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Sacred Narrations (Aḥadīth) and Commentary

• Al-Ṣaḥīfat al-Sajjādiyyah

  ʿAli son of Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn al-islam.org

  The collected prayers of the fourth Imam of the Family of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt) are a wellspring for spiritual reflection and connection to the Divine.

• Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī

  Compiled by al-Sharīf al-Raḍī – Edited and Translated by Tahera Qutbuddin brill.com

  A rich collection of theological, spiritual, and political documents and statements attributed to Imam ʿAlī son of Abu Ṭālib

• A Shi'ite Anthology

  Allāmah Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Translated by William Chittick al-islam.org

  Especially selected for the Western reader by the renowned Islamic scholar Tabataba'i, a collection of sayings, sermons, prayers and writings that represent a cross section of Shi'ite religious thought with an emphasis upon the principles and fundamentals (usul) of Islam, the passages from the traditions shed light on three basic dimensions of Shi'ite tradition: 1. The Unity of God 2. The political, social and moral teachings and 3. The spiritual life.

• Introduction to Hadith, including Dirayat al-Hadith by al-Shahid al-Thani

  ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Faḍlī al-buraq.org

  "This book outlines the history, development, and current practice of hadith science with special attention to Shiʿa scholarship. It covers hadith terminology, sources of hadith, chains of narration, categories of hadith, the criteria for accepting hadith narrators, and transmission of hadith. Additionally, the book includes a translation of a seminal work on hadith studies, Dirayat al-Hadith, by the renowned sixteenth-century Shiʿi scholar al-Shahid al-Thani ­– the work that paved the way for the modern Shiʿi study of hadith."

• History of Hadith Compilation

  Muḥammad ʿAlī Mahdavirād islamic-college.ac.uk

  "Why were the early Muslims so ambivalent about recording the hadith, and did the ban on writing hadith mean that no hadith manuscripts survived? This new study explores the approach of the Prophet and the twelve Imams to the writing of hadith. It uncovers numerous Companions of the Prophet and students of the twelve Imams who are said to have left behind hadith manuscripts."