List of Works about Lady Fatima (a)
The list of works on Lady Fatima (a) includes hadith collections, works on her virtues, and her biographies.
Collecting the hadiths narrated by Lady Fatima (a) began in the early Islamic history. Sunnis gathered her hadiths in several works belonging to the musnad genre (collections of hadiths narrated by an individual) and in their thematic (musannaf) hadith collections. Shia have quoted the hadiths of Lady Fatima (a) mostly in their thematic hadith collections but recently in musnad collections as well. The works on the virtues or biography of Lady Fatima (a) are mostly compiled by Shias.
Musnads and Other Hadith Collections
Since early Islamic history, traditionists have collected the hadiths narrated by Lady Fatima (a). Sunni traditionists tended to gather her hadiths in musnads, and Shias quoted her hadiths in thematic collections of hadiths. In recent times, the musnad genre has become popular among the Shia as well.[1]
Sunni Musnads
- Al-Saqifa wa Fadak, written by Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Aziz Jawhari Basri (d. 323/934-5)
- Musnad Fatima, written by Ali b. Umar Al-Daraqutni Shafi'i (d. 385/995-6)
- Musnad Fatima al-Zahra, written by Umar b. Ahmad b. Shahin (d. 385/995-6)
- Musnad Fatima Zahra, written by al-Suyuti (d. 385/995-6), This work is one of the most comprehensive Sunni hadith works about Lady Fatima (a).
Apart from independent musnad collections of the hadiths narrated by Lady Fatima (a), her hadiths constitutes a chapter in musnad collections such as Musnad Ahmad b. Hanbal, Musnad Ishaq b. Rahawayh, Musnad Abu Ya'la Musili, and al-Mu'jam al-kabir by al-Tabarani.
Some of the hadiths narrated by Fatima (a) are included in Sunni hadith collections of other genres, such as al-Dhurriyya al-tahira al-nabawiyya.
Shia Musnads
- Man rawa 'an Fatima min awladiha, written by Ibn 'Uqda Jarudi (d. 333/944-5)
- Musnad Fatima al-Zahra', written by 'Aziz Allah 'Atarudi
- Musnad Fatima al-Zahra written by Sayyid Husayn Shaykh al-Islami
- Nahj al-hayat (Encyclopedia of the speech of Fatima), written by Muhammad Dashti
- Musnad Fatima, written by Mahdi Ja'fari[2]
- Dala'il al-imama, written by Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari. Considering its firs part, which has a musnad style, this book can be considered the earliest Shia musnad hadith collection of Fatima's hadiths.[3]
Hadiths of Lady Fatima (a) in Other Shia Hadith Collections
Most of the hadiths of Lady Fatima (a) in Shia sources are found in thematic collections (musannaf). For instance, volume forty-three of Bihar al-anwar and volume 11 of Awalim al-ulum wa l-ma'arif by Bahrani Isfahani contain her hadiths.
Manaqib Works
A common genre of hadith collection since early Islamic history is that the author gathers the hadiths on the virtues of a specific personality or group. Some of such works on the virtues of Lady Fatima (a) are the following:
Shia Hadith Collections on Her Virtues
- Manaqib Fatima al-Zahra' wa waladiha, written by Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari[4]
- Al-Rawda al-Zahra' fi manaqib Fatima al-Zahra', written by Abu Sa'id Muhammad b. Ahmad (Ancestor of Abu l-Futuh al-Razi)[5]
- Al-Khasa'is al-Fatimiyya, written by Baqir b. 'Isma'il[6]
- Manaqib Fatima al-Zahra', written by Hakim al-Nishapuri[7]
- Al-Risala al-bahira fi tafdil al-Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra' al-tahira, written by Sayyid Abu Muhammad Hasan b. Tahir Qa'ini[8]
- Sharh Ihqaq al-haqq wa izhaq al-batil, written by Sayyid Shihab al-Din Mar'ashi Najafi
- Manaqib al-Zahra' al-mustakhrija min al-kutub al-sihah, written by Ghulam Rida Kisa'i Kawkani
- Al-Arba'un hadith fi fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin wa Sayyida Nisa' al-Alamin bi riwayat Aisha, written by Ahmad Mahmudi
- Fada'il Fatima al-Zahra' az nigah-i digaran, written by Nasir Makarim Shirazi
- Fatima al-Zahra' az nazar-i riwayat-i ahl-i sunnat, written by Muhammad Wasif[9]
- Al-Arba'un hadithan fi fada'il Fatima al-Zahra' bi riwayat ahl al-sunna written by Najm al-Din Ja'far b. Muhammad Tehrani Askari[10]
Sunni Manaqib Works about Fatima (a)
- Al-Thughur al-basima fi fada'il al-Sayyida Fatima, written by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
- Ithaf al-sa'il bi-ma li-Fatima min al-manaqib wa l-fada'il, written by Muhammad b. Abd Allah al-Akrawi al-Qalqashandi (d. 1035/1625-6)[11]
Biographies
- Zindagani Fatima Zahra (a), written by Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi (d. 2008)
- Muntaha l-amal, written by Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi
- Jilwa-yi noor, written by Ali Sa'adatpur
- Zindigani-yi Siddiqa Kubra Fatima Zahra', written by Sayyid Abd al-Husayn Dastghayb
- Fatima bnt. Muhammad umm al-shuhada' wa sayyidat al-nisa', written by Amr Abu Nasr Misri
- Fatima al-Zahra', written by Husayn Imadzadih Isfahani
- Fi Nur Muhammad Fatima Zahra', written by Abd al-Fattah Abd al-Maqsud
- Fatima al-Zahra min al-mahd ila al-lahd, written by Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Qazwini
- Fatima al-Zahra' bahjat qalb al-mustafa, written by Rahmani Hamadani
- Wa'lamu anni Fatima, written by Abd al-Hamid Muhajir
- Bihar al-anwar (Volume 24), written by Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi
- Awalim al-'ulum wa al-ma'arif, written by Bahrani Isfahani[12]
Thematic Biographies
Some biographies of Fatima (a) focus on one part or event in her life, such as the story of Fadak, her birth, or her marriage:
- Mawlid Fatima, written by al-Shaykh al-Saduq (d. 381/991-2)[13]
- Mawlid al-Siddiqa al-Zahra, written by Muhammad b. Abd Allah Abu Aziz Khatti[14]
- Akhbar Fatima wa nash'atuha wa mawliduha, written by Muhammad b. Zakariya b. Dinar Ghulabi (d. 298/910-1)[15]
- Tazwij Fatima bnt. al-Rasul, attributed to Imam al-Baqir (a) with Tazwij Fatima bnt. al-Rasul li Ali b. Abi Talib, by Muhammad Harun Royani (d. 307/919-20)
- Tazwij Fatima, written by Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. Abi al-Dina (d. 281/894-5)[16]
- Tazwij Fatima, written by Abd al-Aziz Yahya b. Ahmad b. Isa Jaludi Azdi Basri (d. 332/943-4)[17]
Some biographies, written by the Shia, focus on the events that led to her martyrdom, such as the following:
- Al-Zalama al-fatimiyya, written by Al-Hasan al-Utrush (d. 304/917)[18]
- Al-Sawarim al-hasima fi masa'ib al-Zahra' Fatima, written by Mirza Husayni Kamali Istarabadi al-Hilli (d. 1346/1927-8)[19]
- Wafat Fatima al-Zahra', written by Abu l-Hasan Bakri Misri (d. 953/1546-7)[20]
- Bayt al-ahzan fi masa'ib Sayyidat al-Niswan (a), written by Shaykh Abbas Qummi
- Tazallum al-Zahra' min ihraq dima' 'al al-'aba, written by Mulla Radi Qazwini (d. 1134/1721-2)
- Wafat al-Siddiqa al-Zahra', written by Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Musawi al-Muqarram (d. 1391/1971-2)
- Al-Durrat al-gharra' fi wafat al-Zahra, written by Husayn b. Muhammad Al-i Usfur al-Bahrani (d. 1216/1801-2)
- Malikat Islam Fatima Zahra', Commentary on Khutba Fadakiyya written by Mirza Khalil Kamara'i
- Al-Nar al-hatima li qasid ihraq bayt Fatima, written by Sayyid Muqarrab Ali Naqwi Husayni[21]
Some biographies have an ethical and edifying approach.
- Al-Zahra quwat, written by Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadl Allah (d. 1431/2010)
- Akhlaq hadrat Fatima, written by Muhammad Mahdi Tajlangarudi
- Umm abiha, Madar-i nimuna-yi islam, written by Ghulam'ali Rahimiyan
- Fatima al-Zahra al-masal al-a'la li-l mir'at al-muslima, written by Sayyid Sharif Sa'id Amili
- Fatima Zahra, banuy-i nimuna-yi islam, written by Ibrahim Amini
- Fatima al-Zahra, Qudwah wa uswah, written by Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Mudarrisi
- Nisa'una kayfa yatamaththalna al-Zahra', written by Muhammad Ja'far Shams al-Din al-Amili[22]
In contemporary times, some Fatima (a) biographies have been written with a narrative style.
- Kashti-yi pahlu girifta, written by Sayyid Mahdi Shuja'i
- Bihisht-i arghawan qissa-yi natamam-i Siddiqah, written by Kamal Sayyid Iraqi
- Fatima Fatima Ast, written by Ali Shari'ati (d. 1977)
Al-Khutba al-Fadakiyya
Among the sayings of Fatima (a), there is a well-known speech recorded in historical and hadith sources. This speech called al-Khutba al-Fadakiyya (Speech on Fadak), was delivered by Fatima (a) in relation to the confiscation of Fadak and usurpation of the caliphate.
The speech is recorded in sources such as Balaghat al-nisa' by Ibn Tayfur, al-Shafi by al-Sharif al-Murtada, al-Ihtijaj by al-Tabrisi, al-Tara'if by Ibn Tawus, and Kashf al-ghumma by al-Irbili. This speech has several commentaries, including two recent commentaries by Muhammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi and Mujtaba Tehrani.[23]
Notes
- ↑ Maʿmūrī, Kitābshināsi-yi Fāṭima, vol. 2, p. 562-564.
- ↑ Maʿmūrī, Kitābshināsi-yi Fāṭima, vol. 2, p. 564.
- ↑ Maʿmūrī, Kitābshināsi-yi Fāṭima, vol. 2, p. 563; Ṭabarī, Dalāʾil al-imāma, p. 65-76.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 22, p. 332.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 11, p. 294.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 1, p. 430.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 7, p. 173-174.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 3, p. 15.
- ↑ Maʿmūrī, Kitābshināsi-yi Fāṭima, vol. 2, p. 567.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 1, p. 430.
- ↑ Maʿmūrī, Kitābshināsi-yi Fāṭima, vol. 2, p. 566.
- ↑ Maʿmūrī, Kitābshināsi-yi Fāṭima, vol. 2, p. 571.
- ↑ Najāshī, Rijāl Najāshī, p. 392.
- ↑ Baghdādī, Hadīyyat al-ʿārifīn, vol. 1, p. 441-442.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 1, p. 343-344.
- ↑ Baghdādī, Hadīyyat al-ʿārifīn, vol. 1, p. 441-442.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 4, p. 172.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 15, p. 201.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 15, p. 92.
- ↑ Āgā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, al-Dharīʿa, vol. 25, p. 119.
- ↑ Maʿmūrī, Kitābshināsi-yi Fāṭima, vol. 2, p. 570.
- ↑ Maʿmūrī, Kitābshināsi-yi Fāṭima, vol. 2, p. 572.
- ↑ YJC.ir See: Tehrani, Short discussion about al-Fadakiyya Sermon
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