al-Istibsar (Arabic: ٱلِٱسْتِبْصَار فِيمَا ٱخْتُلِفَ مِن ٱلْأَخْبَار, romanized: al-Istibṣār fī-mā ukhtulifa min al-Akhbār, lit. 'Reflection Upon The...

romanized: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad; c. 846–874), better known as Hasan al-Askari (Arabic: الحَسَن ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ, romanized: al-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī)...

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...

Al-Kafi (Arabic: ٱلْكَافِي, al-Kāfī, literally 'The Sufficient') is a hadith collection of the Twelver Shī‘ah tradition, compiled in the first half of...

al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi) Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhib al-Ahkam of Shaikh Tusi al-Istibsar of Shaikh Tusi (Primary Hadith books are...

Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim (Arabic: مُوسَىٰ ٱبْن جَعْفَر ٱلْكَاظِم, romanized: Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar al-Kāẓim; 745–799) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet...

Nahj al-balāgha (Arabic: نَهْج ٱلْبَلَاغَة, lit. 'the path of eloquence') is the best-known collection of sermons, letters, and sayings attributed to Ali...

al-Faqih — by Ibn Babawayh (died 380 AH) Tahdhib al-Ahkam — by Shaykh Tusi (died 460 AH) Al-Istibsar — by Shaykh Tusi These collections are highly regarded...

father, Muhammad al-Jawad (d. 835). Born in Medina in 828, Ali is known with the titles al-Hādī (Arabic: الهادي, lit. 'the guide') and al-Naqī (Arabic: النقي...

separately assessed. List of Shia books The Four Books Al-Istibsar Kitab al-Kafi Tahdhib al-Ahkam Al-Islam.org Eliade, Adams, Mircea, Charles J. (1987)....

Kitab al-Kafi by Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni al-Razi (329 AH), Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih by Muhammad ibn Babuya and Al-Tahdhib and Al-Istibsar both...

Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad (Arabic: محمد بن علي الجواد, romanized: Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Jawād, c. 8 April 811 – 29 November 835) was a descendant of the...

Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Mahdi (Arabic: محمد بن الحسن المهدي, romanized: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of...

in rank. The highest ranking marjiʿ is known as the marja al-mutlaq or marja al-taqlid al-mutlaq. A marji' is usually also a grand ayatollah. Sources...

Wayback Machine. Mustadrak al-Mustadrak al-Masdarq al-Masdarq al-Masdar al-Shayyah by al-Mufid Birthday of Imam al-Hassan al-Askari, Al-Alam TV, January 07,...

into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi) Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhib al-Ahkam of Shaikh Tusi Al-Istibsar of Shaikh Tusi...

Hajar al-Asqalani Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Tanukhi and Abd al-Rahim ibn Razin al-Hamwi Abu al-Fadl Ahmad ibn Abi Talib al-Hajjar Al-Hussein al-Mubarak...

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: محمد باقر الصدر, romanized: Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (Arabic:...

Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili al-Jizzini, (1334–1385) is known to Shias as the Shahid Awwal (Arabic: الشهيد الأول ash-Shahid al-Awwal "The First...

Hujjat al-Islam (Arabic: حجة الإسلام, romanized: ḥujjat ul-Islām, Persian: حجةالاسلام or حجت‌الاسلام, romanized: hojjat-ol-Eslām) is an Islamic honorific...

Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (Arabic: جَعْفَر بْن مُحَمَّد ٱلصَّادِق, romanized: Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq; c. 702–765 CE) was a Shia Muslim scholar...

Abu ʿAbd-Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn Ḥamdān al-Jonbalānī al-Khaṣībī (Arabic: الحسين بن حمدان الخصيبي), died 969, was originally from a village called Jonbalā,...

other creatures. Shia Islam portal Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya Kitab al-Kafi Al-Istibsar Tahdhib al-Ahkam Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih A`amaal Ummi Dawud Urdu version...

Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (Arabic: محمد بن علي الباقر, romanized: Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Bāqir; c. 676–732) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad...

Kutub al-Sittah (Arabic: ٱلْكُتُب ٱلسِّتَّة, romanized: al-Kutub al-Sitta, lit. 'the Six Books'), also known as al-Sihah al-Sitta (Arabic: الصحاح الستة...

Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (Arabic: المُعجَم الْكَبِير, romanized: Al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr) is a hadith collection compiled by al-Tabarani. It is part of his hadith...

The Four Books (Arabic: ٱلْكُتُب ٱلْأَرْبَعَة, romanized: al-Kutub al-ʾArbaʿa) are the four canonical hadith collections of Shia Islam. The term is used...

Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sajjad (Arabic: علي بن الحسين السجاد, romanized: ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Sajjād, c. 658 – 712), also known as Zayn al-Abidin (Arabic:...

Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (Arabic: ٱلصَّحِيفَة ٱلسَّجَّادِيَّة, romanized: Al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya, lit. 'the scripture of al-Sajjad') is a book of supplications...

Majlisi, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Al-Shaykh al-Saduq, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Shaykh Tusi, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, and Al-Hilli.[citation needed] Bada'...