Caliphs and Kings

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non-english tranlation of the book

Caliphs and Kings (Arabic: Khilafat wa Mulukiyyat) is a book written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi as a refutation of The caliphat of Mu'awiyah and Yazid (Arabic: Khilafat e Mu'awiyah wa Yazid), written by a Pakistani scholar, Mahmud Abbasi.

[edit] Content

Among a wide array of issues, the book contains some pasages relevant to the Shi'a view of Muawiyah I. It also contains some passages relevant to the Sahabi Hujr ibn Adi.

[edit] Muslim view

[edit] Sunni view

"Critique of Maulana Maududi's Khilafat-o-Malookiat. Includes response to the original critique by Maulana Maududi's assistant the late Malik Ghulam Ali and a response to that response. Also includes a biography of Amir Muawiyya Radi-Allahu unhu."[1]

Not all Sunnis scholars appreciate this book, and some have written books in refutation of both this book and the book this book is trying to refute.

[edit] Shi'a view

Shi'a quote this work quite often, since it expreses views quite close to the Shi'a view in regards to Banu Umayyad clan.

[edit] External links

• Shi’ism and Sunnis: Conflict and Concord from Al-Islam.org