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==Introduction and Significance== | ==Introduction and Significance== | ||
According to Shiite hadiths, al-Jami'a is a book dictated by the [[Prophet (s)]] and transcribed by [[Imam 'Ali]].<ref>Ṣaffār, ''Baṣāʾir al-darajāt'', p. 142- 146; Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 1, p. 239.</ref> The book is also known by other titles, such as ''al-Sahifa'' | According to Shiite hadiths, al-Jami'a is a book dictated by the [[Prophet (s)]] and transcribed by [[Imam 'Ali]].<ref>Ṣaffār, ''Baṣāʾir al-darajāt'', p. 142- 146; Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 1, p. 239.</ref> The book is also known by other titles, such as ''al-Sahifa''<ref>Ṣaffār, ''Baṣāʾir al-darajāt'', p. 153- 155.</ref> and ''Kitab 'Ali'',<ref>Ahwāzī, ''al-Zuhd'', p. 39; Ashʿarī, ''al-Nawādir'', p. 79; Barqī, ''Kitāb al-maḥāsin'', vol. 1, p. 107, 273.</ref> which researchers believe refer to the same text, given the identical characteristics attributed to all of them.<ref>Bahār dūst, ''Jifr wa jāmiʿa'', 476.</ref> However, [[Aqa Buzurg Tihrani]] ([[1293]]- [[1389]] AH/1876-7 - 1969-70) argues that ''Kitab 'Ali'' is distinct from ''al-Jami'a''.<ref>Tihrānī, ''al-Dharīʿa'', vol. 2, p. 305- 306.</ref> | ||
==Al-Jami'a as a Sign of Imamate== | ==Al-Jami'a as a Sign of Imamate== | ||