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    "book": "MIZAN AL-HIKMAH",
    "blurb": "<h2>Muntakhab Mīzān al-Hikmah</h2><p>Muntakhab Mīzān al-Hikmah titled in English as The Scale of Wisdom\nAbridged version of Mīzān al-Hikmah by <NAME>\n1 st Ed., 1996, Arabic, Dar al-Hadith, Qum, Iran.<br><br>This work is a collection of narrations from the Prophet (s) and the twelve Imams (a).\nIt contains 6,852 traditions arranged in 419 chapters. It is an abridged version of the ten-volume Arabic edition of Mīzān al-Hikmah which contains over 28,000 Hadiths compiled by <NAME>. The book includes traditions which are centralto the teachings of the Holy Quran and the ethics of Islam. The current text has been translated into English by <NAME>, et al, and published as The Scale of Wisdom by Islamic College of Advanced Studies of London in 2009.<br><br>Mīzān al-Hikmah has the following outstanding characteristics:<br>1) A comprehensive approach to ethics and morals that give insight into Divine teachings.<br>2) Well organized topics to avoid repetition of hadiths or overlapping of entries.<br>3) The collection goes beyond jurisprudential hadiths. It concentrates on hadiths with ethical or social contents, or with contents related to intellectual problems.<br>4) The compiler has relied on Shi&#39;ite and Sunni sources of hadith and has also presented relevant Quranic verses.</p><br><b>References</b>: https://www.al-islam.org/mizan-al-hikmah-scale-wisdom"
  },
  {
    "book": "AL-KAFI",
    "blurb": "<h2>Al-Kāfī</h2><p>Al-Kāfī is one of the four canonical collections of Hadith of the Twelver Shī ‘ī\nMuslims. It is among the most comprehensive and reliable collection of traditions,\ncompiled by <NAME>‘<NAME> ibn Ya‘qūb al-Kulaynī (d. AH 329/941\nCE) in the period of Minor Occultation. It took him twenty years to compile Al-Kāfī.<br><br>Al-Kāfī consists of three main sections: Usūl al-Kāfī, which contains hadith regarding\nbeliefs and is comprised of eight chapters, Furū&#39; al-Kāfī which contains fiqhī hadith\nregarding jurisprudential rulings and is comprised of 26 chapters, and Rawdha al-Kāfī\nconsists of miscellaneous hadith that are in no particular order. There is a total of\nthirty-five chapters which cover over 15,500 Hadith. Usūl al-Kāfī is the most\nimportant part.<br><br>Al-Kulaynī tries to collect Hadiths which have no incompatibility between them and\nthe Quran. An important feature of al-Kāfī is its order and comprehensiveness. Al-Kāfī\nis also known for its large number of hadiths, clear classification of hadith, complete\nchains of transmitters, and comprehensive coverage of various topics in theology,\njurisprudence, ethics, etc.<br><br>Al-Kulaynī states the purpose of his compilation in his introduction by addressing his\nstudent: ‘You said that you would like to have a Kitāb al-Kāfi (a sufficient book)\ncontaining enough of all religious sciences to suffice the student; to serve as a\nreference for the disciple; from which those who . . . want to act on it can draw\nauthentic traditions from the Truthful ones ‘alayhimus salām . . . by which our duty to\nAllah ‘azza wajall and to the commands of His Prophet sallāhu ‘alayhi wa-ālihi wasallam is\nfulfilled. Alhamdu lillāh, He has facilitated the compilation of what you had requested.<br><br>This Hadith corpus has attracted praise from numerous scholars since it was put into\ncirculation. Below are some quotes from scholars:<br>- Reliable; an expert on traditions, of the highest status and scholar of traditions.\nShaykh Abū Ja‘far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī (d. 460/1067)<br>- One of the greatest and most beneficial of Shī‘ī books.\nShaykh al-Mufīd (d. 413/1022)<br>- No book has served the Shī‘ah (Muslims) as has Al-Kāfī.\nMuhammad b. Makkī al-Jizzinī al-‘Āmilī, known as Shahīd al-Awwal (d. 786/1384).<br><br>The work has been translated into English a few times by various scholars including\nby <NAME> in 2004 and published by Islamic Seminary, NY.</p><br><b>References</b>:al-islam.org;en.wikishia.net;en.wikipedia.org; Al-Kāfī I, Commentary and\nTranslation by Islamic Text Institute"
  },
  {
    "book": "Ghurar Al-Hikam",
    "blurb": "<h2>Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim</h2><p>This is a collection of short quotations from Amīrul Mu’minīn Imam Ali bin Abī\nTālib (a). The compiler of the book Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim (Exalted\nAphorisms and Pearls of Speech) was the great scholar and muhaddith, Qādi Abu al-\nFath ‘Abd al-Wāhid al-Āmudi (d. 510/1116), a scholar of the fifth century AH. He\nwas a contemporary of Sayyid al-Radī – the compiler of <NAME>āgha.<br><br>Ghurar al-Hikam contains about eleven thousand short hadith of Imam Ali ‘alayhis-\nsalām. These have been ordered alphabetically according to the first letter of the first\nword of the hadith and divided into 91 chapters. The author has collected these\nhadith from books such as Nahjul Balāgha, Jahiz’s Mi’at Kalimah, Tuhaf al-‘Uqūl and\nDastur ma‘ālim al-Hikam.<br><br>The compiler states he was motivated to compile the book to show the vast extent of\nthe knowledge of Imam Ali ‘alayhis salām. The compiler has omitted the chain of\nnarrators and arranged the sayings alphabetically and placed aphorisms and sayings\nthat rhyme together.<br><br>The work has been translated into English by <NAME> and\npublished by Ansariyan Publications of Qum in 2012. The Academy for Learning\nIslam is grateful to Shaykh TR Jaffer for providing us the entire work with translation\nfor this Hadith Database Project.</p><br><b>References</b>: Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim, English translation by Shaykh Tahir\nRidha Jaffer; en.wikishia.net"
  },
  {
    "book": "Mishkat Al-Anwar",
    "blurb": "<h2>Mishkāt al-anwār fī ghurar al-akhbār</h2><p>Many of the verses of the Quran and the concepts of Islam can be understood better using authentic traditions. The book “The Lamp Niche for the Best Traditions” is an English translation of the book Mishkāt al-anwār fī ghurar al-akhbār. It is organized into several chapters and sections and contains almost all aspects of life and religion introduced through the maxims of the Prophets and Imams ‘alayhimus salām.</p><p><NAME> al-Fadl Ali al-Hasan b. Fadl b.al-Hasan al-Tabarsī was a Shī‘ī Islamic scholar and theologian of repute of the twelfth century C.E. His father Shaykh Abu Nasr Hasan b. Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabarsī was a great Shiī‘ī scholar who authored the famous book Makārim al-Akhlāq. His grandfather Abū Ali Fadl b. Hasan b. Fadl al-Tabarsī was a great theologian and the author of the great commentary on the Quran known as Majma‘ al-Bayān. In the beginning, his father started writing Miskāt al-anwār after he completed Makārim al-Akhlāq in order to complement it. He made a great effort and collected many traditions, but he did not live long enough to finish it. Then a group of interested people asked his son to follow suit and the completion of this work was left for the son to carry out.</p><p>Most of the traditions Mishkāt al-anwār are cited from Al-Mahāsin of Abū Ja‘far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqī. It seems that the author had an authentic copy of this book which is no longer available in that form today. Other main references are Rawzat al-Wā’izīn by Al-Nayshapurī, ‘Uyūn al-akhbār al-Ridhā of Shaykh as-Sadūq, and Majma‘ al-bayan fī tafsīr al-Quran by his grandfather.</p><br><b>References</b>: al-islam.org; en.wikishia.net"
  },
  {
    "book": "Nahj Al-Balagha",
    "blurb": "<h2>Nahj al-balāgha</h2><p>The book Nahj al-Balāgha(or Nahjul Balāgha) is a compilation of the sermons, letters,\nand short sayings of Amīrul Mu’minīn Imam Ali (a) by Sayy<NAME>ū al-Hasan al-\nMusawī, known as Sayyid al-Radī also referred as Sharīf al-Radī (AH 4th/10th CE\ncentury) and completed in Rajab 400 AH.</p><p>The Nahjul Balāgha does not contain all the sermons letters and sayings of Imam Ali\n(a). Al-Mas‘ūdī (d. 345/956) in his book Murūj al-dhahab says that the sermons of\nImam Ali which have been preserved number more than 480.  Out of these Sayyid\nRadī could get only about 245 sermons. He also collected about 75 letters and more\nthan 200 sayings.</p><p>Al-Radī was a great Arabic poet and a man of literature. His mother was Fātima, a\ndescendant of Imam Ali Zaynul ‘Ābidīn (a). She was a pious and noble lady and at her\nrequest Shaykh al-Mufīd compiled the book Ahkām al-Nisā, which contains fiqhī rules\nfor women. Imam’s sermons, letters and maxims inspired him. He thought that Nahj\nal-balagha (the pathway of rhetoric) would be an appropriate title of the compilation.</p><p>Almost all the sermons, letters and sayings collected in Nahjul Balāgha are found in\nbooks of authors who died before Sayyid al-Radī was born, while some are found in\nworks of authors who were his contemporaries but were older to him. Ibn Abi al-\nHadīd (d. 650/1253), a renowned commentator of Nahj al-Balāgha says about Imam\nAli, ‘He (a) was the leader of eloquent ones and the master of rhetoric and about his\nspeech, they say, ‘lower than the Creator’s words and above the creatures’ words’.</p><p>Sh<NAME> said, ‘I treasure my acquaintance with <NAME>a as\none of the most precious experiences of my life, which I would not exchange for\nanything.’</p><p>Nahjul Balāgha is the greatest literary and theological composition in Islam after the\nHoly Quran and the Sunnah . . . the words of Imam Ali (a) are considered to be the\npeak of Arabic eloquence (Ahlul-Bayt Assembly of America, 1986).</p><br><b>Reference</b>: al-islam.org; en.wikishia.net"
  },
  {
    "book": "Kitab Al-Tawhid",
    "blurb": "<h2>Kitāb al-Tawhīd</h2><p>Kitāb al-Tawhīd (lit. The Book of Divine Unity) is one of the earliest and most significant Shī‘ī theological sources which is compiled by the reputable muhaddith (Hadith scholar) of fourth/tenth century, Abū Ja‘far Muhammad b. Ali b. al-Husayn b. Mūsā al-Qummī known as Ibn Babawayh or al-Shaykh al-Sadūq (d. 381/991). Up to 300 scholarly works have been attributed to him, most of which are not extant today. He has compiled the Man lā yahduruh al-faqīh, one of the Four Canonical Books of the Shī‘ah Muslims.</p><p>This book is about Tawhīd in its general sense (knowing about Allah) and comprises narrations about the unity of the Divine essence, affirmation and negation attitudes in understanding Divine attributes, attributes of essence and attributes of action and their relation to the Divine essence, eternity and temporality, predestination and divine providence, determinism and absolute free will and the related topics.</p><p>Al-Shaykh al-Sadūq’s motive for compiling such a book was to respond to the accusations which were made against Shī‘ī Islamic beliefs by the enemies of this faith. This book has always been at the centre of Shī‘ī learning and considered as most authentic Hadith sources whose content would be cited for various theological discussions.</p><p>Kitāb al-Tawhīd has been translated into English twice: (i) by <NAME> and published by <NAME> (a) in 2009 and (ii) by <NAME> and published by Al-Mahdi Institute in 2013.</p><br><b>References</b>: al-islam.org; en.wikishia.net "
  },
  {
    "book": "A COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF RELIABLE NARRATIONS",
    "blurb": "<h2>Mu’jam al-Ahadith al-Mutabara (A Comprehensive Collection of Reliable Narrations)</h2><p>Mu‘jam al-Ahādīth al-M‘tabara is an encyclopedic work of eight volumes by the\ncontemporary scholar Āyatullāh Muhammad Āsif Muhsinī, in 1434 AH/2012 AD.\nThe book is a valuable compilation of reliable and authentic narrations. It is an answer\nto those who accuse the Shī‘ah of having weak narrations in their books.</p><p>Al-Muhsini had always wanted to collect the narrations that are Mu‘tabar (reliable) in\ntheir chains of narrators. He felt this would assist the jurist in his derivation process,\nthe researcher in conducting studies, the popular lecturer in preparing speeches, and\neven ordinary layman who were interested in knowledge.</p><p>The first attempt at completing the book took Al-Muhsinī four years and the result\nwas a six-volume work which contained 11,658 narrations considered reliable. But\nbefore the book could be published Al-Muhsinī had to make significant changes to\nabout 2000 narrations which fell outside the boundary of being reliable. In his second\nattempt, he was able to solve the issues.</p><p>Al-Muhsinī did not include a hadith with a weak chain except very rarely. He put in a\ndisclaimer about its weakness if he did include it. The main aim was to include the\nnarrations reliable by their chains, those that are termed sahīh, hasan, muwathaq and\nqawī.</p><p>Source: https://www.iqraonline.net/</p>"
  },
  {
    "book": "Kamil Al-Ziyarat",
    "blurb": "<h2>Kāmil al-Ziyarat</h2><p>This book discusses the concept of ziyārat (visiting holy shrines or places) and was\nwritten by <NAME> (d. 367 AH), an eminent Shī‘ah narrator. He was a student\nof <NAME> and a teacher of Shaykh al-Mufīd. Kāmil al-Ziyārat is an important\nhadith reference for the Shia. It has a total of 843 hadith in 108 chapters.</p><p>The book explains the rewards and the manner of visiting [the graves of] the Prophet\n(s), the Ahl al-Bayt (a), offspring of Imams, and the faithful. It contains authentic\ntraditions regarding the legitimacy of visiting the graves of the Prophet (s), Imams (a),\nand the faithful and answers questions raised by the opponents of ziyārat. It is said to\nbe the most complete and comprehensive book on ziyārat.</p><p>A large majority of the book focuses on Sayyid al-Shuhadā (a), and the rewards and\nmanner of visiting his grave. The author also speaks about issues such as the\nprediction of Imam al-Husayn’s (a) martyrdom, knowledge of the angels about it and\nmourning of all of creation for him.</p><p>Source: Wikishia.net</p>"
  },
  {
    "book": "Al-Amali",
    "blurb": "<h2>Al-Amali</h2><p>Al-Āmālī (which means dictations) is a book of hadith by Abu ʿAbdillāh\nMuhammad al-Baghdādī popularly known as Shaykh al-Mufīd (d. 413 AH). The\nhadith were dictated to his students during a period of seven years in the months of\nRamadan. It contains a total of 387 hadiths which were cited over 42 meetings with\nthe students. These meetings were held in the month of Ramadan where al-Mufīd\nread the traditions giving the chain of narration ending up to himself, and the students\nwrote them down. The book is considered as an important source of Shi’i hadith.</p><p>The hadith cover topics in ethics, principles of religious beliefs, and history, such as;\nHuman actions being recorded by angels, Love of Ahlul Bayt resulting in heaven,\nvirtues of the Ahlul Bayt and their Shī‘ah, virtues of people who seek knowledge,\nillnesses being a purification for one’s sins, knowing the position of Ahlul Bayt and\nthe acceptance of one’s actions by God being conditional upon belief in wilāya etc.</p><p>The book also contains some specific supplications as well as some sermons from\nImam Ali and Imam Zaynul ‘Ābidīn ‘alayhimas-salām.</p><p>Source: Wikishia.net, https://www.al-islam.org/al-amali-dictations-shaykh-al-mufid-shaykh-al-mufid</p>"
  },
  {
    "book": "<NAME>",
    "blurb": "<h2>Kāmil al-Ziyarat</h2><p><NAME>-Ziyarat is a book discussing the concept of ziyarat (visiting holy shrines or places) written by <NAME> (d. 367 AH), the famous Shia Muhaddith and scholar. The author - <NAME>, was one of the eminent Shia narrators in the fourth century AH. He was one of the best students of <NAME> and of the most distinguished teachers of Shaykh al-Mufid.</p><p>The book explains the rewards and the manner of visiting [the graves of] the Prophet (s), Ahl al-Bayt (a), offspring of Imams, and the faithful. It also answers questions raised by the opponents of ziyarat. This book contains authentic traditions regarding legitimacy of visiting the graves of the Prophet (s), Imams (a), and the faithful. <NAME>-Ziyarat is one of the most important hadith references of the Shia and one of the most authentic references of other books of hadiths and supplications in the Shia world. The book has a total of 843 hadith in 108 chapters.</p><p>A large majority of the book focuses on Sayyid al-Shuhada (a), the rewards and manner of visiting and ziyarat of him. The author also speaks about issues such as the prediction of Imam al-Husayn's (a) martyrdom, knowledge of angels about that and mourning of all the creation for him. Therefore, Kamil al-ziyarat is an old source for knowing about the life of Imam al-Husayn (a).</p><p>Source: Wikishia.net</p>"
  },
  {
    "book": "Al-Khisal",
    "blurb": "<h2>Al-Khisal</h2><p>Al-Khisāl (which means the Traits), is collection of hadith compiled by Muhammad\nb. <NAME> al-Qummī known as Shaykh al-Sadūq (d. 381 AH). He is\nconsidered one of the greatest Shī’ī jurists (faqīh) and hadith transmitters in the 4th\nIslamic century. Al-Sadūq has compiled many books, among them Man lā yahduruh al-\nfaqīh – second of the Four Canonical Shī’ī hadith books (al-kutub al-arba‘ah). He\ntravelled extensively to collect traditions. By stressing on traditions, he explained and\nproved theological arguments. His jurisprudence was also based on traditions.</p><p>Al-Khisāl is an encyclopedia of Islamic knowledge. It mentions historical, exegetical,\nphilosophical, and political subjects. The author has categorized the hadith based on\nthe numbers in every hadith. The book is unique and is the first book written in this\nmanner. It covers numbered characteristics, starting with one and ending with one\nmillion. The traditions are presented with a complete record of transmission.</p><p>The title of each chapter is according to numbers: the hadiths containing one trait are\nin chapter one; the hadiths containing two traits are in chapter two, and so on. For\nexample: Chapter One has, ‘One sign of the affection for the world’, Chapter Two,\n‘Two characteristics of a Shī‘ah’, Chapter three, ‘Three characteristics which have to\nbe in a person to be a faithful’, and so on.</p><p><NAME> himself presented his motivation for compiling Al-Khisal as follows, ‘I\nnoticed that the previous Shaykhs and scholars have already compiled books on\nvarious aspects of knowledge. However, they have neglected to compile a book on\nnumbers and good and bad characteristics. Since this topic is especially useful for\nthose who seek knowledge, I decided to compile this book in order to get closer to\nGod, attain divine rewards, prosperity and the Almighty God’s Mercy. I ask God not\nto turn my hopefulness into hopelessness, since He has power over all things'.</p><br><b>Reference</b>: https://en.wikishia.net/, https://www.al-islam.org/al-khisal-numeric-classification-traditions-characteristics-shaykh-saduq/preface"
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    "book": "MIZAN AL-HIKMAH",
    "blurb": "<h2>Muntakhab Mīzān al-Hikmah</h2><p>Muntakhab Mīzān al-Hikmah titled in English as The Scale of Wisdom\nAbridged version of Mīzān al-Hikmah by <NAME>\n1 st Ed., 1996, Arabic, Dar al-Hadith, Qum, Iran.<br><br>This work is a collection of narrations from the Prophet (s) and the twelve Imams (a).\nIt contains 6,852 traditions arranged in 419 chapters. It is an abridged version of the ten-volume Arabic edition of Mīzān al-Hikmah which contains over 28,000 Hadiths compiled by Muhammadi Rayshahrī. The book includes traditions which are centralto the teachings of the Holy Quran and the ethics of Islam. The current text has been translated into English by N. Virjee, et al, and published as The Scale of Wisdom by Islamic College of Advanced Studies of London in 2009.<br><br>Mīzān al-Hikmah has the following outstanding characteristics:<br>1) A comprehensive approach to ethics and morals that give insight into Divine teachings.<br>2) Well organized topics to avoid repetition of hadiths or overlapping of entries.<br>3) The collection goes beyond jurisprudential hadiths. It concentrates on hadiths with ethical or social contents, or with contents related to intellectual problems.<br>4) The compiler has relied on Shi&#39;ite and Sunni sources of hadith and has also presented relevant Quranic verses.</p><br><b>References</b>: https://www.al-islam.org/mizan-al-hikmah-scale-wisdom"
  },
  {
    "book": "AL-KAFI",
    "blurb": "<h2>Al-Kāfī</h2><p>Al-Kāfī is one of the four canonical collections of Hadith of the Twelver Shī ‘ī\nMuslims. It is among the most comprehensive and reliable collection of traditions,\ncompiled by <NAME>‘far Muhammad ibn Ya‘qūb al-Kulaynī (d. AH 329/941\nCE) in the period of Minor Occultation. It took him twenty years to compile Al-Kāfī.<br><br>Al-Kāfī consists of three main sections: Usūl al-Kāfī, which contains hadith regarding\nbeliefs and is comprised of eight chapters, Furū&#39; al-Kāfī which contains fiqhī hadith\nregarding jurisprudential rulings and is comprised of 26 chapters, and Rawdha al-Kāfī\nconsists of miscellaneous hadith that are in no particular order. There is a total of\nthirty-five chapters which cover over 15,500 Hadith. Usūl al-Kāfī is the most\nimportant part.<br><br>Al-Kulaynī tries to collect Hadiths which have no incompatibility between them and\nthe Quran. An important feature of al-Kāfī is its order and comprehensiveness. Al-Kāfī\nis also known for its large number of hadiths, clear classification of hadith, complete\nchains of transmitters, and comprehensive coverage of various topics in theology,\njurisprudence, ethics, etc.<br><br>Al-Kulaynī states the purpose of his compilation in his introduction by addressing his\nstudent: ‘You said that you would like to have a Kitāb al-Kāfi (a sufficient book)\ncontaining enough of all religious sciences to suffice the student; to serve as a\nreference for the disciple; from which those who . . . want to act on it can draw\nauthentic traditions from the Truthful ones ‘alayhimus salām . . . by which our duty to\nAllah ‘azza wajall and to the commands of His Prophet sallāhu ‘alayhi wa-ālihi wasallam is\nfulfilled. Alhamdu lillāh, He has facilitated the compilation of what you had requested.<br><br>This Hadith corpus has attracted praise from numerous scholars since it was put into\ncirculation. Below are some quotes from scholars:<br>- Reliable; an expert on traditions, of the highest status and scholar of traditions.\nShaykh Abū Ja‘far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī (d. 460/1067)<br>- One of the greatest and most beneficial of Shī‘ī books.\nShaykh al-Mufīd (d. 413/1022)<br>- No book has served the Shī‘ah (Muslims) as has Al-Kāfī.\nMuhammad b. Makkī al-Jizzinī al-‘Āmilī, known as Shahīd al-Awwal (d. 786/1384).<br><br>The work has been translated into English a few times by various scholars including\nby <NAME> in 2004 and published by Islamic Seminary, NY.</p><br><b>References</b>:al-islam.org;en.wikishia.net;en.wikipedia.org; Al-Kāfī I, Commentary and\nTranslation by Islamic Text Institute"
  },
  {
    "book": "Ghurar Al-Hikam",
    "blurb": "<h2>Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim</h2><p>This is a collection of short quotations from Amīrul Mu’minīn Imam Ali bin Abī\nTālib (a). The compiler of the book Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim (Exalted\nAphorisms and Pearls of Speech) was the great scholar and muhaddith, Qādi Abu al-\nFath ‘Abd al-Wāhid al-Āmudi (d. 510/1116), a scholar of the fifth century AH. He\nwas a contemporary of Sayyid al-Radī – the compiler of <NAME>.<br><br>Ghurar al-Hikam contains about eleven thousand short hadith of Imam Ali ‘alayhis-\nsalām. These have been ordered alphabetically according to the first letter of the first\nword of the hadith and divided into 91 chapters. The author has collected these\nhadith from books such as <NAME>, Jahiz’s Mi’at Kalimah, Tuhaf al-‘Uqūl and\nDastur ma‘ālim al-Hikam.<br><br>The compiler states he was motivated to compile the book to show the vast extent of\nthe knowledge of Imam Ali ‘alayhis salām. The compiler has omitted the chain of\nnarrators and arranged the sayings alphabetically and placed aphorisms and sayings\nthat rhyme together.<br><br>The work has been translated into English by <NAME> and\npublished by Ansariyan Publications of Qum in 2012. The Academy for Learning\nIslam is grateful to Shaykh TR Jaffer for providing us the entire work with translation\nfor this Hadith Database Project.</p><br><b>References</b>: Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim, English translation by <NAME>\n<NAME>; en.wikishia.net"
  },
  {
    "book": "Mishkat Al-Anwar",
    "blurb": "<h2>Mishkāt al-anwār fī ghurar al-akhbār</h2><p>Many of the verses of the Quran and the concepts of Islam can be understood better using authentic traditions. The book “The Lamp Niche for the Best Traditions” is an English translation of the book Mishkāt al-anwār fī ghurar al-akhbār. It is organized into several chapters and sections and contains almost all aspects of life and religion introduced through the maxims of the Prophets and Imams ‘alayhimus salām.</p><p><NAME> al-Fadl Ali al-Hasan b. Fadl b.al-Hasan al-Tabarsī was a Shī‘ī Islamic scholar and theologian of repute of the twelfth century C.E. His father <NAME>asr Hasan b. Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabarsī was a great Shiī‘ī scholar who authored the famous book Makārim al-Akhlāq. His grandfather Abū Ali Fadl b. Hasan b. Fadl al-Tabarsī was a great theologian and the author of the great commentary on the Quran known as Majma‘ al-Bayān. In the beginning, his father started writing Miskāt al-anwār after he completed Makārim al-Akhlāq in order to complement it. He made a great effort and collected many traditions, but he did not live long enough to finish it. Then a group of interested people asked his son to follow suit and the completion of this work was left for the son to carry out.</p><p>Most of the traditions Mishkāt al-anwār are cited from Al-Mahāsin of Abū Ja‘far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqī. It seems that the author had an authentic copy of this book which is no longer available in that form today. Other main references are Rawzat al-Wā’izīn by Al-Nayshapurī, ‘Uyūn al-akhbār al-Ridhā of Shaykh as-Sadūq, and Majma‘ al-bayan fī tafsīr al-Quran by his grandfather.</p><br><b>References</b>: al-islam.org; en.wikishia.net"
  },
  {
    "book": "Nahj Al-Balagha",
    "blurb": "<h2>Nahj al-balāgha</h2><p>The book Nahj al-Balāgha(or Nahjul Balāgha) is a compilation of the sermons, letters,\nand short sayings of Amīrul Mu’minīn Imam Ali (a) by Sayyid Abū al-Hasan al-\nMusawī, known as Sayyid al-Radī also referred as Sharīf al-Radī (AH 4th/10th CE\ncentury) and completed in Rajab 400 AH.</p><p>The Nahjul Balāgha does not contain all the sermons letters and sayings of Imam Ali\n(a). Al-Mas‘ūdī (d. 345/956) in his book Murūj al-dhahab says that the sermons of\nImam Ali which have been preserved number more than 480.  Out of these Sayyid\nRadī could get only about 245 sermons. He also collected about 75 letters and more\nthan 200 sayings.</p><p>Al-Radī was a great Arabic poet and a man of literature. His mother was Fātima, a\ndescendant of Imam Ali Zaynul ‘Ābidīn (a). She was a pious and noble lady and at her\nrequest Shaykh al-Mufīd compiled the book Ahkām al-Nisā, which contains fiqhī rules\nfor women. Imam’s sermons, letters and maxims inspired him. He thought that Nahj\nal-balagha (the pathway of rhetoric) would be an appropriate title of the compilation.</p><p>Almost all the sermons, letters and sayings collected in Nahjul Balāgha are found in\nbooks of authors who died before Sayyid al-Radī was born, while some are found in\nworks of authors who were his contemporaries but were older to him. Ibn Abi al-\nHadīd (d. 650/1253), a renowned commentator of Nahj al-Balāgha says about Imam\nAli, ‘He (a) was the leader of eloquent ones and the master of rhetoric and about his\nspeech, they say, ‘lower than the Creator’s words and above the creatures’ words’.</p><p><NAME> said, ‘I treasure my acquaintance with Nahjul Balāgha as\none of the most precious experiences of my life, which I would not exchange for\nanything.’</p><p>Nahjul Balāgha is the greatest literary and theological composition in Islam after the\nHoly Quran and the Sunnah . . . the words of Imam Ali (a) are considered to be the\npeak of Arabic eloquence (Ahlul-Bayt Assembly of America, 1986).</p><br><b>Reference</b>: al-islam.org; en.wikishia.net"
  },
  {
    "book": "Kitab Al-Tawhid",
    "blurb": "<h2>Kitāb al-Tawhīd</h2><p>Kitāb al-Tawhīd (lit. The Book of Divine Unity) is one of the earliest and most significant Shī‘ī theological sources which is compiled by the reputable muhaddith (Hadith scholar) of fourth/tenth century, Abū Ja‘far Muhammad b. Ali b. al-Husayn b. Mūsā al-Qummī known as <NAME> or al-Shaykh al-Sadūq (d. 381/991). Up to 300 scholarly works have been attributed to him, most of which are not extant today. He has compiled the Man lā yahduruh al-faqīh, one of the Four Canonical Books of the Shī‘ah Muslims.</p><p>This book is about Tawhīd in its general sense (knowing about Allah) and comprises narrations about the unity of the Divine essence, affirmation and negation attitudes in understanding Divine attributes, attributes of essence and attributes of action and their relation to the Divine essence, eternity and temporality, predestination and divine providence, determinism and absolute free will and the related topics.</p><p>Al-Shaykh al-Sadūq’s motive for compiling such a book was to respond to the accusations which were made against Shī‘ī Islamic beliefs by the enemies of this faith. This book has always been at the centre of Shī‘ī learning and considered as most authentic Hadith sources whose content would be cited for various theological discussions.</p><p>Kitāb al-Tawhīd has been translated into English twice: (i) by <NAME> and published by <NAME> (a) in 2009 and (ii) by <NAME> and published by Al-Mahdi Institute in 2013.</p><br><b>References</b>: al-islam.org; en.wikishia.net "
  },
  {
    "book": "A COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF RELIABLE NARRATIONS",
    "blurb": "<h2>Mu’jam al-Ahadith al-Mutabara (A Comprehensive Collection of Reliable Narrations)</h2><p>Mu‘jam al-Ahādīth al-M‘tabara is an encyclopedic work of eight volumes by the\ncontemporary scholar Āyatullāh Muhammad Āsif Muhsinī, in 1434 AH/2012 AD.\nThe book is a valuable compilation of reliable and authentic narrations. It is an answer\nto those who accuse the Shī‘ah of having weak narrations in their books.</p><p>Al-Muhsini had always wanted to collect the narrations that are Mu‘tabar (reliable) in\ntheir chains of narrators. He felt this would assist the jurist in his derivation process,\nthe researcher in conducting studies, the popular lecturer in preparing speeches, and\neven ordinary layman who were interested in knowledge.</p><p>The first attempt at completing the book took Al-Muhsinī four years and the result\nwas a six-volume work which contained 11,658 narrations considered reliable. But\nbefore the book could be published Al-Muhsinī had to make significant changes to\nabout 2000 narrations which fell outside the boundary of being reliable. In his second\nattempt, he was able to solve the issues.</p><p>Al-Muhsinī did not include a hadith with a weak chain except very rarely. He put in a\ndisclaimer about its weakness if he did include it. The main aim was to include the\nnarrations reliable by their chains, those that are termed sahīh, hasan, muwathaq and\nqawī.</p><p>Source: https://www.iqraonline.net/</p>"
  },
  {
    "book": "<NAME>",
    "blurb": "<h2>Kāmil al-Ziyarat</h2><p>This book discusses the concept of ziyārat (visiting holy shrines or places) and was\nwritten by <NAME> (d. 367 AH), an eminent Shī‘ah narrator. He was a student\nof <NAME> and a teacher of Shaykh al-Mufīd. Kāmil al-Ziyārat is an important\nhadith reference for the Shia. It has a total of 843 hadith in 108 chapters.</p><p>The book explains the rewards and the manner of visiting [the graves of] the Prophet\n(s), the Ahl al-Bayt (a), offspring of Imams, and the faithful. It contains authentic\ntraditions regarding the legitimacy of visiting the graves of the Prophet (s), Imams (a),\nand the faithful and answers questions raised by the opponents of ziyārat. It is said to\nbe the most complete and comprehensive book on ziyārat.</p><p>A large majority of the book focuses on Sayyid al-Shuhadā (a), and the rewards and\nmanner of visiting his grave. The author also speaks about issues such as the\nprediction of Imam al-Husayn’s (a) martyrdom, knowledge of the angels about it and\nmourning of all of creation for him.</p><p>Source: Wikishia.net</p>"
  },
  {
    "book": "Al-Amali",
    "blurb": "<h2>Al-Amali</h2><p>Al-Āmālī (which means dictations) is a book of hadith by Abu ʿAbdillāh\nMuhammad al-Baghdādī popularly known as Shaykh al-Mufīd (d. 413 AH). The\nhadith were dictated to his students during a period of seven years in the months of\nRamadan. It contains a total of 387 hadiths which were cited over 42 meetings with\nthe students. These meetings were held in the month of Ramadan where al-Mufīd\nread the traditions giving the chain of narration ending up to himself, and the students\nwrote them down. The book is considered as an important source of Shi’i hadith.</p><p>The hadith cover topics in ethics, principles of religious beliefs, and history, such as;\nHuman actions being recorded by angels, Love of Ahlul Bayt resulting in heaven,\nvirtues of the Ahlul Bayt and their Shī‘ah, virtues of people who seek knowledge,\nillnesses being a purification for one’s sins, knowing the position of Ahlul Bayt and\nthe acceptance of one’s actions by God being conditional upon belief in wilāya etc.</p><p>The book also contains some specific supplications as well as some sermons from\nImam Ali and Imam Zaynul ‘Ābidīn ‘alayhimas-salām.</p><p>Source: Wikishia.net, https://www.al-islam.org/al-amali-dictations-shaykh-al-mufid-shaykh-al-mufid</p>"
  },
  {
    "book": "Al-Khisal",
    "blurb": "<h2>Al-Khisal</h2><p>Al-Khisāl (which means the Traits), is collection of hadith compiled by Muhammad\nb. H<NAME>. Babawayh al-Qummī known as Shaykh al-Sadūq (d. 381 AH). He is\nconsidered one of the greatest Shī’ī jurists (faqīh) and hadith transmitters in the 4th\nIslamic century. Al-Sadūq has compiled many books, among them Man lā yahduruh al-\nfaqīh – second of the Four Canonical Shī’ī hadith books (al-kutub al-arba‘ah). He\ntravelled extensively to collect traditions. By stressing on traditions, he explained and\nproved theological arguments. His jurisprudence was also based on traditions.</p><p>Al-Khisāl is an encyclopedia of Islamic knowledge. It mentions historical, exegetical,\nphilosophical, and political subjects. The author has categorized the hadith based on\nthe numbers in every hadith. The book is unique and is the first book written in this\nmanner. It covers numbered characteristics, starting with one and ending with one\nmillion. The traditions are presented with a complete record of transmission.</p><p>The title of each chapter is according to numbers: the hadiths containing one trait are\nin chapter one; the hadiths containing two traits are in chapter two, and so on. For\nexample: Chapter One has, ‘One sign of the affection for the world’, Chapter Two,\n‘Two characteristics of a Shī‘ah’, Chapter three, ‘Three characteristics which have to\nbe in a person to be a faithful’, and so on.</p><p><NAME> himself presented his motivation for compiling Al-Khisal as follows, ‘I\nnoticed that the previous Shaykhs and scholars have already compiled books on\nvarious aspects of knowledge. However, they have neglected to compile a book on\nnumbers and good and bad characteristics. Since this topic is especially useful for\nthose who seek knowledge, I decided to compile this book in order to get closer to\nGod, attain divine rewards, prosperity and the Almighty God’s Mercy. I ask God not\nto turn my hopefulness into hopelessness, since He has power over all things'.</p><br><b>Reference</b>: https://en.wikishia.net/, https://www.al-islam.org/al-khisal-numeric-classification-traditions-characteristics-shaykh-saduq/preface"
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