Wasa'il al-Shia ( ar, وَسَائِل ٱلشِّيعَة, ' lit. ''Means of Shiite'' or ''Shiite Rituals'') is a reputable book of hadith in Shia Islam, compiled in the 17th century by Shaykh al-Hurr al-Amili. Shaykh Al-Hurr wrote two editions of this book,
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. ...
which is a 30 volume long edition of it, and Al-Islamiyyah which is 20 volumes long.
Author
Wasa'il al-Shia was authored by Al-Hurr al-Aamili and based on
The Four Books
''The Four Books'' ( ar-at, ٱلْكُتُب ٱلْأَرْبَعَة, '), or ''The Four Principles'' (''al-Uṣūl al-Arbaʿah''), is a Twelver Shia term referring to their four best-known ''hadith'' collections:
Most Shi'a Muslims use dif ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
) and other major Shia sources. Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilīy was born Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn ʿAlīy Mašḡarīy in the village of al-Mašḡarah, in Jabal ʿĀmil, present day southern Lebanon. He was one of the dominant Shia Hadith scholars. His other works were al-Jawāhir al-Sanīyah fī al-Aḥādīth al-Qudsīyah, that was the first source collected of divine Hadiths known as Hadith Qudsi, And Ithbāt al-Hudāt bil-Nuṣūṣ wal-Muʿjizāt, which is about
Imamah
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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
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Context
Wasa'il al-Shia as a multi-volume Hadith collection was accomplished by Al-Ḥurr Al-ʿĀmili after twenty years in 1677 at
Tus
Tus or TUS may refer to:
* Tus (biology), a protein that binds to terminator sequences
* Thales Underwater Systems, an international defence contractor
* Tuscarora language, an Iroquoian language, ISO 639-3 code
Education
* Technological Univ ...
. The main context of this book is referred to
Islamic jurisprudence
''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh.
The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and e ...
Book Wasa'il al-Shia is one of the most comprehensive books of Shia narrations. This book contains approximately 36,000 reports about religious orders, obligations, and prohibitions. The narrations are taken from previous reliable Shia hadith collections from the Prophet, his companions and Ahl al-Bayt.
Commentaries & Translations
#The author himself started writing commentary ''Tahreer Wasael ush-Shia'' of the book, and one volume was publicized.
#Shaikh Muhammad Razi Qazvini wrote a shar'ah.
#Shaikh Muhammad Suleman Muqabi wrote a shar'ah named ''Majma ul-Ahkam''
# Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi Usuli translated the book into
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 h ...
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 v ...
, Wasa'il al-Shia by
Al-Hurr 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 ...
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 ...
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See also
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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, m ...
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List of Shia books
A list of religious books of Shia Islam:
Books of Shia Imams
:#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 co ...
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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 ...