''Al Saqib Fi al-Manâqib'' is a book on the miracles of

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, other prophets, and

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. It has also been called Saqib Al Manaqib. The book was written by Ibn Hamzeh Tousi, also known as Emad al Din Tousi, an Imami jurist in the sixth year of Hijrah.

Content

The book has fifteen chapters. The first focuses on

's miracles, while following chapters look at

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

Fatimah Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, ...

, and

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's miracles. The text focuses only on miracles and wonderworks (Karamat), rather than the figures' biographies. Included miracles include speaking with animals, knowledge to Absent Things, and an instance when

was able to change the sexuality of a man and a woman.

Sources

Some sections of the text draw from other books, including: *Bosatan Al Kiram By Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Shazan Qommi * Mafakhir Al Riza by Hakem Neishabouri * Helyat Al Oliyya by Hafiz Abu Naeem Isfahani * Fazael Al Batoul by abu Mousa * Siyyar Al Aemmah (destinies of Imams) by Moulini

References

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