Shaykh Tusi
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| Muslim scholar Islamic golden age |
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| Name: | Abu Ja'far al-Tusi |
| Title: | Shaykh al-Tayefah |
| Birth: | Ramadan 385 A.H. |
| death: | 22nd Muharram, 460 A.H. |
| Maddhab: | Shia Jafari |
| Main interests: | Kalam, Tafsir, Hadith, Ilm ar-Rijal, Usul and Fiqh |
| works: | founder of seminary of Najaf, writer of Tahdhib al-Ahkam and Al-Istibsar and Al-Tibyan |
| Influences: | Shaykh Mufid, Sharif Murtada |
Shaykh Tusi(Persian: شیخ طوسی–) Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Hassan Tusi(Persian: ابوجعفر محمد بن حسن طوسی–), known as Shaykh al-Tayefah (Arabic: شيخ الطائفة–) is a Persian of the Shi'a Twelver Islamic belief
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[edit] His Life
Shaykh Tusi born in Tus, Khorasan, Iran in Ramadan 385 A.H. (October 995)
At the age of 23, He moved to Baghdad to join the great center of Islamic knowledge. He lived in Iraq all of his life, and came to be known as the sole master of Fiqh after the death of his mentor, Sayyed Murtadha. He has several books and treatises on Kalam, Tafsir, Hadith, Ilm ar-Rijal, Usul and Fiqh.
He died on 22nd Muharram, 460 A.H. (2 December 1067)
[edit] His works
He's the founder of seminary of Najaf.
[edit] His books
Of the four authoritative resources of the Shiites, two are written by Shaykh Tusi. These two basic reference books are: Tahdhib al-Ahkam and Al-Istibsar. Both of these pertain to Hadiths of Islamic Jurisprudential decrees and injunctions.
3. Al-Nihayah
4. Al-Mabsut
5. Al-Khilaf
7. Al-Rijal
8. Al-Fehrist
10. Al-Tibyan Fi Tafsir al-Quran
11. Kitab al-Ghaybah
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