Eight/Fourteenth Century 272. Zahir al-Din Abd al-Samad al-Fariqi al-Farabi (d. after 707/1307). In his sharh of al-Baghawi's Masabih al-Sunnah (MS. 60 in al-Maktabat al-Sulaymaniyyah, Istanbul, F. 340 b.) 273. Abu al-Fadl Jamal al-Din Muhammad ib...

Eight/Fourteenth Century 272. Zahir al-Din Abd al...

Fourth/Tenth Century 164. AI-Hafiz, al-Hasan ibn Sufyan al-Nasawi (d. 303/915). In Abu Nuaym (Hilyat al-'Awliya', i, 355). Tawthiq by al-Dhahabi. 121 165. Abu Abd al-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shuayb ibn Ali al-Nasa'i (d. 303/915). In his al-Khasa'is, p.95...

Fourth/Tenth Century 164. AI-Hafiz, al-Hasan ibn ...

Third/Ninth Century 95. Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri al-Habbal al-Kufi (d. 203/818). In Musnad Ahmad (v, 189) from him, from Sharik, from al-Rukayn, from al-Qasim ibn Hassan from Zayd ibn Thabit. Tawthiq by Ibn Muin and al-Ijli. 65 ...

Third/Ninth Century 95. Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Ab...

Abaqat al-'Anwar Among Sunni authors one who has written a book on the topic of the chains of transmission (turuq) of this tradition is al-Hafiz Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Tahir al-Maqdisi (448 507/1056 1113), known as Ibn al Qaysarani as mentioned by...

Abaqat al-'Anwar Among Sunni authors one who has ...

Hadith al-Thaqalayn Preface The Messenger of Allah - may Allah bestow peace and benedictions upon him and his Progeny - said: "Verily, I am leaving behind two precious things (thaqalayn) among you: the Book of God and my kindred (itrah), my househo...

Hadith al-Thaqalayn Preface The Messenger of All...

Hadith al-Thaqalayn Preface The Meaning of Tawatur Some Sahih Versions of the Hadith The Various Occasions Related to Hadith al-Thaqalayn At Arafat At Ghadir Khumm In the Mosque of Madinah In the Prophet's Chamber During His Last Illness Aba...

Hadith al-Thaqalayn Preface The Meaning of Tawat...

The Existentialist Viewpoint Existentialism has been rightly criticized for its refusal to acknowledge any kind of determination or definition of the human nature, for its considering every determination (even in the form of path or orbit) as contra...

The Existentialist Viewpoint Existentialism has b...

The World and Worldliness or a horse and the racecourse , or a merchant and the marketplace , or a devotee and his temple . The world, from the Islamic point of view, is a school for man, his training ground, and the place where he can acquire perfe...

The World and Worldliness or a horse and the race...

Zuhd and Freedom Another ingredient of zuhd is love of freedom and independence. The union between zuhd and freedom is as primordial as it is indissoluble. The dictates of need and exigency are the criteria of opportunists, whereas independence fro...

Zuhd and Freedom Another ingredient of zuhd is lo...

Taqwa as Immunity The Nahj al-balaghah stresses that taqwa is for man a shield and a shelter, not a chain or a prison. There are many who do not distinguish between immunity and restraint, between security and confinement, and promptly advocate the ...

Taqwa as Immunity The Nahj al-balaghah stresses t...

The Church and the Right of Sovereignty At the dawn of the modern age there was a movement against religion in Europe, which also affected more or less other regions outside the Christendom. This movement was inclined towards materialism. When we ex...

The Church and the Right of Sovereignty At the da...

God's Remembrance The roots of all spiritual, moral, and social aspects of worship lie in one thing: the remembrance of God and obliviousness towards everything else. In one of its verses, the Holy Quran refers to the educative and invigorating effe...

God's Remembrance The roots of all spiritual, mor...

Divine Unity an Ontological, not a Numerical Concept Another feature of tawhid (monotheism) as propounded by the Nahj al-balaghah is that Divine Unity is not numerical, but something else. Numerical unity means the oneness of something which has pos...

Divine Unity an Ontological, not a Numerical Conce...

Philosophical Notions Concerning metaphysics As mentioned before, the Nahj al-balaghah adopts two kinds of approach to the problems of theology. The first kind of approach calls attention to the sensible world and its phenomena as a mirror reflectin...

Philosophical Notions Concerning metaphysics As m...

Modern Perspectives During the fourteen centuries that have passed since 'Ali's times, the world has seen innumerable changes in language, culture and taste, and one may be led to think that 'Ali's discourses, which although might have invoked the a...

Modern Perspectives During the fourteen centuries...

Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah by : Martyr Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari Introduction This is the translation of sections from Martyr Mutahhari's book Sayri dar Nahj al-balaghah. This book consists of seven sections. In the first section the auth...

Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah by : Martyr Aya...

Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah by : Martyr Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari Introduction Nahj al-balaghah and the Present-Day Islamic Society A LITERARY MARVEL Two Distinctive Characteristics Literary Beauty and Elegance Influence of 'Ali's Orat...

Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah by : Martyr Aya...

AYATULLAHIL UZMA SIDI ALI HUSAINI SISTANI (ALLAH YA TSAWAITA RANSA) Wanda Ya Fassara: Y.A. Ningi Wanda Ya Buga: Mu’assasar Imam Ali (A.S.) Sunan Littafi: Tarihin Rayuwar Ayatullahil Uzma Ali Sistani Wanda ya fassara: Yakubu Abdu Ningi Adadi: ...

AYATULLAHIL UZMA SIDI ALI HUSAINI SISTANI (ALLAH...

SANIN MA'ASUMAI GOMA SHA HUDU A TAKAICE Muhammad Husain Adib Wanda Ya Fassara: Y.A. Ningi 1. MAFIFICIN ANNABAWA MUHAMMADU(SAWA)7 2. ALI (A.S.)11 3. FATIMA(A.S.)15 4. HASAN(A.S.)17 5. HUSAIN(A.S.)19 6. ALI (A.S.)21 7. MUHAMMAD (A.S.)25 8. ...

SANIN MA'ASUMAI GOMA SHA HUDU A TAKAICE Muhamma...

10. ALI (A.S.) Lakabinsa: Ridha, Sirajullah, Nurul- Huda, Kurratu Ainul Muminin Makidatul Mulhidin, Kufuwul Malik, Kafil Khalk, Fadhil, Sabir, Wafi, Siddik, Zakiy. Alkunyarsa: Abul Hasan. Mahaifinsa: Musa Kazim. Mahaifiyarsa: Takattumu wadda ake ...

10. ALI (A.S.) Lakabinsa: Ridha, Sirajullah, Nuru...

3. Fatima (S.A.) Lakabinta: Zahra Alkunyarta: Ummul A'imatul Athar (Mahaifiyar Imamai Tsarkaka), Ummul Hasan, Ummul Husain, (Mahaifiyar Husain), Ummul Muminin, (Uwar Muminai), Ummul Fada'il, (Uwar Falala), Sayyidatu Nisa'il Alamin (Shugabar matan h...

3. Fatima (S.A.) Lakabinta: Zahra Alkunyarta: Um...