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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Black Thursday Preface Respected Readers, Scholars have compiled books on the subject of Imamate and Caliphate in every age and articles have been written like seasons of a year, one after another. Shahristani has rightly mentioned in Al-Milal wan Nahl that the conflict in Muslim nation (Ummah) regarding the matter of Caliphate exceeds those on any other issue.

I have discussed a lot about issues, which are causes of misfortune of Muslims in my previous books and by the grace of Allah, a group of Muslims has benefited much by these books. One of the reasons of their satisfaction is that I myself followed blind faith for a long period of my life and I was not able to speak out the questions in my mind. Then Almighty Allah showered His mercy on me and took me out of the trap of blind faith and granted me recognition of truth.

He eliminated barriers from my path and removed curtains from my eyes, so that I could see the truth. Therefore it becomes my duty to safeguard this truth as a part of thanksgiving and that I should make maximum use of my pen, tongue and hands in this matter. Hence this book is written by way of thanksgiving for this bounty. As you have waited for this book for a long time, I thank you for the same.

Many people were upset with me for writing this book but those who love justice have always encouraged me in this pursuit. The people who are angry with me did not even refrain from accusing me of being a foreign agent. But inspite of discouraging conditions, I busied myself in writing and made up my mind that every accusation can be borne, but truth cannot be denied. The book, Black Thursday is a story of a grievous incident that occurred hundreds of years ago.

However, the Islamic Ummah (nation) feels the pain of this incident even today and it will continue to do so forever. You are requested to recollect that horrible incident when the last prophet Muhammad (S) was in the final days of his worldly life. The Prophet appointed Usamah ibn Zaid as the commander of his army and ordered Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and other to join the army, but the three delayed the departure of army saying that the Prophet was not keeping well.

The mother of faithful, Ayesha, was giving them reports from time to time. She kept her father informed of every event, because she wanted him to lead the congregational prayer in Medina so that the foundation of his Caliphate may be laid.