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'''''Kitāb | '''''Kitāb Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh''''' (Arabic: {{ia|كِتاب مَن لايَحضُرُه الفَقيه}}) is a [[hadith]] collection mainly about [[jurisprudence]] (fiqh) complied by the famous [[Shi'a]] hadith scholar [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]]. This book is among the most reliable books and one of the [[Four Books]] of Shi'a hadith. | ||
==Name== | ==Name== | ||
The full name of this book is ''Kitab Man la | The full name of this book is ''Kitab Man la yahduruh al-faqih'' (The word "Kitab" sometimes is not mentioned). Its name literally means ''The book for the one who does not have a [[Faqih]] before him''. Some translate the title as ''Every man his own lawyer''. | ||
==Contents == | ==Contents == | ||
In his introduction to the book, [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] says when he was at Ilaq (a region near [[Balkh]]), met one of his friends and one day | In his introduction to the book, [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] says when he was at Ilaq (a region near [[Balkh]]), met one of his friends and one day | ||
::[this friend] mentioned a book compiled by [[Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Razi]] entitled ''Kitab man la yahduruhu al-Tabib'' (The book for the one who does not have a doctor before him) which is comprehensive, albeit small. So he asked me to compile a book on [[jurisprudence]] and lawful and unlawful for him… which includes all I have written about jurisprudence… and to name the book ''Kitab man la yahduruh al-faqih'' so that he can refer to it as a reliable book and act according it when needed… | ::[this friend] mentioned a book compiled by [[Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Razi]] entitled ''Kitab man la yahduruhu al-Tabib'' (The book for the one who does not have a doctor before him) which is comprehensive, albeit small. So he asked me to compile a book on [[jurisprudence]] and lawful and unlawful for him… which includes all I have written about jurisprudence… and to name the book ''Kitab man la yahduruh al-faqih'' so that he can refer to it as a reliable book and act according to it when needed… | ||
Therefore the book is mainly concerned with [[jurisprudence]] and contains hadiths which are about lawful and unlawful. Since he meant to compile this book as a reference book to help ordinary Shi'a Muslims in the practice of the legal requirements of [[Islam]], [[al-Saduq]] had mentioned hadiths he considered them correct. He says in the introduction of the book: | Therefore the book is mainly concerned with [[jurisprudence]] and contains hadiths which are about lawful and unlawful. Since he meant to compile this book as a reference book to help ordinary Shi'a Muslims in the practice of the legal requirements of [[Islam]], [[al-Saduq]] had mentioned hadiths he considered them correct. He says in the introduction of the book: | ||
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*Several sections about the rules of [[heritage]] | *Several sections about the rules of [[heritage]] | ||
According to the | According to the author's classification, the book was arranged in four volumes and 666 sections. The number of hadiths [[al-Saduq]] has narrated in this book is around 6000. | ||
==Method== | ==Method== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
[[Al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] says that this work is driven | [[Al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] says that this work is driven by all hadiths and books he knew. He also gives an account of the works which he has consulted in compiling this book: | ||
::"all | ::"all that mentioned in this book is derived from those well-known works that we should rely on them and refer to them." | ||
Then he mentions the names of eleven early Shi'a hadith compiler whose work he has | Then he mentions the names of eleven early Shi'a hadith compiler whose work he has referred to; such as [[Hariz b. 'Abd Allah al-Sajistani]], [['Ubayd Allah b. 'Ali al-Halabi]], [['Ali b. Mahziyar]], [[Husayn b. Sa'id al-Kufi]], [[Ibn al-Walid al-Qummi]], [['Ali b. Babawayh al-Qummi]] (his father). | ||
This inclusion of the list of some of the works consulted is an evidence that the works of both al-Shaykh al-Saduq and his predecessor, [[al-Kulayni]], who compiled [[al-Kafi]], the first of the [[Four Books]], represent the zenith of hadith works which had been compiled in a continuous process from the earliest times and at least from the time of [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]]. | This inclusion of the list of some of the works consulted is an evidence that the works of both al-Shaykh al-Saduq and his predecessor, [[al-Kulayni]], who compiled [[al-Kafi]], the first of the [[Four Books]], represent the zenith of hadith works which had been compiled in a continuous process from the earliest times and at least from the time of [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]]. | ||
In addition to these references which the author gives in his introduction he frequently refers to his own works during the course of the book. Thus at the end of his "Bab nawadir al-hajj" (Chapter of Exceptional hadiths about [[Hajj]]), he says: "I have published these hadiths with their Isnads with others in ''Kitab | In addition to these references which the author gives in his introduction he frequently refers to his own works during the course of the book. Thus at the end of his "Bab nawadir al-hajj" (Chapter of Exceptional hadiths about [[Hajj]]), he says: "I have published these hadiths with their Isnads with others in ''Kitab Jami' nawadir al-hajj'' ." | ||
==Position== | ==Position== | ||
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* Nadhari, Mahmud, “Pajhuhishi Darbari Kitab man la yahduruh al-faqih”, ''Masjid'', No. 34, 1376Sh. | * Nadhari, Mahmud, “Pajhuhishi Darbari Kitab man la yahduruh al-faqih”, ''Masjid'', No. 34, 1376Sh. | ||
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