''Al-Amali'' ( ar, الامالي) means "book of dictations". The Al-Amali of Shaykh Saduq is a
hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
collection by
al-Shaykh al-Saduq
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi ( Persian: ar, أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ; –991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh (Persian: ar, ...
, the
shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam
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jurist and theologian. Amālī or Majāles (Beirut, 1400/1980), recorded his regular Tuesday and Friday sessions in Nīšāpūr in 367-68/978-79. These dictations consist of miscellaneous traditions, but mostly accounts of the virtues of the Imams. These include the virtues and moral character of the household of
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
and moral exhortations.
Subjects
Amali is a word applied to books in which prominent Muslims expressed their insights and thoughts, which they believed were bestowed upon them by
Allah
Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", ...
, a process which is viewed as a tradition among
Muslim scholars.
Features
This book is also known as
Majlis
( ar, المجلس, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning "sitting room", used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural conne ...
, because it was collected as a result of meetings among Sheykh Al Sadouq and others. The book includes 97 Majlis. The first meeting took place in 18th of Rajab month 367 lunar Hijrah. The last summit occurred in Shaban month in
Mashhad
Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a po ...
city near the shrine of
imam
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, se ...
Ali al-Ridha
Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا, Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the e ...
.
Translation
Muhammad Baqir Kamarei translated the book into
Persian. Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Asdollah Hoseini Arizi Sepahani Isfahani produced a translation into 11th century lunar Hijrah.
[Ali Sadrei Khoei, pp. 166-167, 2002, Sciences of Quran and Hadith Magazine, number 26.] Recently this book was translated to Persian by Hosein Abedi. It was translated in Urdu by moulana sundralvi of khushab Pakistan, which was later improved upon by Zishan Haider Zaidi of Lahore Pakistan.
References
External links
Staff writers, Publication of a new version of al-Amali translation (in Farsi), 15 June 2014 {{in lang, fa
Mohammad Ali Soltani, The translation of al-Amali Vol. 1, (in Farsi), Armaghan Tuba, Qom.
Islamic literature
Shia theology books