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Question No. 3168 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified Content level: Intermediate

What Works Have the Imams Left Behind?

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Dear questioner, Master Ali Saei
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Dear teacher, what books and works have been left to us by the Imams, peace be upon them? I know only the supplications of the *Ṣaḥīfa Sajjādiyya* and *Nahj al-balāgha*. In particular, could you introduce works attributed to Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir and Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, peace be upon them? Please distinguish the books that would be accessible and useful for me to read; perhaps some are beyond my level. Thank you.

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The works transmitted from the Imams include hadith collections such as *al-Kāfī*, *Man lā yaḥḍuruhu al-faqīh*, *Tahdhīb al-aḥkām* and *al-Istibṣār*, as well as *Nahj al-balāgha*, *Ṣaḥīfa Sajjādiyya*, *Miṣbāḥ al-sharīʿa*, *Tawḥīd al-Mufaḍḍal* and *Risāla dhahabiyya*. Other works attributed to them include *Fiqh al-Riḍā*, *Tafsīr al-Imām al-ʿAskarī*, *Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl* and *Biḥār al-anwār*.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

Al-Kāfī, Man Lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh, al-Tahdhīb, al-Istibṣār,

In addition, a brief list of other hadith sources of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them):

Nahj al-Balagha, by Imam Ali (peace be upon him)
Sahifa Sajjadiyya, by Imam Sajjad (d. 94 AH)
Misbah al-Shari‘a, attributed to Imam Sadiq (d. 148 AH)
Tawhid al-Mufaddal, by Imam Sadiq (d. 148 AH)
Al-Risala al-Dhahabiyya, by Imam Rida (d. 203 AH)
Fiqh al-Rida, attributed to Imam Rida (d. 203 AH)
Sahifa al-Imam al-Rida, attributed to Imam Rida (d. 203 AH)
Tafsir al-Imam al-Askari, attributed to Imam Hasan al-Askari (d. 260 AH)
Awali al-La’ali, by Ibn Abi Jumhur al-Ahsa’i (9th century AH)
Mustatrafat al-Sara’ir (al-Nawadir), by Ibn Idris al-Hilli (6th century AH)
Muntaqa al-Juman fi al-Ahadith al-Sihah, by Ibn al-Shahid al-Thani (10th century AH)
Al-Durr al-Manthur min al-Ma’thur wa Ghayr al-Ma’thur, by Ibn al-Shahid al-Thani (10th century AH)
Khasa’is al-Wahy al-Mubin, by Ibn Batrik (7th century AH)
Al-Thaqib fi al-Manaqib, by Ibn Hamza (6th century AH)
Kifayat al-Athar, by Ibn Khazzar al-Qummi (4th century AH)
Tuhaf al-Uqul, by Ibn Shu‘ba al-Harrani (d. 413 AH)
Manaqib, by Ibn Shahrashub (d. 588 AH)
Basa’ir al-Darajat, by Ibn Farrukh al-Saffar (d. 290 AH)
Al-Tahsin li-Ibn Fahd, by Ibn Fahd al-Hilli (9th century AH)
Muthir al-Ahzan, by Ibn Nama al-Hilli (7th century AH)
Al-Gharat, by Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi (d. 283 AH)
Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawa‘iz, by Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Laythi al-Wasiti (6th century AH)
Al-Fada’il, by Abu al-Fadl Shadhan ibn Jibril al-Qummi (6th century AH)
Mishkat al-Anwar, by Abu al-Fadl Ali al-Tabarsi (d. 600 AH)
I‘lam al-Wara, by Abu Ali al-Tabarsi (d. 548 AH)
Al-Ihtijaj, by Abu Mansur al-Tabarsi (6th century AH)
Athar al-Sadiqin, by Ehsanbakhsh
Al-Sahifa al-Sadiqiyya, by Ahmad ibn Ta‘an al-Bahrani (14th century AH)
Al-Mahasin, by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqi (3rd century AH)
Al-Nawadir, by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa al-Ash‘ari (d. 280 AH)
Kashf al-Ghumma, by al-Irbili (7th century AH)
Al-Tamhis, by al-Iskafi (d. 336 AH)
Musnad Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), by Yusuf Uzbek
Jami‘ al-Ahadith al-Nabawiyya (al-Arus), by Ja‘far ibn Ahmad al-Qummi (4th century AH)
Al-Ghayat, by Ja‘far ibn Ahmad al-Qummi (4th century AH)
Deeds That Bar Entry to Paradise, by Ja‘far ibn Ahmad al-Qummi (4th century AH)
Al-Musalsalat, by Ja‘far ibn Ahmad al-Qummi (4th century AH)
Nawadir al-Athar fi Ali Khayr al-Bashar, by Ja‘far ibn Ahmad al-Qummi (4th century AH)
Tibb al-Nabi, by Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Mustaghfiri (5th century AH)
Kamil al-Ziyarat, by Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Qulawayh (d. 367 AH)
Usul Sittata Ashar, compiled by a group of transmitters
Mashariq Anwar al-Yaqin, by al-Hafiz Rajab al-Bursi (d. 773 AH)
Al-Ithna Ashariyya fi al-Mawa‘iz al-Adadiyya, by Sayyid Muhammad Husayni Amili Ayni
Mukhtasar Basa’ir al-Darajat, by al-Hasan ibn Sulayman al-Hilli (9th century AH)
Irshad al-Qulub, by al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Daylami (8th century AH)
I‘lam al-Din, by al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Daylami (8th century AH)
Al-Zuhd, by al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id al-Ahwazi (3rd century AH)
Al-Mu’min, by al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id al-Ahwazi (3rd century AH)
Uyun al-Mu‘jizat, by al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Wahhab (5th century AH)
Nuzhat al-Nazir, by al-Halawani (5th century AH)
Mahasin al-Azhar fi Manaqib al-Athar, by Humayd ibn Ahmad al-Zaydi (7th century AH)
Musnad Zayd, by Zayd ibn Ali (2nd century AH)
Forty Hadiths on the Imamate of the Commander of the Faithful, by Sulayman ibn Abd Allah al-Bahrani (12th century AH)
Al-Aman min al-Akhtar, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Al-Mujtana min al-Du‘a al-Mujtaba, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Al-Duru‘ al-Waqiya, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Fath al-Abwab, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Al-Luhuf (al-Malhuf), by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Muhasabat al-Nafs, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Al-Malahim wa al-Fitan (al-Tashrif bi al-Minan), by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Al-Iqbal, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Al-Tahsin li-Ibn Tawus, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Sa‘d al-Su‘ud, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Faraj al-Mahmum, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Misbah al-Za’ir, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Al-Yaqin, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Muhaj al-Da‘awat wa Manhaj al-Ibadat, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Falah al-Sa’il, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Jamal al-Usbu‘, by Sayyid ibn Tawus (d. 664 AH)
Nahj al-Balagha, by Sayyid Radi (d. 406 AH)
Al-Munajat al-Ilahiyyat of Ali (peace be upon him), by Sayyid Fadl Allah Rawandi (d. 548 AH)
Al-Nawadir, by Sayyid Fadl Allah Rawandi (d. 548 AH)
Jami‘ Ahadith al-Shi‘a, by Ayatollah Burujerdi
Al-Amali, by Sayyid Murtada (d. 436 AH)
Yanabi‘ al-Ma‘ajiz wa Usul al-Dala’il, by Sayyid Hashim Bahrani (d. 1107 AH)
Madinat al-Ma‘ajiz, by Sayyid Hashim Bahrani (d. 1107 AH)
Al-Burhan, by Sayyid Hashim Bahrani (d. 1107 AH)
Al-Amali, by al-Shajari al-Zaydi (5th century AH)
Al-Mazar, by the First Martyr (786 AH)
Al-Irshad, by Shaykh al-Mufid (5th century AH)
Maskan al-Fu’ad, by the Second Martyr (10th century AH)
Ta’wil al-Ayat, by Sharaf al-Din Ali al-Husayni (10th century AH)
Al-Durra al-Bahira, by the First Martyr (8th century AH)
Forty Hadiths, by the First Martyr (786 AH)
Miftah al-Falah, by Shaykh Baha’i (d. 1030 AH)
Al-Arba‘in, by Shaykh Baha’i (d. 1030 AH)
Wasa’il al-Shi‘a, by Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Hurr al-Amili (d. 1104 AH)
Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya al-Thaniya, by Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Hurr al-Amili (d. 1104 AH)
Al-Fusul al-Muhimma fi Usul al-A’imma, by Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Hurr al-Amili (d. 1104 AH)
Al-Jawahir al-Saniyya, by Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Hurr al-Amili (d. 1104 AH)
Ithbat al-Hudat, by Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Hurr al-Amili (d. 1104 AH)
Al-Amali, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Al-Mawa‘iz, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Thawab al-A‘mal, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Sifat al-Shi‘a, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Uyun Akhbar al-Rida (peace be upon him), by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Fada’il al-Shi‘a, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Musadaqat al-Ikhwan, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Al-Tawhid, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Al-Khisal, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Ilal al-Shara’i, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Fada’il al-Ashhur al-Thalatha, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Kamal al-Din wa Tamam al-Ni‘ma, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Ma‘ani al-Akhbar, by Shaykh Saduq (d. 381 AH)
Among the… Man lā yaḥḍuruhu al-faqīh — Shaykh Ṣadūq (d. 381 AH)
Ikhtiyār maʿrifat al-rijāl — Shaykh Ṭūsī (d. 460 AH)
Tahdhīb al-aḥkām — Shaykh Ṭūsī (d. 460 AH)
Al-Ghaybah — Shaykh Ṭūsī (d. 460 AH)
Al-Istibṣār — Shaykh Ṭūsī (d. 460 AH)
Amālī al-Shaykh al-Ṭūsī — Shaykh Ṭūsī (d. 460 AH)
Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid — Shaykh Ṭūsī (d. 460 AH)
Amālī al-Shaykh al-Mufīd — Shaykh Mufīd (d. 413 AH)
Al-Arbaʿūn ḥadīthan ʿan arbaʿīn shaykhan — First Martyr (786 AH)
Al-Imāmah wa al-tabṣirah — Shaykh Ṣadūq (d. 381 AH)
Farḥat al-gharī — ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Ṭāwūs (7th century AH)
Al-Ṣaḥīfah al-ʿAlawiyyah — ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Samāhījī (12th century AH)
Ghurar al-ḥikam wa durar al-kalim — ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Tamīmī Āmidī (5th century AH)
Nūr al-thaqalayn — ʿAbd ʿAlī ibn Jumʿah al-ʿArūsī al-Ḥuwayzī (d. 1112 AH)
Biḥār al-anwār — ʿAllāmah Majlisī (11th–12th centuries AH)
Tafsīr al-Qummī — ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim Qummī (4th century AH)
Masāʾil ʿAlī ibn Jaʿfar — ʿAlī ibn Jaʿfar al-ʿArīḍī
Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī — Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-ʿAyyāshī (d. 320 AH)
Tafsīr Furāt — Furāt ibn Ibrāhīm al-Kūfī (3rd century AH)
Al-Ḥaqāʾiq fī maḥāsin al-akhlāq — Fayḍ Kāshānī (11th century AH)
Al-Nawādir fī jamʿ al-aḥādīth — Fayḍ Kāshānī (d. 1091 AH)
Al-Wāfī — Fayḍ Kāshānī (d. 1091 AH)
Kalimāt maknūnah — Fayḍ Kāshānī (d. 1091 AH)

*Musnad al-Imam Ali*, Sayyid Hasan Qabanchi
*Al-Khara’ij wa-l-Jara’ih*, Qutb al-Din al-Rawandi (d. 573 AH)
*Al-Da‘awat*, Qutb al-Din al-Rawandi (d. 573 AH)
*Al-Balad al-Amin*, Taqi al-Din Ibrahim al-Kaf‘ami (d. 905 AH)
*Al-Misbah*, Taqi al-Din Ibrahim al-Kaf‘ami (d. 905 AH)
*Al-Ghayba*, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Nu‘mani (4th century AH)
*Mi’at Manqaba*, Ibn Shadhan al-Qummi (4th century AH)
*Ma‘adin al-Hikma fi Makatib al-A’imma*, Muhammad ibn al-Fayd (12th century AH)
*Dala’il al-Imama*, Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Rustam al-Tabari (5th century AH)
*Al-Mazar al-Kabir*, Ibn Mashhadi (6th century AH)
*Al-Arba‘un Hadithan fi Huquq al-Ikhwan*, Ibn Zuhra al-Halabi (7th century AH)
*Bisharat al-Mustafa*, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Tabari (6th century AH)
*Kanz al-Fawa’id*, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Karajaki (5th century AH)
*Ma‘dan al-Jawahir*, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Karajaki (5th century AH)
*Al-Ja‘fariyyat (al-Ash‘athiyyat)*, Muhammad ibn Ash‘ath al-Kufi (4th century AH)
*Jami‘ al-Akhbar*, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Sabzawari al-Sha‘iri (7th century AH)
*Al-Kafi*, Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni (d. 329 AH)
*Al-Arba‘un Hadithan*, Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi (d. 1111 AH)
*Kashf al-Haqq (Arba‘in-i Khatunabadi)*, Muhammad Sadiq Khatunabadi (13th century AH)
*Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays*, attributed to Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali (d. 76 AH)
*Mustadrak al-Wasa’il*, Mirza Husayn al-Nuri (d. 1320 AH)
*Al-Mazar*, Shaykh al-Mufid (d. 413 AH)
*Da‘a’im al-Islam*, Nu‘man ibn Muhammad al-Tamimi (d. 363 AH)
*Durar al-Ahadith*, Yahya ibn al-Husayn (3rd century AH)
*Tanbih al-Khawatir (Majmu‘at Waram)*, Waram ibn Abi Firas (7th century AH)
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