The Four Books

The Four Books (Arabic: ٱلْكُتُب ٱلْأَرْبَعَة, romanized: al-Kutub al-ʾArbaʿa) are the four canonical hadith collections of Twelver Shia Islam. The term is used mostly by Twelver Shias.

Name Collector No. of
hadith
Kitab al-Kafi[a]Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni al-Razi (329 AH)16,199
Man La Yahduruhu al-FaqihMuhammad ibn Babawayh9,044
Tahdhib al-AhkamShaykh Muhammad Tusi13,590
Al-IstibsarShaykh Muhammad Tusi5,511
Total ahādith44,344

Twelver Shia Muslims use different hadith books than those used by Sunni Muslims,[b] who prize the six major hadith collections. Unlike Sunnis, Twelver Shi'i Muslims uphold the Twelve Imams as their absolute authority of religion after the prophet Muhammad, and thus much of their hadith is transmitted on the authority of the Imams.[2] Shi'ites consider many hadith transmitters in Sunni tradition to be unreliable, particularly due to their indifferent or, at times, antagonistic stance towards Ahl al-Bayt (Household of Muhammad).[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi.
  2. ↑ However, for example Zaydi Shi'a Muslims accept and hold Sunni Hadith collections in high esteem.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Karimov, N.R., 2019. SOME BRIEF INFORMATION ON AL-SIHAH AL-SITTA. Theoretical & Applied Science, (5), pp.611-620.
  2. ↑ Seyyed Hossein Nasr, A young Muslim's guide to the modern world, KAZI Publications, Inc Chicago, IL, 2003, p. 19
  3. ↑ Momen, Moojan, Introduction to Shi'i Islam, Yale University Press, 1985, p.28-31


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