Riyad al-'ulama' wa hiyad al-fudala' (book): Difference between revisions

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'''Riyād al-ʿulamāʾ wa hiyād al-fudalāʾ''' is a book that was written by Mirza 'Abd Allah Afandi (1066 – 1130 AH) and is about biography of [[Shi'a]] and [[Sunni]] scholars. Afandi authored this book in an alphabetical way consisting of ten volumes; five volumes were dedicated to biography of Shi'a scholars, and the other half had to do with Sunni scholars.

He dealt with the social affairs of his age, and even sometimes touched on the subjects such as khiraj, salat al-jum'ah (Friday prayer), use of tobacco and disagreement between Shi'a and Sunni, and expressed his point of view independently. As were widespread in his era, He was severely opposed to the Sufism, sages and philosophers and believed that Sufi convictions and doctrines ought to be regarded as sins. He was going to author a book on the biography of Shi'a scholars since Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (aj) to his era, but he sometimes dealt with other subjects.