Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Nama al-Hilli
| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Epithet | Najm al-Din |
| Religious Affiliation | Twelver Shi'a |
| Lineage | Ibn Namam Family |
| Well-Known Relatives | Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Nama (father) |
| Place of Birth | Hillah |
| Death | c. 680/1281-2 |
| Scholarly Information | |
| Professors | His father, al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli |
| Students | Al-'Allama al-Hilli |
| Permission for Hadith Transmission to | Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. Muhtadi |
| Works | Muthir al-ahzan wa munir subul al-ashjan |
Najm al-Dīn Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. Hibat Allāh b. Namā al-Ḥillī (Arabic: نجم الدین جعفر بن محمد بن جعفر بن هبة الله بن نما الحلي) (d. c. 680/1281-2) was a Shi'a scholar of the 7th/13th century from the Ibn Nama Family and a teacher of al-'Allama al-Hilli. His most important work is Muthir al-ahzan wa munir subul al-ashjan, a well-known maqtal of the Event of Ashura.
Life
Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Muhammad (Hibat Allah) b. Nama, known as Najm al-Din, was a scholar and muhaddith of the 7th/13th century. He also composed poems. Some of his poems in the praise of the Prophet Muhammad (s) and Ahl al-Bayt (a) are cited in some sources, including his own work.[1]
His father Najib al-Din Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Hibat Allah (565/1169-70 -636/1239 or 645/1248) was a great Imami scholar of fiqh (jurisprudence) and a teacher of al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli. In texts of fiqh, when "Ibn Nama" is mentioned without any qualifications, it refers to his father, Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Nama, whose views are significant for scholars of fiqh.
His great-grandfather, Hibat Allah b. Nama, was also respected by people and counted as a great Shi'a figure. His brother, Ahmad b. Muhammad, and his nephew, al-Hasan b. Ahmad, were also Shi'a scholars. al-Hasan b. Ahmad is said to be a teacher of al-Shahid al-Awwal.[2]
He studied under his father, Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Nama and al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, the author of Sharayi' al-Islam.
Students
Al-'Allama al-Hilli and Najm al-Din's brother, Nizam al-Din Ahmad, were among his students and people who transmitted hadiths from him.[3] Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. Muhtadi received a permission for the transmission of hadiths from him in 670/1271-2.[4]
Writings
- Muthir al-ahzan: (lit: stimulant of sadness and the light for the paths of crying), his most important work concerning the martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn (a) and his Companions. It was lithographically printed and published in Tehran in 1318/1900-1 together with the book, Qurrat al-'ayn fi akhdh thar al-Husayn (a). It was also published in Mumbai in 1326/1908-9 together with al-Sayyid b. Tawus's al-Luhuf and Abu Mikhnaf's Maqtal, in Najaf in 1369/1949-50 with a preface by 'Abd al-Mawla al-Turayhi, and recently in Qom (1406/1985-6) by Mu'assisa Imam Mahdi (a).
According to Afandi, Iltihab niran al-ahzan might be an alternative title for Muthir al-ahzan, but given al-Fayd al-Kashani's information about the book,[5] it should be a different work.
The work counts as an honored Shi'a written heritage and is a well-known book concerning the history of the Event of Karbala and Ashura. The book has been praised and cited by al-'Allama al-Majlisi in his Bihar al-anwar and al-Shaykh Taqi al-Din Ibrahim al-Kaf'ami in his Misbah.
- Dhawb al-nudar fi sharh al-thar (concerning the life of al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi). It was fully cited by al-'Allama al-Majlisi in vol. 45 of his Bihar al-anwar (pp. 346-387).
- Manhaj al-Shi'a fi fada'il wasi khatam al-shari'a, Al-Khwansari has attributed this book to Ibn Nama as well.[6]
According to Ibn al-Fuwati, Ibn Nama wrote a piece (consisting of both prose and poems) to reproach his brother, 'Alam al-Din Isma'il, and sent a copy of it with his own handwriting to Ibn al-Fuwati.[7]
Death
Najm al-Din Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Hibat Allah b. Nama al-Hilli died in Hillah around 680/1281-2.
Notes
- ↑ Amīn, Aʿyān al-Shīʿa, vol. 4, p. 157.
- ↑ Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 21, p. 106.
- ↑ Khwansārī, Rawḍāt al-jannāt, vol. 2, p. 179.
- ↑ Āqā Buzurg Ṭihrānī, Ṭabaqāt aʿlām al-Shīʿa, p. 31.
- ↑ Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, ʿIlm al-yaqīn, vol. 2, p. 824.
- ↑ Khwansārī, Rawḍāt al-jannāt, vol. 2, p. 179.
- ↑ Ibn al-Fuwaṭī, Talkhīṣ Majmaʿ al-ādāb, vol. 4, p. 570.
References
- Amīn, Sayyid Muḥsin al-. Aʿyān al-Shīʿa. Beirut: Dār al-Taʿāruf, 1403 AH.
- Āqā Buzurg Ṭihrānī, Muḥammad Muḥsin. Ṭabaqāt aʿlām al-Shīʿa. Edited by ʿAlī Naqī Munzawī. Beirut: [n.p], 1392 AH.
- Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, Muḥsin al-. ʿIlm al-yaqīn. Edited by Muḥsin Bīdārfar. Qom: Bīdār, 1377 Sh.
- Ibn al-Fuwaṭī, ʿAbd al-Razzāq b. Aḥmad. Talkhīṣ Majmaʿ al-ādāb. Edited by Aḥmad Ḥusaynī. Qom: [n.p], 1401 AH.
- Khwansārī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Rawḍāt al-jannāt. Qom: Ismāʿīlīyān, 1390 AH.
- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1403 AH.