Author Publication date 1376 lunar Genres Hadith, History of Islam | Language Arabic Media type Print book | |
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Similar Al‑Sawa'iq al‑Muhriqah, Kanz al‑Ummal, Majma al‑Zawa'id, Al‑Mustadrak alaa al‑Sahihain, History of the Caliphs | ||
Manaqib Of Ale Abi Talib ( virtues of Abi Talib's household) is known as Al Manaqib is on virtues and characters of Shiite Imams. The book has written by Ibn Shahr Ashoub, a Shiite scholar. The book has referred by both Sunni and Shiiism.
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Author
Abu Abdullah Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Shahr Ashoub or Ibn Shahraˆshuˆ b(489-588 lunar/1096-1192) was an Imammi theologian and jurist of Mazandaran in Persia. He had the reputation of being the greatest Shiite scholar of his time and was highly thought of even by the Sunnis. he was known as Rashid Al din And Ezza Al Din. He also wrote books such as Al Maalim.
Subject
The book is on virtues and characters of Muhammad, twelfth Imams and companions of Muhammad.
Motive
The Author mentioned reasons for writing the book such as Challenge between Shia and Sunni on Imamate or leadership, distorted narrations by some narrators on the subject of Imamate of Ali.
Authenticity
The book is admired by both Shiite and Sunni scholars and referred by both of them.
Content
Some of the contents of the book are as follow:
Ibn Shahr Ashoub also mentioned sections allocated to each Imam from Hasan Ibn Ali to Imam Hasan al-Askari. The book ordered in 4 volumes as follow:
Character
There is no chapter or section on twelfth Imam Mahdi, in turn was a significant theological subject in the period. There is no chapter on companions of Muhammad while the author said he will allocate a section on the subject.
Books on Al Manaqib
Summarizing the book,Two other books has written by the name of Nokhab al Manaqib for household of Ali and Nahj al Iman both of them by Hoesin ibn Jobayr.
Publication
The book was first published in Mumbai, India, and next published in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan many times.