Sadd al-Abwab: Difference between revisions

'''Sadd al-Abwab''' (Arabic: سدّ الابواب, lit: Closing the Doors) refers to the event that the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] order that all doors which were opened to Masjid al-Nabi be closed  except for the door of [['Ali b. Abi Talib]]'s (a) house. This [[hadith]] is frequently narrated ([[Mutawatir]]) in [[Shi'a]] and [[Sunni]] sources. The event of Sadd al-Abwab is regarded as one of the [[:Category:Excellences of Imam Ali (a)|excellences of Imam Ali (a)]]. He referred to this event in the [[six-member council]] for assigning caliph after [['Umar b. al-Khattab]].