the moral characters and plots of other caliphs and his intent of becoming the Caliph.[7] He also speaks about the people who abused the property of the early Islamic Community.[8][9]

See also
  • List of notable Muslim reports

References
  1. Francis Joseph Steingass (1992). A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. p. 750.
  2. David Thomas (2013). Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization and Religion, "Nahj al-Balagha". Routledge. p. 750.
  3. Lawson, Todd (2014). "Religious Authority & Apocalypse: Tafsīr as Experience in an Early Work of the Bāb". In Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan (ed.). Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam. Leiden: Brill. p. 60. ISBN 978-90-04-26280-5.
  4. Jamal J. Elias et al., p. 38
  5. Nahj al-Balagha. Vol. 1:37. As translated in al-Mufid's Kitab al-irshad 213.
  6. Gleave, Robert M. (2008). "Ali ibn Abi Talib". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill Online. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  7. Ali Muhammad As-Sallabi & Darussalam Publishers
  8. Khomeini, 2013 & Islam & Revolution Hb, p. 204
  9. Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy 2009, p. 154
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