Al-jāmi'a () meaning "the Inclusive" is a book that

Twelver Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...

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believe was dictated by

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

Ja'far al-Sadiq Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ṣādiq ( ar, جعفر بن محمد الصادق; 702 – 765 CE), commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (), was an 8th-century Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian.. He was the founder of th ...

refers to it as a scroll (''ṣaḥīfa'') that is 70 cubits long and was dictated by the

Prophet Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

and written down by Ali. It is also known as

Kitab Ali Kitab Ali (''کتاب علی'') or the Book of Ali is a compilation of Muhammad's sayings that Ali is said to have written as Muhammad dictated it to him. It is said that the jurist of Mecca was aware of this text around the beginning of the seco ...

(lit. Book of Ali) in some sources. It is said that it covers all legal questions, including such details as the blood-money due for a scratch. The Origins of the Knowledge of Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.): Al-Jamia: Source: Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.) in the Holy Qur'an and Hadith, by Ayatullah Muhammadi Rayshahri
. imamreza.net. Retrieved on 16 January 2012.
ziyaraat.net: Ali the Magnificent, by Yousuf N. Lalljee, pg.69
(PDF) . Retrieved on 16 January 2012.
. imamalinet.net. Retrieved on 16 January 2012.Recognition of the Holy Imams (A.S.) in the Light of Traditions: Imam Ali Ibn Musa Al-Riza (a.s), by Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Reza Mudarrisi Yazdi
. imamreza.net. Retrieved on 16 January 2012. like Al-Jafr.

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Al-Jamia is a scroll made from

rams In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)cubits The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was primarily associated with the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Israelites. The term ''cubit'' is found in the Bible regarding No ...

long (as measured by the arm of Muhammad) and the width of a

sheepskin Sheepskin is the hide of a sheep, sometimes also called lambskin. Unlike common leather, sheepskin is tanned with the fleece intact, as in a pelt.Delbridge, Arthur, "The Macquarie Dictionary", 2nd ed., Macquarie Library, North Ryde, 1991 Uses ...

.Maxims of the Holy Prophet and the Imams (A.S.): Source: Al-Mawaaizh, Shaykh Saduq
. imamreza.net. Retrieved on 16 January 2012.Definition: al-Jami’a
Babylon.com. Retrieved on 16 January 2012.
al-islam.org (6 April 1997). Retrieved on 16 January 2012.
. al-huda.al-khoei.org. Retrieved on 16 January 2012. It is believed that the al-Jami'a never ages and that nothing written therein can be erased ("darasa"). And that because

Imams Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, serve ...

have it, they are significantly more knowledgeable about the law than any other experts. Abd Allah ibn Shubruma, a jurist from Kufa who died in 144/761 I'm wild-guessing that 144 means 144 anno Hijra and 761 is 761 common era--feel free to correct me* is thus disparaged by

. Similar to this, Ja'far al-Sadiq claims that Abd Allah ibn Al-Hasan, a leader of the rival Shi'i Hasanid branch, only has access to the texts that are available to the rest of the community; he lacks the additional texts that the Imams possess and will not be able to respond to legal questions as a result. There is no need for analogic reasoning (qiys) therefore, according to Shia imams, because the jami'a already has all of the answers. Ja'far al-Sadiq is said to have buried the book when the extremist Shi'i al-Mughīra ibn Sa'īd was crucified in 119/73736 I'm also wild-guessing that 119 means 119 anno Hijra and 73736 is likely a typo for means 736 common era--again feel free to correct me*on the orders of the

Umayyad The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...

governor

Khalid al-Qasri Khālid ibn ʿAbdallāh al-Qasrī (; died 743) was an Arab who served the Umayyad Caliphate as governor of Mecca in the 8th century and of Iraq from 724 until 738. The latter post, entailing as it did control over the entire eastern Caliphate, mad ...

, an event that al-Sadiq must have perceived as posing a threat to other Shi'is as well. The book, thus, was well guarded against enemies. The Twelver Shia believe that Al-Jamia is currently in the possession of the 12th Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi, after he inherited it from his predecessors.

The contents of al-Jamia include: *Details and showing of all the permitted (

halal ''Halal'' (; ar, حلال, ) is an Arabic word that translates to "permissible" in English. In the Quran, the word ''halal'' is contrasted with '' haram'' (forbidden). This binary opposition was elaborated into a more complex classification k ...

) and sinful things (

haraam ''Haram'' (; ar, حَرَام, , ) is an Arabic term meaning 'Forbidden'. This may refer to either something sacred to which access is not allowed to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the sacred knowle ...

). *Legal verdicts.

References

* {{cite book , last1=Kohlberg , first1=Etan , editor1-last=Ehteshami , editor1-first=Amin , title=In Praise of the Few. Studies in Shiʿi Thought and History , date=2020 , publisher=Brill , isbn=978-90-04-40697-1

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Kitab Al-Kafi, Chapter 40 (Statements about al-Jafr, al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)), translated by Muhammad Sarwar
Islamic texts Shia literature

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