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List Of Shia Books
A list of religious books of Shia Islam: Books attributed to Shia Imams :#Mus'haf of Ali, a Tafseer of the Quran by Imam Ali :# Al-Jafr (book), Al-Jafr by Imam Ali :# Nahj al-Balaghah, a collection of sermons, letters and quotes attributed to 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)'') by Imam Ali, translated by William Chittick. :# ''Divan-i Ali ibn Abu Talib'' (poems which are attributed to Ali ibn Abu Talib). :# Kitab Ali, Book of Ali by Ali :# Book of Fatimah by Fatimah :# Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya by Imam Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Zayn al-Abidin :# Risalatul Huquq by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Zayn al-Abidin :# The Fifteen Whispered Prayers by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Zayn al-Abidin :# Dua Abu Hamza al-Thumali by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Zayn al-Abidin :# Muhammad al-Baqir#Ma'athiru'l-Baqir, Ma'athiru'l-Baqir by Imam Muhammad al-Baqir :# Muha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shia Islam
Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (Imamah (Shia doctrine), imam). However, his right is understood to have been usurped by a number of Companions of the Prophet, Muhammad's companions at the meeting of Saqifa where they appointed Abu Bakr () as caliph instead. As such, Sunni Muslims believe Abu Bakr, Umar (), Uthman () and Ali to be 'Rashidun, rightly-guided caliphs' whereas Shia Muslims only regard Ali as the legitimate successor. Shia Muslims assert imamate continued through Ali's sons Hasan ibn Ali, Hasan and Husayn ibn Ali, Husayn, after whom different Shia branches have their own imams. They revere the , the family of Muhammad, maintaining that they possess divine knowledge. Shia holy sites include the Imam Ali Shrine, shrine of Ali in Naj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Al-Baqir
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (; ) was a descendant of the prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad and the fifth of the Twelve Imams, twelve Shia imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Sajjad, and succeeded by his son, Ja'far al-Sadiq. Muhammad's honorific title is short for , which means 'the one who splits knowledge open', a reference to his fame as a religious scholar. Muhammad was born in Medina around 676 common era, CE. In 680, when he was a small child, he witnessed the Battle of Karbala, where his grandfather Husayn ibn Ali and most of his relatives were massacred by the forces of the Umayyad caliphate, Umayyad caliph Yazid I, Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (). Upon his father's death around 712, Muhammad was recognized as the next imamate in Shia doctrine, imam by most followers of his father. These were the Imamites, the forerunners of Twelver Shia, Twelvers and Isma'ilism, Isma'ilis, which now constitute the majority of Shia Muslims. At the time, however, this quiesc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaykh Tusi
Shaykh Tusi (), full name ''Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi'' (), known as Shaykh al-Ta'ifah () was a Persian scholar of the Twelver school of Shia Islam. He is the author of two of the Four Books of hadith; namely, '' Tahdhib al-Ahkam'' and ''al-Istibsar'', and is believed to have founded the Hawza of Najaf. In addition, he was a scholar of '' ʾUṣūl al-Fiqh'' and is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential thinkers in Shi’i history. Life Shaykh Tusi was born 995 AD in Tus, Iran, and by 1018 AD he was living under the rule of the Buyid dynasty. Tusi's birth is considered a miracle, as he was born after the twelfth Imam of Shia, al-Mahdi's, supplications. He started his education in Tus, where he mastered many of the Islamic sciences of that period. He later studied in Baghdad, which was taken by Tughril-bek in 1055 AD. There he entered into the circles of Shaykh Al-Mufid as a paramount teacher. He started writing some of his earlier works in his twen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahdhib Al-Ahkam
''Tahdhib al-Ahkam'' () is the third hadith collection of the Four Books of Shia Islam. It was compiled by Twelver Shia Hadith scholar al-Tusi. This work is included among the four books of Shia Islam. It is a commentary on the al-Muqni'a by Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, who was a Twelver Shia theologian. Title ''Tahdhib al-Ahkam'' is translated by Ludwig W. Adamec as ''confirmation of decision'' and by I.K.A Howard as ''The Refinement of the Laws (as Discussed)''. Author ''Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Hasan Tusi'' () known as Shaykh al-Ta'ifah () or Shaykh al-Tusi was born in 996 AD in Tus, Iran. He was a Persian Shia Twelver scholar and authored two references of Shia collections of tradition, Tahdhib al-Ahkam and Al-Istibsar. Al-Shaikh al-Tusi died in Najaf on the 22nd of Muharram on 2 December 1067. Background Al-Istibsar is one of the four major Shia collections of Hadith () authored by Shaykh Tusi. According to Ali Nasiri, when Shaykh Tusi transferred to Baghdad and parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Shaykh Al-Saduq
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi (Persian: ; –991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh (Persian: ) or al-Shaykh al-Saduq (Persian: ), was a Persian Shia Islamic scholar whose work, entitled '' Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih'' (), forms part of The Four Books of the Shia Hadith collection.Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), ''Historical Dictionary of Islam'', p.135. Scarecrow Press. . Life The patronymic, ''Ibn Babawayh'' indicates a Persian origin, as ''Babawayh'' is an Arabic form of the Persian name ''Babuyah''.Fyzee A. "A Shi'ite Creed." Calcutta, 1942 p8 footnote 2. For some length of time, unknown, the family had been devout adherents of Shia Islam. Ibn Babawayh's father, Ali ibn Babawayh Qummi (d. 939 CE) was a leading figure among the Islamic scholars of Qom.''Man la yahduruhu al-faqih.'' al-Musawi al-Khurasan H. Teheran, 1390. pages h-w. Birth The exact date of Ibn Babawayh's birth is not known. Shia scholars consider his birth to be after the year 305 A.H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulayni
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kulaynī ar-Rāzī (; ; c. 250 AH/864 CE – 329 AH/941 CE) was a Persian Shia hadith collector. Life Al-Kulayni was born in Kulayn, a village or small town situated near Rey, Iran. His father was Ya'qub al-Kulayni, who is buried at Rey. He lived in the era of the Minor Occultation of Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi, the last of the Twelve Imams who, according to Shia belief, is currently in occultation and will appear before the Day of Judgment). He is claimed to have greatly benefited from al-Mahdi's divine knowledge by interacting with him through the Imam's Deputies.Syed Waheed Akhtar: Early Imammiyah Shiite Thinkers Kulayni received his early religious education in his native town and went to Rey for further education. According to Shia view he is among a special class of muhaddithin known as ''Rihalah-ye hadith'' (which means those who travelled in order to collect a hadith and met the persons considered to be the authority on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitab Al-Kafi
(, , literally 'The Sufficient') is a hadith collection of the Twelver tradition, compiled in the first half of the 10th century CE (early 4th century AH) by . It is one of the Four Books. It is divided into three sections: , dealing with epistemology, theology, history, ethics, supplication, and the ; , which is concerned with practical and legal issues; and (or , which includes miscellaneous traditions, many of which are lengthy letters and speeches transmitted from the imams. In total, comprises 16,199 narrations. Contents ''Usul al-Kafi'' The first eight books of are commonly referred to as , meaning 'Fundamental'. The first typeset edition of the , which was published in eight volumes, placed in the first two volumes. Generally speaking, contains traditions that deal with epistemology, theology, history, ethics, supplication, and the . ''Furūʿ al-Kāfī'' Books 9 through 34 are referred to as and are found in volumes three through seven of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four Books
The Four Books () are the four canonical hadith collections of Shia Islam. The term is used mostly by Twelver Shias. Shi'a Muslims use different books of hadith from those used by Sunni Muslims, who prize the six major hadith collections. In particular, Twelver Shi'a consider many Sunni transmitters of hadith to be unreliable because many of them took the side of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali instead of only Ali (and the rest of Muhammad's family) and the majority of them were narrated through certain personalities that waged war against Ahlul Bayt or sided with their enemies such as Aisha that fought Ali at Jamal, or Muawiya who did so at Siffin. Hussain (grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib) was martyred at the Battle of Karbala. Momen, Moojan, ''Introduction to Shi'i Islam'', Yale University Press, 1985, p.28-31 Shia trust traditions transmitted through the Imams, Muhammad's descendants through Fatima Zahra.Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Al-Askari
Hasan al-Askari (; ) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is regarded as the eleventh of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Hadi. Hasan Al-Askari was born in Medina in 844 and brought with his father to the garrison town of Samarra in 848, where the Abbasid caliphs held them under close surveillance until their deaths, even though neither were politically active. After the death of al-Hadi in 868, the majority of his following acknowledged his son, al-Askari, as their next Imam. Al-Askari's contact with the Shia population was restricted by the caliphs and instead, he communicated with his followers through a network of representatives. He died in Samarra in 873–874 at the age of about twenty-eight and was buried in the family home next to his father, which later developed into al-Askari shrine, a major center for Shia pilgrimage. Shia sources commonly hold the Abbasids responsible for the death of al-Askari and his father. A well-known early Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Risalah Al-Dhahabiah
''Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah'' (, ; "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 Islam. He wrote this dissertation in accordance with the demand of Ma'mun, the caliph of the time. It is revered as the most precious Islamic literature in the science of medicine, and was entitled "the golden treatise" as Ma'mun had ordered it written in gold ink. The chain of narrators is said to reach Muhammad ibn Jumhoor or al-Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Nawfali who is described as "highly esteemed and trustworthy" by al-Najjashi. The treatise of Ali al-Ridha includes scientific branches such as Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry and Pathology when medical science was still primitive. According to the treatise, one's health is determined by four humors of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm, the suitable proportion of which maintains the health. The liver plays an important role in producing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Al-Ridha
Ali al-Rida (, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Musa al-Kazim. He is also part of the chain of mystical authority in Sunni Sufi orders. He was known for his piety and learning, and a number of works are attributed to him, including Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, '' Sahifah of al-Ridha'', and ''Fiqh al-Rida''. '' Uyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha'' by Ibn Babawayh is a comprehensive collection that includes his religious debates and sayings, biographical details, and even the miracles which have occurred at his tomb. He is buried in Mashad, Iran, site of a large shrine. Al-Rida was contemporary with the Abbasid caliphs Harun al-Rashid () and his sons, al-Amin () and al-Ma'mun (). In a sudden departure from the established anti-Shia policy of the Abbasids, possibly to mitigate the frequent Shia revolts, al-Mamun invited al-Rida to Merv in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
