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==The Author== | ==The Author== | ||
{{main|'Abd al-Husayn Amini}} | {{main|'Abd al-Husayn Amini}} | ||
'Allama Amini (d. [[Rabi' II 28]], 1390/ July 3, 1970) was a [[ | 'Allama Amini (d. [[Rabi' II 28]], 1390/ July 3, 1970) was a [[jurist]], [[muhaddith]], a [[theologian]], a historian, an expert of manuscripts, and a great Shiite scholar in the fourteenth/[[twentieth century]]. In addition to writing significant scholarly works, he founded the [[Library of Amir al-Mu'minin (a)]] in [[Najaf]] in which seventy thousand manuscripts are kept. | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
The book contains the biographies of 130 scholars who were martyred in the path of Islamic principles and social virtues, or were martyred for having such positions. A great number of people mentioned in the book are those who were martyred because of their Shiism and their belief in the [[wilaya]] of [[Imam Ali (a)]] and his family.<ref>Ḥakīmī, ''Ḥamāsa-yi ghadīr'', p. 326.</ref> | The book contains the biographies of 130 scholars who were martyred in the path of Islamic principles and social virtues, or were martyred for having such positions. A great number of people mentioned in the book are those who were martyred because of their Shiism and their belief in the [[wilaya]] of [[Imam Ali (a)]] and his family.<ref>Ḥakīmī, ''Ḥamāsa-yi ghadīr'', p. 326.</ref> | ||
Amini has mentioned martyred Shiite scholars from the | Amini has mentioned martyred Shiite scholars from the forth/tenth century onwards without mentioning scholars in the early three centuries, because their biographies are provided in many books and encyclopedias. Under a section called "Dhayl" (appendix), the author has provided biographies of some well-known martyred Shi'as who were prominent figures, though they were not known as scholars.<ref>Ḥakīmī, ''Ḥamāsa-yi ghadīr'', p. 326-327.</ref> | ||
==Reactions to the Book== | ==Reactions to the Book== | ||