The Study of Historical Indications of Ommol- Khair’s Sermon Defending Successorship of Amir al- Momenin (PBUH)

Abstract

The study of women’s parts taken in various political and social domains of early Islam is considered as one of the necessities of research in order to understand the hidden angles in the events happened in this major historical era. The present article is to analyze the sermon presented by one of the Alawite believers namely Ommol Khair Bent al- Horaish Ibn e- Saraqeh in Safin battle relying on the descriptive-analytical method. According to the findings of this research, Ommol Khair has taken advantage of Quranic verses to describe Muawiyah and those against Amir al- Momenin (PBUH) and besides reproaching worldly-mindedness and negligence, she has prevented them from disagreement with divine orders and obedience of self-will. Her sermon is mainly specified to the verses regarding the divine experiment, patience, unity, foregrounding the dimensions of divine guidance and finally referring to the narrative and intellectual reasons of superiority of Amir al Momenin (PBUH)