List of Shia books

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Most famous
Sunni six major collections (Al-Kutub al-Sittah): Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim al-Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abi Dawood Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhib al-Ahkam by Shaikh Tusi al-Istibsar by Shaykh 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 Mishkat al-Masabih - 1340 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Zujajat al-Masabih - 1960 Minhaj us Sawi — 2003
Shi'a collections
The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Wasael ush-Shia — 1600s Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Sharh Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081
Mu'tazili collections
Nahj with comments — ?-1258

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 Uncategorized
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 seek to give a rational account of Shi'a theology in contrast with the Ash'ari, Mu'tazili and other theological schools of Islam. The contents of these books are taken from the 8th to the 13th century (2nd to 7th century of Islam).

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

[edit] Modern Kalam

These books seek to give a rational account of Shi'a theology in contrast with modern Western ideologies including Marxism and Liberalism during the 20th century.

Fundamentals Of Islamic Thought by Morteza Motahhari, trans. R. Campbell: Berkeley, California, Mizan Press, 1982

[edit] Hadith collections

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

Kitab al-Kafi of Kulayni (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi)
Man la Yahdhuruhu'l Faqih of Shaikh Saduq
Tahdhib al-Ahkam by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi
Al-Istibsar by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi

The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays —by Sulaym ibn Qays
Wasael ush-Shia — 1600s by Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili. A 20 volume collection, meant to include all 'authentic' Hadith from the available Shia hadith books, checking their authenticity on the strict principles of Ilm-ur-Rajjal.
Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s by Allama Majlesi. An encyclopedic, 100 volume collection, meant to include all Hadith current at the time of compilation as well as his opinions regarding their authenticity
Reality of Certainty (book)
Mir'at-ul-Uqool (Shahr Usul al-Kafi) — by Baqir Majlesi
Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ? by Mahdi Muntazir Qaim
Alal-Alshraiy — Shaikh Saduq
Hulyatul Mutaqeen — Baqir Majlisi

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

al-Sahifa al-Alawiya — prayers of 'Ali, the 1st Shi'a Imam.
al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 by Ali Zayn al-Abidin, the 4th Imam.
Sahifa al-Mahdi — 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
Al-Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Quran — by Al-Fazl Al-Tubrusi
Al-Tibbyan Fi Tafsir al-Quran — by Al-Sheik Al-Tusi
Tafsir Al-Qummi — by Mohammad bin Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Qummi
Min Wahi Al-Quran — by Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

[edit] History books

Restatement of History of Islam by Sayed Ali Asgher Razwy
Shi'a Islam (book) — by Allama Tabatabai
Fatemeh Is Fatemeh — by Ali Shariati
Tazkar-tul-Athar — by Sheikh al-Mufid
Kmaludin wa Tamamul Alnamat — by Shaikh Saduq
Majalisul Momoneen — by Qazi Noor Ullah Shoostri
Tareq-a-Shian-Ali— by Muhammad Hassan Rizvi

[edit] Shi'a-Sunni argumentations

Al Muraja'at — ? by Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi
Peshawar Nights (Khrshed-e-Khawar) — ? 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 Kitab al-Kafi.
A Shi'ah Anthology [1] — by William Chittick, Nasr, and Tabatabaei; A brief introduction to exemplary hadith from the 12 Imams.

[edit] Uncategorized

[edit] See also

[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.
An Introduction to Shi'i Law: A Bibliographical Study by Hossein Modarressi Tabataba'i (London 1984)