Manaqib Ale Abi Talib ( ') is a book written by the Shi'a Muslim scholar Ibn Shahr Ashub.

Author

Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Shahr Ashub or Ibn Shahraˆshuˆ b(489-588 lunar/1096-1192) was an Imami theologian and jurist of

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. He had the reputation of being the greatest

Shiite Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

scholar of his time and was highly thought of even by the

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. 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

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s, and companions of Muhammad.

Motive

The Author mentioned reasons for writing the book such as Challenge between

Shia Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

and

Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...

on Imamate or leadership, distorted narrations by some narrators on the subject of Imamate of

Ali Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib an ...

Authenticity

The book is admired by Shia scholars and referred by them.

Content

Some of the contents of the book are as follow: * Section on Our Sayyed the apostle of Allah * Section on Imamate or leadership * Section on Grades of Ali * Section on Virtues of Ali * Section on Virtues of Fatima Ibn Shahr Ashoub also mentioned sections allocated to each Imam from

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to Imam

Hasan al-Askari Hasan al-Askari (; ) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is regarded as the eleventh of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Hadi. Hasan Al-Askari was born in Medina in 844 and brought with his father to the garris ...

. The book ordered in 4 volumes as follow: * the First volume is concerned with Muhammad's life including prophecy, wars, etc. * the Second volume is concerned with virtues and characters of Ali, also to cruelties against the household of Muhammad chronologically. * the third volume is concerned with Muhammad's sayings on Ali's successorship and reported miracles. * the fourth volume is concerned to the life of other Shiite Imams from second Imam Hasan bin Ali to eleventh Imam Hasan Askari.

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 have been written by the name of Nokhab al Manaqib for household of

and Nahj al Iman both of them by Hoesin ibn Jobayr.

Publication

The book was first published in

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, and next published in

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and

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many times.

External links

* https://books.google.com/books?id=sx1bqgibKhQC&dq=ibn+shahrashub&pg=PA370 * {{cite journal , last1=Pierce , first1=Matthew , title=Ibn Shahrashub and Shi'a Rhetorical Strategies in the 6th/12th Century , journal=Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies , date=2012 , volume=5 , issue=4 , pages=441–454 , doi=10.1353/isl.2012.0056 , s2cid=143686062 , id={{Project MUSE, 492284

References

Shia hadith collections Ali Shia bibliography