List of Shi'a books

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Most famous

Sunni six major collections (Al-Kutub al-Sittah): Sahih Bukhari Sahih Muslim al-Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abu Da'ud Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Usul al-Kafi and Furu al-Kafi of Kulayni Man la Yahdhuruhu' l-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhibu 'l-Ahkam by Tusi al-Istibsar by Tusi Ibadi collections: al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani

Sunni collections

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 780-855 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — 923 Sahih Ibn Hibbaan — 965 Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain — 1014 Mawdu'at al-Kubra— 1128-1217 Riyadh as-Saaliheen — 1233 - 1278 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Da'if al-Tirmidhi — 20th century Sahih al-Tirmidhi — 20th century

Shi'a collections

The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Shahr Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081 Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ?

Mu'tazili collections

Nahj with comments — ?-1258

Contents 1 Theology of Shi'a 1.1 Classic Kalam 1.2 Modern Kalam 2 Hadith collections 3 Collections of Du'a (Supplications and Prayers) 4 Tafsir 5 History books 6 Shi'a-Sunni argumentations 7 Anthologies 8 Uncategoized 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit] Theology of Shi'a

These books include discussions about Theology (Tawhīd, Nubuwwah, Imamah, etc ) of Shi'a.

[edit] Classic Kalam

These books want to describe theology of Shi'a reasonably in contrast with Ash'ari, Mu'tazili and other theologic sects of Islam. The contects of this books are produced from 8th centuries(second to 7th century of Islam).

• Tajrid al-i‘tiqad by Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-1274)

[edit] Modern Kalam

These books want to describe theology of Shi'a reasonably in contrast with modern western ideologies including Marxism and Liberalism during 20th century.

• Fundamental Of Islamic Thought by Morteza Motahhari, trans. R. Campblle . Berkeley, Calif:Mizan Press , 1982

[edit] Hadith collections

• Nahj al-Balagha — Collected sermons of Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib.
• "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) - The collections which have gained most prominence. Comparable to Sunni Al-Sihah al-Sittah.

1. Kitab Al-Kafi (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Roza-tul-Kafi) of Kulayni
2. Man la Yahdhuruhu'l Faqih of Shaikh Saduq
3. Tahdhibu'l Ahkam by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi
4. Al-Istibsar by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi

• The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays — Purportedly one of the earliest surviving collections of Hadith. (Disputed by some shia scholars)
• Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s by Allama Majlesi. An encyclopedic, 100 volume collection, meant to include all Hadith current at the time of compilation without regard of authenticity
• Reality of Certainty (book)
• Mir'at-ul-Uqool (Shahr Usul al-Kafi) — by Baqir Majlesi
• Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ? by Mahdi Muntazir Qaim

[edit] Collections of Du'a (Supplications and Prayers)

• Sahifa-e-Alaviya — prayers of 'Ali, the 1st Shi'a Imam.
• Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 by Zain-ul-Abideen, the 4th Imam.
• Sahifa-e-Mehdi(atfs) — prayers attributed last Shi'a Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi.
• Mafatih al-Jinan — collected by Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi.

[edit] Tafsir

• Tafsir al-Mizan — ? by Allameh Tabatabaei
• Holy Quran (puya) — ? by Mahdi Puya

[edit] History books

• Restatement of History of Islam by Sayed Ali Asgher Razwy
• Shi'a Islam (book) — ? by ?
• Fatima The Gracious (book) — ? by ?

[edit] Shi'a-Sunni argumentations

• A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue — ? by Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi
• Peshwar Nights — ? by Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi
• Then i was Guided — ? by Muhammad al-Tijani
• The Shi'ah are (the real) Ahl al-Sunnah (book) — ? by Muhammad al-Tijani
• Ask Those Who Know (book) — ? by Muhammad al-Tijani
• To be with the truthful (book) — ? by Muhammad al-Tijani

[edit] Anthologies

• A Bundle of Flowers — a popular English language secondary collection of Shi'a hadith as collected by Ayatullah Sayyid Kamal Faghih Imani. It narrates traditions from such Shia collections as Man La Yahduruhul Faqih and Al-Kafi.
• A Shi'ah Anthology [1] — by William Chittick, Nasr, and Tabatabaei; A brief introduction to exemplary hadith from the 12 Imams.

[edit] Uncategoized

• Imamate and Leadership
• Fatemeh is Fatemeh
• Imamate: The Vicegerency of the Prophet

[edit] See also

• List of Sunni books
• Al-Islam.org

[edit] References

Academic sources:

• Shi`ah Islam by Muhammed H. Al-Tabataba'i. (online version)
• Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
• Shi'ism Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
• Introduction to Shi'i Islam by Moojan Momen, Yale University Press.

[edit] External links

Online Shi'a references: al-islam.org:

• What is Khums?

balagh.net:

• The Origins and Early Development of Shi'a Islam
• Imamate & Wilayat by Sayyed Muhammad Rizvi.
• Ethical Role-Models by Sayyid Mahdi as-Sadr
• The Message by Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani
• Several books on