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==Reporters== | ==Reporters== | ||
According to Majid Maaref (b. 1332 Sh/ 1953- 4), over forty individuals have reported the existence of the book al-Jami'a. Some hadiths mention that several companions of the Imams, including [[Muhammad b. Muslim]], [[Zurara b. A'yan]], [[Abu Basir al-Muradi]], [['Abd al-Malik b. A'yan]], and Mu'attab, as well as some of their adversaries, such as [[al-Mansur al-'Abbasi]], had seen the ''book al-Jami'a''. Al-Sayyid Muhammad Kazim al-Tabataba'i suggests that eighty hadiths cited in ''[[Wasa'il al-Shi'a]]'' are, in fact, quoted from the ''Book of 'Ali''. | According to Majid Maaref (b. 1332 Sh/ 1953- 4), over forty individuals have reported the existence of the book al-Jami'a.<ref>Maʿārif, ''Pajūhishī dar tārīkh-i ḥadīth-i Shīʿa'', p. 43- 45.</ref> Some hadiths mention that several companions of the Imams, including [[Muhammad b. Muslim]],<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Tahdhīb'', vol. 9, p. 271.</ref> [[Zurara b. A'yan]],<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 7, p. 94.</ref> [[Abu Basir al-Muradi]],<ref>Ṣaffār, ''Baṣāʾir al-darajāt'', p. 143.</ref> [['Abd al-Malik b. A'yan]],<ref>Ṣaffār, ''Baṣāʾir al-darajāt'', p. 153.</ref> and Mu'attab,<ref>Ṣaffār, ''Baṣāʾir al-darajāt'', p. 145.</ref> as well as some of their adversaries, such as [[al-Mansur al-'Abbasi]], had seen the ''book al-Jami'a''.<ref>Jundī, ''al-Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq'', p. 200.</ref> Al-Sayyid Muhammad Kazim al-Tabataba'i suggests that eighty hadiths cited in ''[[Wasa'il al-Shi'a]]'' are, in fact, quoted from the ''Book of 'Ali''.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''Tārīkh-i hadīth-i Shīʿa'', vol. 1, p. 69.</ref> | ||
==The Sunni Perspective== | ==The Sunni Perspective== | ||
Some researchers suggest that, unlike in Shiite accounts where the ''Book of [[Jafr]]'' and ''al-Jami'a'' and their contents are clearly distinguished, there is no such distinction in [[Sunni]] reports. In some Sunni accounts where the two books are differentiated, their contents are said to be identical. [[Al-Sayyid Mir Sharif al-Jurjani]], a Hanafi scholar of the eighth/fourteenth century, believes that al-Jami'a was written using an encoded method based on the science of letters ('ilm al-huruf). Haji Khalifa identifies the ''Book of Jafr'' as pertaining to the Tablet of Predestination (qada), and ''al-Jami'a'' to the Tablet of Fate (qadar). | Some researchers suggest that, unlike in Shiite accounts where the ''Book of [[Jafr]]'' and ''al-Jami'a'' and their contents are clearly distinguished, there is no such distinction in [[Sunni]] reports. In some Sunni accounts where the two books are differentiated, their contents are said to be identical.<ref>Bahār dūst, ''Jifr wa jāmiʿa'', 477.</ref> [[Al-Sayyid Mir Sharif al-Jurjani]], a Hanafi scholar of the eighth/fourteenth century, believes that al-Jami'a was written using an encoded method based on the science of letters ('ilm al-huruf).<ref>Jurjānī, ''Sharḥ al-mawāqif'', vol. 6, p. 22.</ref> Haji Khalifa identifies the ''Book of Jafr'' as pertaining to the Tablet of Predestination (qada), and ''al-Jami'a'' to the Tablet of Fate (qadar).<ref>Ḥājī Khalīfa, ''Kashf al-ẓunūn'', vol. 1, p. 591.</ref> | ||
==Characteristics== | ==Characteristics== | ||
According to some hadiths, the ''Book of 'Ali'' is described as having a length of seventy cubits (approximately 35 meters) and a width equal to that of a camel’s thigh, indicating its substantial size and volume. However, other hadiths suggest that the book was small enough to fit within a sword scabbard. Some researchers, citing additional hadiths, argue that the smaller book was only a portion of the original text. Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Tabataba'i (b. 1344 Sh/1965- 6) believes that the smaller book was actually a different text, distinct from the ''Book of 'Ali''. | According to some hadiths, the ''Book of 'Ali'' is described as having a length of seventy cubits (approximately 35 meters)<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 1, p. 239; Ṣadūq, ''Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh'', vol. 4, p. 419.</ref> and a width equal to that of a camel’s thigh,<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Tahdhīb'', vol. 9, p. 271.</ref> indicating its substantial size and volume.<ref>Bahār dūst, ''Jifr wa jāmiʿa'', 477.</ref> However, other hadiths suggest that the book was small enough to fit within a sword scabbard. <ref>Barqī, ''Kitāb al-maḥāsin'', vol. 1, p. 17- 1; Nasāʾī, ''al-Sunan al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 56.</ref>Some researchers, citing additional hadiths, argue that the smaller book was only a portion of the original text.<ref>Bahār dūst, ''Jifr wa jāmiʿa'', 477.</ref> Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Tabataba'i (b. 1344 Sh/1965- 6) believes that the smaller book was actually a different text, distinct from the ''Book of 'Ali''.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''Tārīkh-i hadīth-i Shīʿa'', vol. 1, p. 65- 66.</ref> | ||
==Monographs== | ==Monographs== | ||
Mahdi Mehrizi authored a book titled ''Kitab 'Ali'' about the ''Book of 'Ali'', published by Sahifa Khirad in 1390 Sh/ 2011, with a total of 220 pages. | Mahdi Mehrizi authored a book titled ''Kitab 'Ali'' about the ''Book of 'Ali'', published by Sahifa Khirad in 1390 Sh/ 2011, with a total of 220 pages.<ref>Mihrīzī, ''Kitāb ʿAlī''.</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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*Ḥājī Khalīfa. Muṣṭafā b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Kashf al-ẓunūn ʿan asāmī al-kutub wa al-funūn''. Baghdad: Maktabat al-muthannā, 1941. | *Ḥājī Khalīfa. Muṣṭafā b. ʿAbd Allāh. ''Kashf al-ẓunūn ʿan asāmī al-kutub wa al-funūn''. Baghdad: Maktabat al-muthannā, 1941. | ||
*Jurjānī, Mīr Sayyid Sharīf. ''Sharḥ al-mawāqif''. Qom: al-Sharīf al-Raḍī, 1325 AH. | *Jurjānī, Mīr Sayyid Sharīf. ''Sharḥ al-mawāqif''. Qom: al-Sharīf al-Raḍī, 1325 AH. | ||
*Jundī, ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al-. ''Al-Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq | *Jundī, ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al-. ''Al-Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq''. Cairo: al-Majlis al-aʿlā li al-shuʾun al-Islāmiyya'', 1397 AH. | ||
*Kulaynī, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-. ''Al-Kāfī''. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1407 AH. | *Kulaynī, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-. ''Al-Kāfī''. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1407 AH. | ||
*Mudarrisī Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Sayyid Ḥusyan. ''Mīrāth-i maktūb-i Shīʿa ''. Qom: Nashr-i Muwarrikh, 1386 Sh. | *Mudarrisī Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Sayyid Ḥusyan. ''Mīrāth-i maktūb-i Shīʿa ''. Qom: Nashr-i Muwarrikh, 1386 Sh. | ||
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*Tihrānī, Aqā Buzurg al-. ''Al-Dharīʿa ilā taṣānīf al-Shīʿa''. Qom: Ismāʿīlīyān, 1408 AH. | *Tihrānī, Aqā Buzurg al-. ''Al-Dharīʿa ilā taṣānīf al-Shīʿa''. Qom: Ismāʿīlīyān, 1408 AH. | ||
*Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Sayyid Muḥammad Kāẓim al-. ''Tārīkh-i hadīth-i Shīʿa''. Tehran: Samt, 1388 Sh. | *Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Sayyid Muḥammad Kāẓim al-. ''Tārīkh-i hadīth-i Shīʿa''. Tehran: Samt, 1388 Sh. | ||
*Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. ''Tahdhīb al-aḥkām''. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1407 AH. | |||
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