Manaqib Ale Abi Talib

Manaqib Ale Abi Talib ( "") is a book written by the Shi'a Muslim scholar Ibn Shahr Ashub.
Author.
Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Shahr Ashub or Ibn Shahraˆshuˆ b(489-588 lunar/1096-1192) was an Imami theologian and jurist of Mazandaran in Persia. He had the reputation of being the greatest Shiite scholar of his time and was highly thought of even by the Sunnis. he was known as Rashid Al din And Ezza Al-Din. He also wrote books such as Al Maalim.
Subject.
The book is on virtues and characters of Muhammad, twelfth Imams, and companions of Muhammad.
Motive.
The Author mentioned reasons for writing the book such as Challenge between Shia and Sunni on Imamate or leadership, distorted narrations by some narrators on the subject of Imamate of Ali.
Authenticity.
The book is admired by both Shia and Sunni scholars and referred by both of them.
Content.
Some of the contents of the book are as follow:
Ibn Shahr Ashoub also mentioned sections allocated to each Imam from Hasan Ibn Ali to Imam Hasan al-Askari. The book ordered in 4 volumes as follow:
Character.
There is no chapter or section on twelfth Imam Mahdi, in turn, was a significant theological subject in the period.
There is no chapter on companions of Muhammad while the author said he will allocate a section on the subject.
Books on Al Manaqib.
Summarizing the book, two other books have been written by the name of Nokhab al Manaqib for household of Ali and Nahj al Iman both of them by Hoesin ibn Jobayr.
Publication.
The book was first published in Mumbai, India, and next published in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan many times.