Publication date 2006 Originally published 2006 People also search for Al-Sunan al-Sughra | Media type Print book | |
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Language Persian, English, Arabic | ||
Khasais of Amir Al Momenin (Arabic: خصائص أمير المؤمنين) (Characters of the commander of the faithful) is a book on virtues and moral characters of Imam Ali. The book was written by Ahmad Ibn Shoaeib Nisai (died 303 AH). He was concerned in the book with the place of Ali and his relation to Muhammad .
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Author
He was born (215 AH) in Nisa, Turkmenistan, located in Greater Khorasan in ancient times. Nesaei counted as one of the six confident narrators among Sunni in Islam religion. The book of Sunnah (Traditions) written by him, counted as one of the Sihah Settah (Six sources books) among Sunni. Zahabi says that: Nisai is more skillful than other narrators like Termadhi and Moslem.
Motive of writing
Nisai traveled to Damascus in the last years of his life. When asked about the virtues of Muaviyyah, he responded: There is no special virtue about him, but The holy prophet said about Muaviyyah that Allah never satiates him. This book caused Nasibis to kill him.
Content
Nisai reported nearly 188 narrations on the character of Imam Ali. Some of the titles of books are as follows:
Translation
The book has been translated into the Persian, Indian, and Urdu languages. Some of them are as follows:
Recently Muhammad Kazim Mahmoudi has improved the book by adding more Sunni references.