List of Works by Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin

List of Works by Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin is collection of works by Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin a shia jurist, biographer and expert in Arabic literature from Jabal Amel, Lebanon. He authored many works including:

A'yan al-Shi'a

A'yan al-Shi'a is his most important work, which is a comprehensive reference containing biographies of Shi'a noble figures. A remarkable portion of the book is dedicated to biographies of Shi'a Imams (a); however regarding the expansion of the notion of Twelver Shi'a, the book has included biography and the works of 11,733 individuals to present Shi'a cultural identity and show the role of Twelver Shi'as in the progress of Islamic civilization. The book is a great biographical reference of important Shi'a figures, from early years of Islam to scholars contemporary to the compiler, including companions of the Prophet Muhammad (s), Tabi'un and experts of different fields including narrators, experts of hadith, reciters and exegetes of the Qur'an, jurists, Islamic philosophers, theologians, preachers, poets, experts in Arabic syntax, lexicography, morphology and rhetoric, logicians, mathematicians, astronomers, and even political figures like kings and ministers.

A'yan al-Shi'a consists of ten large volumes, of which the first one and half volumes are the introduction and the biographies of the Prophet (s), Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (s) and Shi'a Imams (a). The rest are biographies of other Shi'a figures.

Other works

Haqq al-yaqin (True certainty in necessity of unity amongst Muslims) in which he emphasizes the necessity of unity in Islamic Ummah.

Kashf al-irtiyab, in which he refutes the beliefs of Wahhabbism.

Lawa'ij al-'ashjan, in which he discusses the event of 'Ashura.

al-Tanzih li-a'mal al-shabih which has been written in objection to some of common ways of mourning among Shi'a and considers acts like tatbir against the Islamic Law.

Naqd al-washi'a
Tarikh Jabal 'Amil
'Asdaq al-akhbar fi qissat al-'akhdh bi-l thar
Al-Bahr al-zakhkhar fi sharh ahadith al-a'immat al-athar
Sharh isaghuji
Irshad al-juhhal
Al-Durr al-thamin
Al-Taqlid 'afat al-'uqul
Hadhf al-fudul an 'ilm al-'usul
Hawashi al-ma'alim
Hashiyat al-qawanin
Al-Durr al-munazzam fi mas'ala al-taqlid al-'a'lam
Asas al-shari'a
Arjuzat fi al-nikah
Tuhfat al-ahbab fi 'adab al-ta'am al-sharab
Jawabat al-masa'il al-damishqiyya
Jawabat al-masa'il al-safitiya
Jawabat al-masa'il al-'iraqiyya
Janah al-nahid 'ila ta'allum al-fara'id
Kashf al-ghamid fi ahkam al-fara'id
Safinat al-kha'id fi bahr al-fara'id
Hawashi al-'urwat al-wuthqa
Al-Rawd al-'arid fi ahkam tasarrufat al-marid
Al-Durus al-diniyya
Sharh al-tabsira
Durar al-'uqud fi hukm zawjat al-gha'ib wa al-mafqud
Durus al-hayd wa al-istihada wa al-nifas
Al-Dur al-thamin fi ahammi ma yajib ma'rifatahu ala al-muslimin
Al-Durrat al-bahiyya fi tatbiq mawazin al-shar'iyya ala al-'urfiya
Kashifat al-qina' fi ahkam al-rida'
Al-'Ujrumiyat al-jadida
Safwat al-safw fi 'ilm al-nahw
Al-Manif fi 'ilm al-tasrif
'Urjuzat fi al-sarf
Hashiya al-mutawwal
'Urjuzat fi 'alaqat al-majaz wa sharhaha
Al-Rahlat al-himsiyya
Al-Rahlat al-'iraqiyya
Al-Rahlat al-hijaziyat al-awla
Al-Rahlat al-hijaziyat al-thaniya
Al-Rahlat al-'iraqiya al-iraniya
Abutamam al-ta'i
Abufaras al-hamdani
Abu Nuwas
Hashiya al-ghurar wa al-durar
Hashiya miftah al-falah
Hashiya al-sahifat al-thaniya al-sajjadiya
Ma'adin al-jawahir
Miftah al-jannat
Al-'Alawiyat al-'ishrun
'Aja'ib ahkam Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-mufakhira bayna al-raha wa al-ta'b
Al-Amali
Al-Sahifat al-khamisa al-sajjadiya
Al-Qawl al-sadid fi al-ijtihad wa al-taqlid
Hawashi amali al-murtada
Al-Husun al-mani'a fi radd ma awradahu sahib al-minar fi haqq al-shia
Al-Shi'a wa al-manar
Iqna' al-la'im ala iqamat al-matam
Al-Durar al-muntaqat li 'ajl al-mahfuzat
De'bel al-khuza'i
Al-Durr al-nadid fi marathi al-sibt al-shahid
Sharh gharib al-sahifa al-thaniya al-sajjadiya
Fawa'id fi masa'il mutafariqa
Al-Majālis al-thanīyya fī manāqib wa masāʾib al-ʿitrat al-nabawīyya
Mulhaq al-ddurr al-nadid
Al-'Uqud al-durriya
Manasik al-hajj
Al-Masa'il al-damishqiyya fi al-furu' al-fiqhiyya
Al-Mawlid al-nabawi al-sharif
Five treatise in Mufakhirat al-mufakhira bayn al-ghina wa al-faqr
Al-Mufakhira bayna al-sayf wa al-qalam
Al-Mufakhira bayn al-'ilm wa al-mal
Al-Mufakhira bayn al-raha wa al-ta'b knon as 'A'jab al-'ajab
Over 20 treatise in rejections and criticism.
And other treatises.

References

The material for this article is mainly taken from فهرست آثار سید محسن امین in Farsi WikiShia.

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2nd/8th century	Works by Abu Mikhnaf
4th/10th century	Works by al-Shaykh al-Saduq
5th/11th century	Works by al-Shaykh al-Mufid • Works by al-Sharif al-Murtada • Works by al-Shaykh al-Tusi
6th/12th century	Works by Sa'id b. Hibat Allah al-Rawandi • Works by al-Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi
7th/13th century	Works by al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli • Works by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi • Works by al-Sayyid b. Tawus
8th/14th century	Works by al-'Allama al-Hilli • Works by Fakhr al-Muhaqqiqin
9th/15th century	Works by al-Kaf'ami • Works by al-Fadil al-Miqdad
10th/16th century	Works by Al-Shahid al-Thani • Works by Al-Muhaqqiq al-Karaki
11th/17th century	Works by Al-Hurr al-'Amili • Works by Baha' al-Din al-'Amili • Works by Mirdamad • Works by Mulla Sadra • Works by al-Qadi Nur Allah al-Shushtari
12th/18th century	Works by Sayyid Ali Khan al-Madani • Works by Ahmad al-Ahsa'i • Works of Sulayman b. 'Abdullah al-Mahuzi
13th/19th century	Works by Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin • Works by Allama Kunturi • Works by Muhammad Mahdi al-Naraqi • Works by Abu Ali al-Ha'iri‏ • Works by Ahmad al-Naraqi • Works by Sayyid Muhammad Ali Bihbahani • Works by Mirza Muhammad al-Astarabadi • Works by Muhammad Ja'far Shari'atmadar
14th/20th century	Works by Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Yazdi • Works by Shaykh 'Abbas Qumi • List of works by Abu l-Ma'ali al-Kalbasi • Works by 'Aziz Allah 'Utaridi • Works by Muhammad Baqir Qa'ini Birjandi • Works by Muhammad Jawad Mughniya • Works by Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar • Works by Mirza Husayn Nuri • Works by Sayyid Muhammad Ali Qadi Tabataba'i • Works by Al-Sayyid Sharaf al-Din • Works by 'Abd Allah Mamaqani • Works by al-Sharif al-Kashani • Works by Abu l-Hasan Sha'rani • Works by Muhammad Ali Habib Abadi • Works by Sayyid Hibat al-Din Shahristani • Works by Al-Sayyid Hasan al-Sadr • Works by Sayyid Hamid Husayn • Works by Mortaza Mutahhari • Works by Muhammad Ali Gharawi Urdubadi • Works by Muhammad Jawad al-Balaghi • Works by Sayyid Husayn Burujirdi • Works by Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani • Works by Allama Amini • Works by Muhammad Hirz al-Din • Works by Muhammad Husayn Kashif al-Ghita'
15th/21th century	Works by Imam Khomeini • Works by Morteza Motahhari • Works by Mirjahani • Works by Hasan Hasanzada Amuli • Works by Ayatullah Mazahiri • Works by Husayni Tehrani • Works by Allama Fadl Allah • Works by Ayatullah Gulpayigani • Works by Abd Allah Jawadi Amuli • Works by Ayatollah Mishkini • Works by Ali Panah Ishtihardi • Works by Ayatollah Safi Gulpayigani • Works by Sayyid Abd al-Aziz Tabataba'i • Works by Muhammad Sadiqi Tehrani • Works by Muhammad Fadil Lankarani • Works by Muhammad Muhammadi Ishtihardi • Works by Muhammad Wa'iz Zada Khorasani • Works by Sa'idi Khorasani • Works by Muhammad Baqir Mahmudi • Works by Allama Ja'fari • Works by Misbah Yazdi • Works by Ja'far Subhani • Works by Ali Namazi Shahrudi • Works by Sayyid Muhammad Shirazi • Works by Amid Zanjani • Works by Sayyid Ja'far Murtada • Works by Allama Shushtari • Works by Mudir Shanachi • Works by Muhammad Baqir Kamara'i • Works by Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi • Works by Allama Rawdati • Works by Ansariyan • Works by Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Muqarram • Works by Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Dastghiyb • Works by Sayyid Ahmad Husayni Ishkawari • List of works by Sayyid Kazim Ha'iri • List of works by Ali Dawani • Works by Ibrahim Amini • Works by Sayyid Ni'mat Allah al-Jaza'iri • Works by Muhammad Rida Hakimi • Works by Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din • works by Muhammad Husayn Najafi • Works by Muslih al-Din Mahdawi Isfahani • Works by Muhammad Taqi Ansariyan