Al-Insaf fi l-nass ala l-A'imma al-Ithna Ashar (book)

Al-Insaf fi l-nas ala l-A'imma al-Ithna Ashar

Bibliographical Information
Author	Al-Sayyid Hashim al-Bahrani
Original title	الاِنْصاف فِی النّص عَلی الْائمّة الاثْنی عَشَر علیهم‌السلام
Language	Arabic
Subject	Narrations on Twelver Shi'a's Imams (a)
Genre	Hadith
Published	1378 Sh./1999-2000, Tehran
Publisher	Daftar-i Nashr-i Farhang-i Islami

Al-Inṣāf fī l-naṣ alā l-Aʾimma al-Ithnā Ashar (Arabic: الاِنْصاف فِی النّص عَلی الْائمّة الاثْنی عَشَر علیهم‌السلام) is a book in Arabic written by Al-Sayyid Hashim al-Tubili al-Bahrani, a hadith scholar. It is a collection of narrations and texts on Twelver Shi'a's Imams (a). This book includes 320 hadiths gathered from different Sunni and Shi'ite sources on Twelver Shi'a Imam (a).

The Author

Main article: Al-Sayyid Hashim al-Bahrani

Al-Sayyid Hashim al-Tubili al-Bahrani known as Allama al-Bahrani was a faqih (Jurist), hadith scholar and exegete in the eleventh/seventeenth century, from Bahrain. He had the religious and social authority of the Bahrani people. He also authored al-Burhan fi tafsir al-Qur'an. The author of Wasa'il al-Shi'a, al-Hurr al-Amili, was one of al-Bahrani's students. Al-Bahrani passed away in 1107/1695-6 or 1109/1697-8. He is buried in the famous Matini cemetery in Tubili, Bahrain.

Style and Structure

Al-Bahrani only narrated hadiths from other sources and he did not add any comment on them like his other works. Al-Insaf fi l-nas ala al-A'imma al-Ithna Ashar is only a collection of hadiths with no analysis or review.

The hadiths collected in this book are organized alphabetically; the hadiths of each narrator are cited below the first alphabet of their names. Also, a part is added to the book with the names of hadith narrators without alphabetical order. Then there is a part in which narrations opposing Twelver Shi'a Imams (a) are stated.

In the last part of the book, al-Bahrani responded to the raised questions and evaluations of those who disagreed with a number of hadiths cited in the book.

Translation and Publication

Al-Insaf fi l-nas ala al-A'imma al-Ithna Ashar was translated by al-Sayyid Hashim Rasuli al-Mahallati. It is published by the Office of Islamic Culture Publication.