Muḥammad Sāliḥ al-Māzandarānī (, d. 1086 AH), He is
Shia Islamic scholar and
jurist
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, He is the author of a ten-volume commentary, ''Sharḥ Uṣūl al-Kāfī'', on the first of the
Four Books
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Four Books
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(
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
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(''
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 ...
'', 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
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
, 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 v ...
, 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
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, 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
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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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