List of Shia books

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Most famous
Sunni six major collections (Al-Kutub al-Sittah): Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim al-Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abu Da'ud Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Usul al-Kafi and Furu al-Kafi of Kulayni Man la Yahduruhu' l-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhibu 'l-Ahkam by al-Tusi al-Istibsar by al-Tusi Ibadi collections: al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani
Sunni collections
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 780-855 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — 923 Sahih Ibn Hibbaan — 965 Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain — 1014 Mawdu'at al-Kubra— 1128-1217 Riyadh as-Saaliheen — 1233 - 1278 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Da'if al-Tirmidhi — 20th century Sahih al-Tirmidhi — 20th century
Shi'a collections
The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Sharh Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081 Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ?
Mu'tazili collections
Nahj with comments — ?-1258

1 Theology of Shi'a
- 1.1 Classic Kalam
- 1.2 Modern Kalam
2 Hadith collections
3 Collections of Du'a (Supplications and Prayers)
4 Tafsir
5 History books
6 Shi'a-Sunni argumentations
7 Anthologies
8 Uncategoized
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

[edit] Theology of Shi'a

These books include discussions about Theology (Tawhīd, Nubuwwah, Imamah, etc ) of Shi'a.

[edit] Classic Kalam

These books want to describe theology of Shi'a reasonably in contrast with Ash'ari, Mu'tazili and other theologic sects of Islam. The contects of this books are produced from 8th centuries(second to 7th century of Islam).

Tajrid al-i‘tiqad by Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-1274)

[edit] Modern Kalam

These books want to describe theology of Shi'a reasonably in contrast with modern western ideologies including Marxism and Liberalism during 20th century.

Fundamental Of Islamic Thought by Morteza Motahhari, trans. R. Campblle . Berkeley, Calif:Mizan Press , 1982

[edit] Hadith collections

Nahj al-Balagha — Collected sermons of Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib.
"The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) - The collections which have gained most prominence. Comparable to Sunni Al-Sihah al-Sittah.

Kitab Al-Kafi (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Roza-tul-Kafi) of Kulayni
Man la Yahdhuruhu'l Faqih of Shaikh Saduq
Tahdhibu'l Ahkam by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi
Al-Istibsar by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi

The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays — The earliest surviving collections of Hadith from the 1st Century After HIjra.
Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s by Allama Majlesi. An encyclopedic, 100 volume collection, meant to include all Hadith current at the time of compilation as well as his opinions regarding their authenticity
Reality of Certainty (book)
Mir'at-ul-Uqool (Shahr Usul al-Kafi) — by Baqir Majlesi
Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ? by Mahdi Muntazir Qaim

[edit] Collections of Du'a (Supplications and Prayers)

Sahifa-e-Alaviya — prayers of 'Ali, the 1st Shi'a Imam.
Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 by Zain-ul-Abideen, the 4th Imam.
Sahifa-e-Mehdi(atfs) — prayers attributed last Shi'a Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi.
Mafatih al-Jinan — collected by Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi.

[edit] Tafsir

Tafsir al-Mizan — by Allameh Tabatabaei
Holy Quran (puya) — by Mahdi Puya
Al-Bayyan Fi Tafseer al-Quran — by Al-Fazl Al-Tubrusi
Al-Tibbyan Fi Tafseer al-Quran — by Al-Sheik Al-Tousi
Tafseer Al-Qumi — by Mohammed bin Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Qumi
Min Wahi Al-Quran — by Mohammed Hussain Fadlallah

[edit] History books

Restatement of History of Islam by Sayed Ali Asgher Razwy
Shi'a Islam (book) — by Allama Tabatabai
Fatima The Gracious (book) — by Ali Shariati

[edit] Shi'a-Sunni argumentations

A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue — ? by Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi
Peshwar Nights — ? by Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi
Then i was Guided — ? by Muhammad al-Tijani
The Shi'ah are (the real) Ahl al-Sunnah (book) — ? by Muhammad al-Tijani
Ask Those Who Know (book) — ? by Muhammad al-Tijani
To be with the truthful (book) — ? by Muhammad al-Tijani

[edit] Anthologies

A Bundle of Flowers — a popular English language secondary collection of Shi'a hadith as collected by Ayatullah Sayyid Kamal Faghih Imani. It narrates traditions from such Shia collections as Man La Yahduruhul Faqih and Al-Kafi.
A Shi'ah Anthology [1] — by William Chittick, Nasr, and Tabatabaei; A brief introduction to exemplary hadith from the 12 Imams.