A list of religious books of

Shia Islam Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mos ...

Books of Shia
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:# Mus'haf of Ali, Tafseer Quran by Imam Ali :# Al-Jafr by Imam Ali :# Nahj al-Balaghah, a collection of sermons, letters and quotes of Imam Ali :# Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim compilation of over ten thousand short sayings of Imam Ali :# Al-Sahifa al-Alawiya (Book of ''Supplications (

Du'a In Islam, ( ar, دعاء , plural: ' ) is a prayer of invocation, supplication or request, even asking help or assistance from God. Role in Islam Muslims regard this as a profound act of worship. Muhammad is reported to have said ...

)'') by Imam Ali, translated by

William Chittick William C. Chittick (born 29 June 1943) is an American philosopher, writer, translator and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts. He is best known for his work on Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi, and has written extensively on the ...

. :# ''Divan-i Ali ibn Abu Talib'' (poems which are attributed to Ali ibn Abu Talib). :# Book of Ali by Ali :#

Book of Fatimah The Book of Fatimah ( ar, مُصْحَف فَاطِمَة, Muṣḥaf Fāṭimah) is, according to Shia tradition, attributed to Fatimah, the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Fatimah occupies a similar position in Islam that Mary, mothe ...

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, ...

Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya ''Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya'' ( ar, ٱلصَّحِيفَة ٱلسَّجَّادِيَّة, translit=Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya, lit=the scripture of al-Sajjad, ) is a book of supplications attributed to Ali ibn Husayn, the great-grandson of the Isl ...

by Imam

Zayn al-Abidin ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ...

:# Risalatul Huquq by

The Fifteen Whispered Prayers The Fifteen Whispered Prayers (Arabic: مُناجاتُ خَمْسَ عَشَرَةَ), also known as The Fifteen Munajat, is a collection of fifteen prayers attributed to Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (Imam Sajjad), the fourth Imam of Shia Muslim ...

:# Dua

Abu Hamza al-Thumali Thābit ibn Safiya famously known as Abū Hamzah al-Thumālī Thābit ibn Dīnār ( ar, أبو حمزة الثمالي) was a close companion of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin. Life Abu Hamza al-Thumali was pious and righteous companion of Ali Zayn al-Ab ...

:# Ma'athiru'l-Baqir by Imam

Muhammad al-Baqir Muḥammad al-Bāqir ( ar, مُحَمَّد ٱلْبَاقِر), with the full name Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, also known as Abū Jaʿfar or simply al-Bāqir () was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, succee ...

:# Umm al-Kitab by Imam

:# Tafsir al-Baqir by Imam

:# Tafsir Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq by Imam

Jafar al-Sadiq Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ṣādiq ( ar, جعفر بن محمد الصادق; 702 – 765 CE), commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (), was an 8th-century Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian.. He was the founder of th ...

Al-Sahifat al-Ridha ''Sahifah of al-Ridha'' ( ar, صَّحِيفَة ٱلرِّضَا, ', " Pages of al-Ridha"), also known as ''Sahifat of al-Reza'' and ''Sahifat'' ''al-Imam al-Ridha'' ("Book of Imam al-Ridha"), is a collection of 240 hadiths attributed t ...

by Imam

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 ...

Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah ''Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah'' ( ar, ٱلرِّسَالَة ٱلذَّهَبِيَّة, ; "The Golden Treatise") is a medical dissertation on health and remedies attributed to Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (765–818), the eighth Imam of Shia. He w ...

by Imam

Uyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha Uyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha ( ar, عُيُون أَخْبَار ٱلرِّضَا, Uyūn ʾAkhbār ar-Riḍā), counted as a Hadith book among Shia, the book was written by Ibn Babawayh, one of the great scholars of Shia Muslims. The book concerned wit ...

, a collection of debates on religious questions and the sayings of Imam

:# Tafsir al-Askari by Imam

Hasan al-Askari Hasan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ( ar, الحَسَن بْن عَلِيّ بْن مُحَمَّدُ, translit=al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad; ), better known as Hasan al-Askari ( ar, الحَسَن ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ , translit=al-Ḥa ...

Hadith collections

Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah- the Four books

Kitab al-Kafi ''Al-Kafi'' ( ar, ٱلْكَافِي, ', literally "''The Sufficient''") is a Twelver Shia hadith collection compiled by Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni. It is divided into three sections: ''Uṣūl al-Kāfī'', dealing with epistemology, theolo ...

of Kulayni (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi) :# Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq :#

Tahdhib al-Ahkam ''Tahdhib al-Ahkam'' ( ar, تَهْذِيب ٱلَأَحْكَام فِي شَرْح ٱلْمُقْنِعَه) ''(Tahdhib al-Ahkam fi Sharh al-Muqni'ah lit. ''Rectification of the Statutes in Explaining the Disguised'' or ''The Refinement of th ...

of Shaikh Tusi :#

al-Istibsar ''Al-Istibsar'' ( ar, ٱلِٱسْتِبْصَار فِيمَا ٱخْتَلَف مِن ٱلْأَخْبَار; ''Al-Istibsar fi-ma ikhtalafa min al-Akhbar'' lit. ''Reflection Upon the Disputed Traditions'' or ''The Perspicacious'' or ''The Book ...

of Shaikh Tusi

Primary Hadith Collection

(Primary

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 approva ...

books are those books which are collected, compiled and written by author or their students themselves). :# The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays by Sulaym ibn Qays :# al-Mahasin by :# Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha by

Shaykh 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, ...

:# Kitab al-Ghayba by Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Jafar al-Numani :# Kitab al-Ghayba of Al Tusi by

Shaykh Tusi Shaykh Tusi ( fa, شیخ طوسی), full name ''Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Hassan Tusi'' ( ar, ابو جعفر محمد بن حسن طوسی), known as Shaykh al-Taʾifah ( ar, links=no, شيخ الطائفة) was a prominent Persian scholar of th ...

Tuhaf al-Uqul Tuhaf al-Uqul ( ar, تُحَفُ العُقول في ما جاءَ مِنَ الحِکَمِ وَ المَواعِظَ مِن آلِ الرَّسول, Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl fī mā jāʾa min al-ḥikam wa l-mawāʿiẓ min āl al-rasūl, lit. ''The M ...

by :# Khasais of Al Aemmah by

Al-Sharif al-Radi Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad bin al-Ḥusayn bin Mūsā ( ar, ابو الحسن محمد بن الحسين بن موسى الأبرش الموسوي; 970 – 1015), also known as al-Sharīf al-Raḍī ( ar, الشريف الرضي; fa, شريف ...

Daim al-Islam Da'a'im al-Islam ( lit. ''The Pillars of Islam'') is an Ismaili Shia Islam Muslim book of jurisprudence. The book was written by Al-Qadi al-Nu'man. He served as da'i of four imams (from Ismaili 11th Imam Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah to 14th Imam Al- ...

Al-Qadi al-Nu'man Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥayyūn al-Tamīmiyy ( ar, النعمان بن محمد بن منصور بن أحمد بن حيون التميمي, generally known as al-Qāḍī al-Nu‘mān () or as ibn ...

:# Al-Ihtijaj by :#

Kamil al-Ziyarat Kamil al-Ziyarat ( ar, كامل الزيارات, Kāmil al-Ziyārāt, lit=The Complete Pilgrimage Guide) is a Hadith collection of 843 traditions, by the famous Twelver Shia Hadith scholar Abu al-Qasim Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Musa b. Qula ...

Ibn Qulawayh Ibn Qulawayh ( fa, ابن قولویه) (died in Baghdad, 978 or 979 AD) was a Twelver Shia traditionalist and jurist. He is one of the authoritative traditionalists among the Shia. Life His official name was Ibn Qūlawayh (Qūlūya), Abu'l-Qasem ...

Al Saqib Fi al-Manâqib ''Al Saqib Fi al-Manâqib'' is a book on the miracles of Muhammad, other prophets, and Shiite imams. 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 ...

by Ibn Hamaza Tusi :# Basâ'ir al-darajât by

Secondary books of Hadith

(Secondary

books are those books which are not collected, compiled and written by author himself but rather they are selected from already existing Hadith books i.e. Primary Hadith books) :# Al-Wafi by

Mohsen Fayz Kashani ''Mul·lā'' "al-Muḥsin" "al-Fayḍ" al-Kāshānī (1598–1680; fa, ملا محسن فیض کاشانی) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'i Muslim, mystic, poet, philosopher, and muhaddith (died ''c''. 1680 ᴄᴇ). Life Mohsen Fayz Kashani was bor ...

:# Wasā'il al-Shīʿa by

Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili Muhammad bin al-Ḥasan bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥurr al-ʿĀmili al-Mashghari ( ar, مُحَمَّد ٱبْن ٱلْحَسَن ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱلْحُرّ ٱلْعَامِلِيّ ٱلْمَشْغَرِي ...

Bihar al-Anwar ''Bihar al-Anwar'' ( ar, بِحَار ٱلْأَنْوَار, lit. ''Seas of Lights'') is a comprehensive collection of traditions ('' ahadith'') compiled by Shia scholar Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (d. 1110/1698), known as ''Allama Majlisi''. It is a ...

by Allama Majlesi :# Haq ul-Yaqeen by

Allama Majlisi Mohammad Baqer Majlesi (b. 1037/1628-29 – d. 1110/1699) ( fa, علامه مجلسی ''Allameh Majlesi''; also Romanized as: Majlessi, Majlisi, Madjlessi), known as Allamah Majlesi or Majlesi Al-Thani (Majlesi the Second), was a renowned and ver ...

:# Ayn al-Hayat by

:# Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim by :# by

Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi ( fa, میرزا حسین نوری طبرسی, ar, الميرزا حسين النوري الطبرسي) (1838 - 1902) popularly known as Muhaddis Noori / Al-Mohaddith Al-Noori, was a Shi'a Islamic Scholar and Shi'a Re ...

:# by Shaykh Abbas Qumi :# Mustadrak safinat al-bihar by :# Ayan al-Shia by Al-Sayyed Mohsen al-Amin :# Jami' ahadith al-Shi'a by

Hossein Borujerdi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Ali Tababataei Borujerdi ( Luri/ fa, آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی; 23 March 1875 – 30 March 1961) was a leading Iranian Shia Marja' in Iran from approximately 1947 ...

:# Nahj-al feṣāḥa by :# by

Mohammad Reyshahri Mohammad Reyshahri ( fa, محمد ری‌‌شهری), also known as Mohammad Mohammadi-Nik (29 October 1946 – 21 March 2022), was an Iranian politician and cleric who was the first Minister of Intelligence, serving from 1984 to 1989 in the c ...

Hadith's Anthologies & Commentaries

Sharh Usul al-Kafi Muḥammad Sāliḥ al-Māzandarānī (, d. 1086 AH), He is Shia Islamic scholar and jurist, He is the author of a ten-volume commentary, ''Sharḥ Uṣūl al-Kāfī'', on the first of the Four Books (hadiths) of Shi'a Islam ('' al-Kafi'', written ...

— by Mohammad Salih al-Mazandarani :# A Bundle of Flowers — collected by

Ayatollah Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Etymology The title is originally derived from Arabic word ...

Sayyid Kamal Faghih Imani; ''a popular English language secondary collection of Shi'a hadith. It narrates traditions from such Shia collections as

and Man la Yahdhuruhu'l Faqih.'' :# A Shi'ah Anthology — by

Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (; fa, سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the United St ...

and

Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his ''T ...

; ''a brief introduction to exemplary hadith from the 12 Imams.'' :# Mir'at al-Uqul (Mirror of the Mind) — by Mohammad Baqir Majlisi is a hadith commentary considered among the most significant commentary on Al-Kafi by the Twelver Shi'a community.

Quranic Tafsirs

:List of Quran Exegesis books and related Concepts :# Tafsir Al-Qummi by Mohammad bin Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Qummi (?? - 919 AD) :#

Tafsir Ayyashi Tafsir Ayyashi is an Imami Shia exegesis of the Quran, written by Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi also known as al-ʿAyyashi (الـعـيـّاشـي d. 320 AH / 932 CE). The surviving text covers only up to the end of sura 18, 'The Cave'; more materi ...

Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi ( fa, محمد ابن مسعود عیاشی) or Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi Samarqandi ( fa, محمد ابن مسعود عیاشی سمرقندی) (probably died on 932), known as Ayyashi ( fa, عیاشی), was an emi ...

(died 932 AD) :#

Tafsir Furat Kufi Tafsir Furat Kufi is an exegesis of the Quran by Furat Ibn Furat Ibn Ibrahim al-Kufi (9th and 10th century A.D.) and is one of the oldest Shia Quranic commentaries, basing itself upon hadith. The traditions used by this book are mainly narrated e ...

by (died 964 AD) :# Tafsir al-Nu'mani by Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Nu'mani (died 971 AD) :# Al-Tibbyan Fi Tafsir al-Quran by Shaikh Tusi (995 AD - 1067 AD) :# Majma' al-Bayan by Shaykh Tabarsi (1073 AD - 1153 AD) :#

Tafsir Safi Tafsir Safi (full name: al-Safi fi Tafsir Kalam Allah al-Wafi) is an exegesis of the Qur'an written by 17th century Shia scholar Mohsen Fayz Kashani. This commentary on the Qur'an, may also be classified as a work on hadith, for it consists largely ...

( ?? - 1680 AD) :# Al-Burhan Fi Tafsir al-Quran by Syed Hashim al Bahrani (died 1696 AD) :# Tafsir Noor al-Thaqalayn by (died 1701 AD) :#

Tafsir al-Mizan ''Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Qur'an'' ( ar, الميزان في تفسير القرآن, "The balance in Interpretation of Quran"), more commonly known as ''Tafsir al-Mizan'' () or simply ''Al-Mizan'' (), is a tafsir (exegesis of the Quran) written by ...

Allamah Tabatabai Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his '' ...

(1903 AD - 1981 AD) :#

Al-Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Quran Al-Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Quran ''(The Elucidation of the Exegesis of The Qur'an and sometimes entitled The Prolegomena to the Quran)'' is a tafsir by the Shiite scholar Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ...

Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ar, أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; fa, ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. Al-Khoei is considered one of the most influential ...

(1899 AD - 1992 AD) :# Fasal Khizab by

Mufti Jafar Hussain Mufti Jafar Hussan ( ur, مفتی جعفر حسین; 1914 - 29 August 1983) was an Indian, then Pakistani, Shia Islamic scholar. Life His father Hakeem Charagh Deen took his son to his uncle Hakeem Shahab-ul-deen to teach his son the basics o ...

(1914 AD - 1982) :# by Hussain Bakhsh Jarra (1920 AD - 1990 AD) :# Tafsir Nemooneh by

Naser Makarem Shirazi Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (, born 25 February 1927 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Shia '' marja and religious leader. Biography He was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran. According to his website, his father was Ali Mohammad, his g ...

(1927 AD - Present) :# Faizan Ur Rehman by

Muhammad Hussain Najafi Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi ( ar, آيت الله العظمى علامه شيخ محمد حسين) (born 1932) is a Pakistani Twelver Shia Marja. As of current, there are two maraji of Pakistani descent. The first one is he himself ...

(1932 AD to present) :# Tasneem Tafsir by Abdollah Javadi Amoli (1933 AD to present) :# Tafsir Rahnama by

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...

(1934 AD - 2017 AD) :#

Al Kauthar fi Tafsir Al Quran Al Kauthar fi Tafsir Al Quran is a Shi'a Muslim tafsir or an exegesis of the Quran written and compiled by the renowned Shia Scholar Mohsin Ali Najafi. It is primarily in Urdu, and is one of the best urdu exegesis available of the Quran. This task s ...

by Mohsin Ali Najafi (1938 AD to Present) :# Tafseer e Masoomeen (as) compiled by Wilayat Mission afsir Hub e Ali

Theology of Shi'a

These books include discussions about Theology of Shi'a ( Usul al-din or principles of religion): (

Tawḥīd Tawhid ( ar, , ', meaning "unification of God in Islam (Allāh)"; also romanized as ''Tawheed'', ''Tawhid'', ''Tauheed'' or ''Tevhid'') is the indivisible oneness concept of monotheism in Islam. Tawhid is the religion's central and single mo ...

, Nubuwwah (Prophecy),

Imamah {{expand Arabic, date=April 2021 The term imamate or ''imamah'' ( ar, إمامة, ''imāmah'') means "leadership" and refers to the office of an ''imam'' or a state ruled by an ''imam''. Theology *Imamate, in Sunni doctrine the caliphate :* Naqshb ...

, Adalah (Justice of God), Maʿad (Resurrection)), etc.

Classic Kalam

These books seek to give a rational account of Shi'a theology in contrast with the

Ash'ari Ashʿarī theology or Ashʿarism (; ar, الأشعرية: ) is one of the main Sunnī schools of Islamic theology, founded by the Muslim scholar, Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer, and scholastic theologian Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī in th ...

Mu'tazili Muʿtazila ( ar, المعتزلة ', English: "Those Who Withdraw, or Stand Apart", and who called themselves ''Ahl al-ʿAdl wa al-Tawḥīd'', English: "Party of ivineJustice and Oneness

f God F, or f, is the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ef'' (pronounced ), and the plural is ''efs''. His ...

); was an Islamic group that appeared in early ...

and other theological schools of Islam. The contents of these books are taken from the 8th to the 13th century (2nd to 7th century of Islam). :#

Eʿteqādātal-Emāmīya Creeds of shia or Eʿteqādātal-Emāmīya is one of the most important works of al-Shaykh al-Saduq; it presents a summary of all of the core tenets of the Shi'ite creed. Subject More than 200 separate works have been attributed to Ibn Bābawayh, ...

(923 AD - 991 AD) :# Al-Amali by

(923 AD - 991 AD) :#

Al-Khisal ''Al-Khisal'' (Arabic:الخصال) or ''The Book of Characters'' by Ibn Babawayh is a book about morals and religious beliefs. Contents ''Al-Khisal'' contains narrations about ethics, religious beliefs, and other subjects. The book has 26 numbere ...

(923 AD - 991 AD) :#

Awail Al Maqalat ''Awail al Maqalat fi Madhahab al Mukhtarah'' or Principal theses of selected doctrines ( fa, اوائل المقالات), is a Shia doctrinal, theological book written by Shaykh Mufid. Author Shaykh Mufid was a prominent Twelver Shi'a theologi ...

Shaykh Mufid Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi, known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid () and Ibn al-Mu'allim (c.9481022 CE), was a prominent Twelver Shia theologian. His father was a teacher (''mu'allim''), hence the name I ...

(948 AD - 1022 AD) :# Al-Amali by Sheikh al-Mufid (948 AD to 1022 AD) :
Tashih al-I'tiqad
by

(948 AD - 1022 AD), ''a correction of

.'' :# Al-Amali by Shayhk Murtaza (965 AD - 1044 AD) :# Al-Amali by

(995 AD - 1067 AD) :#

Tajrid al-I'tiqad Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād (عربی: تجرید الاعتقاد) or Tajrid al-Kalam is a work by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi about Shia beliefs in Islamic theology. Tajrid is the most famous scholastic text in Shiite theology and most effective work in history ...

by Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201 AD - 1274 AD)

Modern Kalam

These books seek to give a rational account of Shi'a theology in contrast with modern Western ideologies including

Marxism Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

and

Liberalism Liberalism is a Political philosophy, political and moral philosophy based on the Individual rights, rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law."political rationalism, hostilit ...

during the 20th century. :# Fundamentals Of Islamic Thought by

Morteza Motahhari Morteza Motahhari ( fa, مرتضی مطهری, also Romanized as "Mortezā Motahharī"; 31 January 1919 – 1 May 1979) was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, lecturer. Motahhari is considered to have an important influence on ...

, ''trans. R. Campbell: Berkeley, California, Mizan Press, 1982.'' :# Man and Universe by

Ilm ar-Rijal

:List of Hadith Sciences :#

Rijal al-Kashshi ( ar, اختیار معرفة الرجال), also known as the ( ar, رجال الکَشّي), is a Twelver Shi'ite work of biographical evaluation () originally written by Muhammad ibn Umar al-Kashshi ( 854–941/951) and abridged by Shaykh ...

by al-Kashshi :# by

Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Najāshī (c. 982–1058), often simply referred to as al-Najāshī, was a Twelver Shi'ite scholar mainly known for his work on the subject of biographical evaluation (, Islamic science dealing with the reli ...

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Khoei Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ar, أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; fa, ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. Al-Khoei is considered one of the most influential t ...

Shia Jurisprudence (fiqh)

:List of books about Fiqh Literature and list of books about Hadith Sources :# by

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Mohammed Kazem Yazdi Mohammed Kazem Tabataba'i Yazdi (; 1831–1919) was a Twelver Shia Marja' based in Najaf, most famous for compiling a collection of religious rulings, al-Urwa al-wuthqa. Constitutional Revolution He was apolitical, and therefore during the Iran ...

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Muhaqqiq al-Hilli Najm ul-Din Abul-Qasim Ja'far bin al-Hasan bin Yahya bin al-Hasan bin Sa'id, famous as ''al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli'' and ''al-Muhaqqiq al-Awwal'' ( 1205 – 1277) was an influential Shi'i Mujtahid born in the city of al-Hilla, Iraq. He played an importa ...

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Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan al-Najafi ( ar, محمد حسن النجفي, Muḥammad Ḥasan al-Najafī; 1788–1850), also known as Sahib al-Jawahir ( ar, صاحب الجواهر), was a prominent Shiite religious authority and author. H ...

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Madarik al-ahkam fi sharh shara'i' al-Islam
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Al-Mahasin
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Ali al-Sistani Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani ( ar, علي الحسيني السيستاني; fa, , Ali-ye Hoseyni-ye Sistāni; born 4 August 1930), commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani, is an Iranian–Iraqi Twelver Shia Ayatollah and marja'. He has been describ ...

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Hossein Vahid Khorasani Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani ( fa, حسین وحید خراسانی; born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh (Persian: )‎; 1 January 1921) is an Iranian author and Shia marja'. He is the current head of the Qom Seminary. Khorasa ...

History books

:List of History books :# The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays by Sulaym ibn Qays (1st Century) (622-30 AD - 709 AD) :#Waq'at Siffin (book) by (2nd Century) (738 AD - 827 AD) :#Al-Gharat (book) by (3rd Century) (815 AD - 897 AD) :#''

Tarikh al-Yaqubi ''Tārīkh Ibn Wāḍiḥ'' () or popularly ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'' ( ar, تآريخ اليعقوبي, lit=History of al-Yaʿqūbī) is a well-known classical Islamic history book, written by al-Yaʿqūbī. Like his contemporary Al-Dinawari, Ya ...

Ya'qubi ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab Muslim geographer and perhaps the first historian of world cul ...

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Al-Masudi Al-Mas'udi ( ar, أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن عَلِيّ ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱلْمَسْعُودِيّ, '; –956) was an Arab historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the " Herodotu ...

(4th Century) (896 AD - 956 AD) :#' Murūj aḏ-Ḏahab by''

(4th Century) (896 AD - 956 AD)'' :# — by Shaikh Saduq (4th Century) (923 AD - 991 AD) :# by (4th Century) (died 1015 AD) :#

Kitab al-Irshad ''Al-Irshad'' ( fa, ارشاد), also called the ''Book of Guidance into the Lives of the 12 Imams,'' is a biography of the lives of the 12 Shia Imams. It describes their historical circumstances, miracles and virtues. The book also includes evidenc ...

also known as Tazkar-tul-Athar by Shaykh Al-Mufid (4th Century) (948 AD - 1022 AD) :# by Shaykh Al-Mufid (4th Century) (948 AD - 1022 AD) :# by Shaykh Al-Mufid (4th Century) (948 AD - 1022 AD) :# by Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari al-Saghir (5th Century) :# by (6th century) (died 1114 AD) :# Kashf al-ghumma fi ma'rifat al-a'imma (book) by (7th Century) (1223-28 AD - 1294 AD) :# Al-Luhuf ala qatla l-tufuf (book) by Ali b. Musa b. Ja'far b. Tawus (7th Century) (1193 AD - 1266 AD) :#

Majalis al-muminin ''Majalis al Mo'minin'' (Persian:مجالس المومنین) is a book with biographies and works of Shia Islam scholars such as followers of the Twelve Imams, theologians and philosophers. This book is also about Shia Islam theological subjects. ...

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Qazi Nurullah Shustari Sayyid Nurullah ibn Sharif al-Mar'ashi al-Shustari, commonly known as Qazi Nurullah Shushtari (1549–1610), also known as ''Shahid-e-Salis'' (third martyr) was an eminent Shia faqih (jurist) and alim (scholar) of the Mughal period. He may als ...

(10th Century) (1542 AD - 1610 AD) :# Hayat al-qulub (book) by

Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi Mohammad Baqer Majlesi (b. 1037/1628-29 – d. 1110/1699) ( fa, علامه مجلسی ''Allameh Majlesi''; also Romanized as: Majlessi, Majlisi, Madjlessi), known as Allamah Majlesi or Majlesi Al-Thani (Majlesi the Second), was a renowned and ver ...

(11th Century) (died 1699 AD) :# by Seyyed Hashem Bahrani (11th Century) (1640 AD - 1698 AD) :# by al-Sayyid (11th Century) :#Riyad al-abrar fi manaqib al-a'immat al-athar (book) by Nematollah Jazayeri (12th Century) (1640 AD - 1701 AD) :# Jala' al-'uyun (book) by

(12th Century) (died 1699 AD) :# by

Abbas Qomi Abbas Qomi ( fa, عباس قمی) also known as ''Mohaddith Qomi'' ( fa, محدث قمی) was a Shia scholar, historian, and hadith narrator. He wrote books, including Mafatih al-Janan. Biography Abbas Qomi was born in 1877 (1294 AH) in Qom, ...

(14th Century) (1877 AD - 1940 AD) :# Al-Shia wa l-hakimun (book) by

(15th Century) (1904 AD - 1979 AD) :# Who Is Muhammad?, The Message — by Grand Ayatollah

Ja'far Sobhani Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani ( fa, جعفر سبحانی) (born 9 April 1929 in Tabriz) is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja, influential theologian and writer. Sobhani was a former member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and founder of I ...

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Al-Sahih Men Sirat Al-Nabi Al-Azam ''Al-Ṣaḥīḥ min Sīrat al-Nabī al-A‘ẓam'' ( ar, الصحيح من سيرة النبي الأعظم) is a collection of 35 books written by SayyiJafar Morteza Amili on the details of life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Mehr News Network ...

by (15th Century) (1945 AD - 2019 AD) :#Tragedy of al-Zahra’ (book) by (15th Century) (1945 AD - 2019 AD)

Bibliography of
Ahl al-Bayt Ahl al-Bayt ( ar, أَهْل ٱلْبَيْت, ) refers to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but the term has also been extended in Sunni Islam to apply to all descendants of the Banu Hashim (Muhammad's clan) and even to all Muslims. I ...

List of books about Ahl al-Bayt

History and Biography

Manaqib Ale Abi Talib Manaqib Ale Abi Talib ( ar, مَنَاقِب آل أَبِي طَالِب ') is a book written by the Shi'a Muslim scholar Ibn Shahr Ashub. Author Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Shahr Ashub or Ibn Shahraˆshuˆ b(489-588 lunar/1096-1192) was an ...

— by Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Shahr Ashub (489-588 lunar/1096-1192) * Encyclopedia of the Biography of Ahl Al-Bayt
English
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Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

) (40 Vol.) b
Baqir Sharif Al-Qurashi
(1925 - 2012) *

Fatemeh is Fatemeh ''Fatemeh is Fatemeh'' ( fa, فاطمه، فاطمه است) is a book written by Ali Shariati. In the book, Fatima Zahra the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is described as a role model for Muslim women around the world and a woman who ...

Ali Shariati Ali Shariati Mazinani ( fa, علی شریعتی مزینانی, 23 November 1933 – 18 June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who focused on the sociology of religion. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intell ...

(1933 – 1977) (about Fatimah al-Zahra)

Genealogy

* mudrik al talib fe nasb ale abi talib by syed qamar al araji (2017) (book of genealogy in Urdu language)

Shia-Sunni argumentations

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Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi, also commonly spelled Abdel Hussein Charafeddine, Sharafeddine, or Sharafeddin ( ar, عبدالحسين شرف الدين الموسوي), was a Shi'a Twelver Islamic scholar who has widely been considered ...

(1872 AD - 1957 AD) :# Peshawar Nights — by

Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi Seyed Mohammad Shirazi (12 May 1894 – 11 October 1971), commonly known as Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi ("Prince of Preachers from Shiraz"), was a prominent Shi'a scholar. He authored ''Peshawar Nights'', an account of a public debate between S ...

(1894 AD - 1971 AD) :#

Al-Ghadir ''Al Ghadir'' (Arabic: الغدير في الكتاب والسنة والأدب) (that is " The Ghadir in the Book, the Sunnah, and Literature") is a 20-volume book written by the Iranian Shia scholar Abd Al Husayn Amini. The book describes and ...

— by Allamah Amini (1902 AD - 1970 AD) — ''(About the Hadith of Ghadir from

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a dis ...

books)'' :# The Role of Holy Imams (a.s.) in the Revival of Religion
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— by Sayyid Murtadha al-'Askari (1914 AD - 2007) :# Imamate and Leadershipbr>
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Mujtaba Musavi Lari Mojtaba Musavi Lari (1925 – 9 March 2013) was a Shi'a Twelver Islamic scholar. Biography Lari was born in Lar, Iran, to the late Ayatulla Sayyid Ali Asghar Lari. After completing his preliminary studies in Lar in 1953 he continued his Islami ...

(1925 AD – 2013 AD) :#

Then I was Guided (book) Sayyid Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi ( ar, محمد التيجاني السماوي; born 2 February 1943) is a Tunisian ex-Sufi Twelver Shi'i scholar, academic and theologian. Personal life Al-Tijani was born in Tunisian Sunni Muslim family of M ...

— by Muhammad al-Tijani (1943 AD - Present) :# The Shi'ah are (the real) Ahl al-Sunnah (book) — by Muhammad al-Tijani (1943 AD - Present) :#

Ask Those Who Know (book) Sayyid Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi ( ar, محمد التيجاني السماوي; born 2 February 1943) is a Tunisian ex- Sufi Twelver Shi'i scholar, academic and theologian. Personal life Al-Tijani was born in Tunisian Sunni Muslim family of ...

— by Muhammad al-Tijani (1943 AD - Present) :# To be with the truthful (book) — by Muhammad al-Tijani (1943 AD - Present)
A Shi'ite Encyclopedia (book)
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Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project The Ahlul Bayt Digital Library Project (Ahlul Bayt DILP), established in 1996, is a non-profit Islamic organization that features work from a group of volunteers operating throughout the world. It operates the website Al-Islam.org – whose primar ...

(https://www.al-islam.org/)

Dua (Invocation)

List of Supplications books
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by Imam

(a collection of Duas)'' # Mafatih al-Jinan by Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi ''(a collection of Duas)'' #Misbah ul Mutahajid by

''(a collection of Duas)''

Ethical

List of Ethical books

References

Academic sources: * ''Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History'' by

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (; fa, سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the Unite ...

. * ''Shi'ism Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality'' by

. * ''Introduction to Shi'i Islam'' by

Moojan Momen Moojan Momen is a retired physician and historian specializing in Baháʼí studies who has published numerous books and articles about the Baháʼí Faith and Islam, especially Shia Islam, including for Encyclopædia Iranica* * * the British L ...

, Yale University Press. * ''An Introduction to Shi'i Law: A Bibliographical Study'' by Hossein Modarressi Tabataba'i (London 1984) * ''Shi'ite Identities: Community and Culture in Changing Social Contexts'' by Christoph Marcinkowski (Berlin 2010).

External links

Online Shi'a references:
Al-Islam.org Library

Noor Library

Yasoob Library

Sipah-e-Masoomeen(as) Library
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Books of Shia 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, serve ...s

Hadith collections

Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah- the Four books

Primary Hadith Collection

Secondary books of Hadith

Hadith's Anthologies & Commentaries

Quranic Tafsirs

Theology of Shi'a

Classic Kalam

Modern Kalam

Ilm ar-Rijal

Shia Jurisprudence (fiqh)

History books

Bibliography of Ahl al-Bayt Ahl al-Bayt ( ar, أَهْل ٱلْبَيْت, ) refers to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but the term has also been extended in Sunni Islam to apply to all descendants of the Banu Hashim (Muhammad's clan) and even to all Muslims. I ...

History and Biography

Genealogy

Shia-Sunni argumentations

Dua (Invocation)

Ethical

See also

References

External links

Books of Shia
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, serve ...
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Bibliography of
Ahl al-Bayt Ahl al-Bayt ( ar, أَهْل ٱلْبَيْت, ) refers to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but the term has also been extended in Sunni Islam to apply to all descendants of the Banu Hashim (Muhammad's clan) and even to all Muslims. I ...