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
The Four Books and Five Classics () are the authoritative books of Confucianism, written in China before 300 BCE. The Four Books and the Five Classics are the most important classics of Chinese Confucianism.
Four Books
The Four Books () are C ...
(
hadiths
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 ...
) of
Shi'a Islam (''
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, theo ...
'', written by
Kulayni
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Iṣḥāq al Kulaynī ar Rāzī (Persian: ar, أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن يَعْقُوب إِسْحَاق ٱلْكُلَيْنِيّ ٱلرَّازِيّ; c. 250 AH/864 CE ...
, d. 329 AH).
Early life and education
He lived in city of
Isfahan, He received a religious education from Mulla Mohammad Taqi Majlesi (The First Majlesi, 1594 AD-1660 AD) father of
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 ...
, He married scholar
Amena Begum (daughter of Mohammad Taqi Majlesi)'','' ''He also was student of Mulla Hassan Ali bin Abdullah Al-Tusturi and his Father Mulla Abdullah Al-Tusturi and''
Sheikh Baha'i, He gained a high position in religious science and jurisprudence, and he was one of the famous scholars, And praised by many scholars such as
Ardebili in
''''Jami' al-Ruwah
'',
Al-Hurr al-Amili in
''Amal al-āmil
''.''
[موسوعة طبقات الفقهاء - ج11 ص330 - الشيخ جعفر السبحاني][معجم رجال الحديث - السيد الخوئي - ج 19 - الصفحة 81 - ترجمة 12110]
Works
* ''Sharḥ Uṣūl al-Kāfī and Rawdah al-Kafi (''Explanation of “Usul al-Kafi” ''and Rawdah al-Kafi'' by Al-Kulayni), and his son sheikh Muhammad-Hadi completed his father's work in Explanation of “
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, theol ...
” by writing explanation of
''Furu' al-Kafi
''[شرح فروع الكافي المؤلف : المازندراني، الشيخ محمد هادي الجزء : 1 صفحة : 2]
* Explanation of “''
Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih''” by Saduq
* Explanation of “Ma'alem al-Usul” in Principles of jurisprudence by Al-Hassan Bin
Al-Shahid II
* Explanation of “Zubdat al-Usul” in Principles of jurisprudence by
Baha' al-din al-'Amili
* Commentary of ''
''Ar-Rawda-l-Bahiyah fi Sharh allam'a-d-Dimashqiya
'''' in jurisprudence by
Al-Shahid II
* Explanation of
''Al-Daridia poem
''
Died
He died , Buried next to Mulla Mohammad Taqi Majlesi in
Isfahan, Iran.
See also
*
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, theol ...
*
List of hadith authors and commentators
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
*
Sources of sharia
Various sources of Islamic Laws are used by Islamic jurisprudence to elaborate the body of Islamic law. In Sunni Islam, the scriptural sources of traditional jurisprudence are the Holy Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the direct and unaltered w ...
References
External links
al-shia.org/الشيخ محمد صالح المازندراني(in Arabic)
al-shia.org/''ملاّ محمد صالح، معروف به ملّاصالح مازندرانی''(in Persian)
almerja.com/محمد صالح بن أحمد المازندراني(in Arabic)
11th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Hadith scholars
Iranian scholars
Iranian Shia scholars of Islam
1675 deaths
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