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According to this paper, in the same period of time, [[Husayn b. Abd al-Samad al-Amili]], [[al-Shaykh al-Baha'i]]'s father, added the book, ''Madinat al-'ilm'', by al-Shaykh al-Saduq to the Four Books, and used the phrase, "al-Usul al-Khamsa" (the Five Principles). However, the phrase did not come to be commonly used, perhaps because the book, ''Madinat al-'ilm'', was destroyed and unavailable to the next generations.<ref>Bāqirī, ''Chahār kitāb-i hadīthī Imāmīyya wa rawāj iṣtilāḥ al-kutub al-arbaʿa: naqdī bar dīdgāh Andrew Newman''</ref> | According to this paper, in the same period of time, [[Husayn b. Abd al-Samad al-Amili]], [[al-Shaykh al-Baha'i]]'s father, added the book, ''Madinat al-'ilm'', by al-Shaykh al-Saduq to the Four Books, and used the phrase, "al-Usul al-Khamsa" (the Five Principles). However, the phrase did not come to be commonly used, perhaps because the book, ''Madinat al-'ilm'', was destroyed and unavailable to the next generations.<ref>Bāqirī, ''Chahār kitāb-i hadīthī Imāmīyya wa rawāj iṣtilāḥ al-kutub al-arbaʿa: naqdī bar dīdgāh Andrew Newman''</ref> | ||
The first jurisprudential text in which the phrase, "al-Kutub al-Arba'a", was used is said to be [[al-Muhaqqiq al-Ardabili]]'s ''[[Majma' al-fa'ida]]'', the writing of which began in 977/1569-70 and was finished in 985/1577-8. Then it was respectively used in ''[[Zubdat al-bayan]]'' (written in 989/1581-2), ''[[Muntaqa l-juman]]'' (written in 1006/1597-8), and ''[[al-Wafiya fi usul al-fiqh|al-Wafiya]]'' (written in 1059/1649).<ref>Bāqirī, ''Chahār kitāb-i hadīthī Imāmīyya wa rawāj iṣtilāḥ al-kutub al-arbaʿa: naqdī bar dīdgāh Andrew Newman''</ref> | The first jurisprudential text in which the phrase, "al-Kutub al-Arba'a", was used is said to be [[al-Muhaqqiq al-Ardabili]]'s ''[[Majma' al-fa'ida]]'', the writing of which began in 977/1569-70 and was finished in 985/1577-8. Then it was respectively used in ''[[Zubdat al-bayan]]'' (written in 989/1581-2), ''[[Muntaqa l-juman]]'' (written in 1006/1597-8), and ''[[al-Wafiya fi usul al-fiqh|al-Wafiya]]'' (written in 1059/1649-50).<ref>Bāqirī, ''Chahār kitāb-i hadīthī Imāmīyya wa rawāj iṣtilāḥ al-kutub al-arbaʿa: naqdī bar dīdgāh Andrew Newman''</ref> | ||
==The Reliability of the Four Books== | ==The Reliability of the Four Books== | ||