1. Unity: ........................................................................................................... 124

2. Justice: ..................................................................................................... 125

3. Divine decree: .......................................................................................... 125

4. The states of walayah and enmity: .......................................................... 125

5. Command and prohibition: ...................................................................... 126

6. Promise and threat: .................................................................................. 126

7. The intermediate position: ....................................................................... 127

8. No intermediate position: .....................................127

9. The names and statutes:.................................................................127

I al Nukkar..........................................................................128

II Khalafiyah........................................................................132

III al-Naffathiyah...................................................................133

IV Husainiyah and Umariyah....................................................135

V al-Sakkakiyah..................................................................137

VI al-Farthiyah.....................................................................137

IBADHI WORKS ON THEOLOGY............................................................138

CHAPTER V.......................................................................................162

THE SYSTEM OF AL-WALAYAH AND AL-BARAAH.................162

THE RULES OF AL-WALAYAH.........................................................164

THE RULES OF AL-BARRAH............................................................170

RESERVATION (AL-WUQUF)...........................................................172

THE ORIGINS OF THE SYSTEM OF AL-WALAYAH AND AL-

BARAAH.............................................................................................174

CHAPTER VI......................................................................................190

THE STAGES OF THE IBADHI COMMUNITY.................................190

Manifestations (zuhur).................................................................191

The stage of defence (difa).......................................................191

Shira, the sacrifice of one's life..................................................192

The stage of Secrecy (kitman)...................................................194

RECAPITULATION.............................................................................200

BIBLIOGRAPHY:....................................................204

LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS:.........................................................204

LIST OF ARTICLES.................................................................209

PUBLISHED WORKS...............................................................211