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al-Abḥāth al-Mufīdah fī Taḥṣīl al-ʿAqīdah
AuthorʿAllāma al-Ḥillī
LanguageArabic
Series1 volume
SubjectBeliefs (ʿAqāʾid)
GenreTheology
PublisherUnpublished


Al-Abḥāth al-mufīda fī taḥṣīl al-ʿaqīda (Arabic: اَلْاَبْحاثُ الْمُفیدَة فی تَحْصیلِ الْعَقیدَة) is a treatise on Islamic theology in Arabic written by ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī (b. 648/1250 – d. 726/1325), a Shi'a jurist and theologian of the 8th/14th century. In this work, most theological topics, ranging from Tawhid (Monotheism) to Ma'ad (Resurrection), are discussed. Mulla Hadi Sabzawari, a Shi'a philosopher and mystic of the 13th/19th century, wrote a commentary on this treatise.

Author

Main article: Al-Allama al-Hilli

Ḥasan b. Yūsuf b. Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī (648/1250 – 726/1325), known as ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī, was a Shi'a jurist and theologian in the 8th/14th century. He authored over 120 books in the fields of Principles of Jurisprudence, Fiqh (Jurisprudence), Tafsir (Exegesis), Logic, Theology, and Biographical Evaluation. He played a significant role in the expansion of Shi'a jurisprudence and elucidated Shi'a theological and doctrinal foundations relying on rational principles.[1] His books Bab al-hadi 'ashar and Kashf al-murad are considered among the main sources for the study of Shi'a beliefs. His most famous works include Nahj al-haqq wa kashf al-sidq, Khulasat al-aqwal, Al-Jawhar al-nadid, Tadhkirat al-fuqaha, Qawa'id al-ahkam, and Mukhtalaf al-Shi'a.[2]

Date of Writing

ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī mentioned this treatise among his theological works in his book Khulasat al-aqwal and in the license (Ijāza) he issued for Muhannā b. Sinān.[3]

The exact date of the treatise's composition is not known. However, based on references ʿAllāma made in this treatise to two of his other books, namely Manahij al-yaqin (written on 6 Rabīʿ II 680/1281) and Al-Asrar al-khafiyya (written around 680/1281), it can be deduced that he wrote this treatise after the year 680/1281.[4]

Content

This book contains most theological topics and consists of eight chapters:

"An image of the manuscript of the book al-Abḥāth al-Mufīdah fī Taḥṣīl al-ʿAqīdah, from the Library of the Iranian Parliament, Iran"
  • Chapter One: Contains seven topics regarding general issues (Umūr ʿĀmma), discussing concepts such as existence and non-existence, possibility and necessity, and origination and eternity.
  • Chapter Two: Contains seven topics regarding substances (Jawāhir) and their rules.
  • Chapter Three: Contains twenty topics discussing accidents (Aʿrāḍ).
  • Chapter Four: Contains sixteen topics regarding the proof of the Necessary Being (Wājib al-Wujūd) and the examination of the Positive Attributes and Negative Attributes of God.
  • Chapter Five: Contains seven topics regarding Divine Justice (ʿAdl), including discussions related to rational Good and Evil (Ḥusn wa Qubḥ), actions of the servants, obligation (Taklīf), grace (Luṭf), pains, sustenance, terms (lifespans), and prices.
  • Chapter Six: Regarding Prophethood (Nubuwwa), containing four topics: the necessity of the mission of prophets, the Infallibility (ʿIṣma) of prophets, the proof of the prophethood of Prophet Muḥammad (s), and miracles (Karāmāt).
  • Chapter Seven: Regarding Imamate, containing four topics dealing with the necessity of appointing an Imam, the Infallibility of the Imam, and the proof of the Imamate of Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) and the other Infallible Imams (a).
  • Chapter Eight: Regarding Ma'ad (Resurrection), containing four topics including the reality of man, the possibility of the return of non-existence (to existence), entitlement to reward, and Repentance (Tawba).[5]

Manuscripts

At least three manuscripts of the treatise Al-Abḥāth al-mufīda fī taḥṣīl al-ʿaqīda exist (this book has not been published yet):[6]

  • National Library of Iran Manuscript (No. 4/1964): In the handwriting of Muḥammad Jawād b. Kalbʿalī b. Jawād Kāẓimī, transcribed in 1090/1679.
  • Library of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Manuscript (No. 7413): A late manuscript (likely from the 12th or 13th century AH), though the exact date of its transcription is unknown.
  • Public Library of Imam al-Hakim Manuscript in Najaf: In the handwriting of Muhammad b. Tahir al-Samawi, transcribed in 1335/1916.[7]

Commentaries

Several commentaries have been written on this treatise, including:

  • The commentary by Nāṣir b. Ibrāhīm Buwayhī Aḥsāʾī (d. 853/1449).
  • The commentary by Mullā Hādī Sabzawārī (d. 1289/1873).

Manuscripts of both commentaries are available in the Astana Quds Razavi Library.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Jamʿī az Pizhūhishgarān, Gulshan-i abrār, vol. 1, p. 138.
  2. ↑ Amīn, Aʿyān al-Shīʿa, vol. 5, p. 402, vol. 10, p. 229; Jamʿī az Pizhūhishgarān, Gulshan-i abrār, vol. 1, p. 144.
  3. ↑ Ḥillī, Khulāṣat al-aqwāl, p. 111; ʿAṭāʾī Naẓarī, "Nigarishī bar nigārish-hā-yi kalāmī", p. 85.
  4. ↑ ʿAṭāʾī Naẓarī, "Nigarishī bar nigārish-hā-yi kalāmī", p. 86.
  5. ↑ Ḍamīrī, Kitābshināsī-yi tafṣīlī-yi madhāhib-i Islāmī, pp. 274-275.
  6. ↑ Dāʾirat al-maʿārif-i buzurg-i Islāmī, vol. 2, p. 608.
  7. ↑ ʿAṭāʾī Naẓarī, "Nigarishī bar nigārish-hā-yi kalāmī", p. 86.
  8. ↑ ʿAṭāʾī Naẓarī, "Nigarishī bar nigārish-hā-yi kalāmī", p. 87; Ṭihrānī, Al-Dharīʿa, vol. 13, p. 57, vol. 1, p. 63.

References

  • Amīn, Sayyid Muḥsin al-. Aʿyān al-Shīʿa. Beirut, Dār al-Taʿāruf, 1406 AH.
  • ʿAṭāʾī Naẓarī, Ḥamīd. "Nigarishī bar nigārish-hā-yi kalāmī (4): Al-Abḥāth al-mufīda fī taḥṣīl al-ʿaqīda [1]". In Āyīna-yi Pizhūhish, no. 160, Autumn 1395 Sh.
  • Dāʾirat al-maʿārif-i buzurg-i Islāmī The Great Islamic Encyclopedia.
  • Ḍamīrī, Muḥammad Riḍā. Kitābshināsī-yi tafṣīlī-yi madhāhib-i Islāmī. Qom, Muʾassasa-yi Āmūzishī Pizhūhishī-yi Madhāhib-i Islāmī, 1382 Sh.
  • Ḥillī, Ḥasan b. Yūsuf b. Muṭahhar al-. Khulāṣat al-aqwāl. Editor: Jawād Qayyūmī. Qom, Muʾassasat Nashr al-Fiqāha, 1st ed., 1417 AH.
  • Jamʿī az Pizhūhishgarān-i Ḥawza-yi ʿIlmiyya-yi Qom. Gulshan-i abrār. Qom, Nashr-i Maʿrūf, 3rd ed., 1385 Sh.
  • Ṭihrānī, Āghā Buzurg al-. Al-Dharīʿa ilā taṣānīf al-Shīʿa.
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