The Saqifa

The Saqifa

Author: Allamah Muhammad Reza al-Muzaffar

Translated by: Dr Hasan Najafi

Published by Ja’fari Propagation Center, India

The name Saqifa means a rooflet, and may be interpreted as a shade, a shelter, or a veranda. This shade or shelter, i.e. Saqifa, the theme of this book, has gone down in history as ‘Saqifah Bani Sa’da’ because of the secret meeting there immediately after the demise of the Holy Prophet s.a.w. with the intention to install Sa’d ibn Ebada as the Caliph..

Pages: 128