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'''''The Book of ʿAlī''''' (Arabic: {{ia|کتاب علي}}), also known as '''''al-Jami'a''''' (The compendium), is a collection of hadiths dictated by the [[Prophet (s)]] and transcribed by [[ | '''''The Book of ʿAlī''''' (Arabic: {{ia|کتاب علي}}), also known as '''''al-Jami'a''''' (The compendium), is a collection of hadiths dictated by the [[Prophet (s)]] and transcribed by [[Imam Ali (a)]]. This book is considered a [[Wadayi' al-Imamate (Trusts of Imamate)|trust of the Imamate]], and possession of it signifies the rightfulness claim of its holder to the [[Imamate]] position. According to [[hadiths]], ''al-Jami'a'' contains all [[Shari'a laws]], even the most specific ones. It also includes teachings on [[ethics]], beliefs, [[stories of the prophets]], and esoteric narratives. | ||
Some hadiths suggest that a few individuals outside the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] also saw the book, including [[Muhammad b. Muslim]], [[Zurara b. A'yan]], and [[al-Mansur al-'Abbasi]]. Mahdi Mihrizi authored a book titled ''Kitab 'Ali'', in which he discusses ''al-Jami'a''. | Some hadiths suggest that a few individuals outside the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] also saw the book, including [[Muhammad b. Muslim]], [[Zurara b. A'yan]], and [[al-Mansur al-'Abbasi]]. Mahdi Mihrizi authored a book titled ''Kitab 'Ali'', in which he discusses ''al-Jami'a''. | ||
==Introduction and Significance== | ==Introduction and Significance== | ||
According to Shiite hadiths, ''al-Jami'a'' is a book dictated by the [[Prophet (s)]] and transcribed by [[ | 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]] (1293-1389/1876-1970) 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 === | ||
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==Contents of the Book== | ==Contents of the Book== | ||
According to numerous hadiths, all rulings pertaining to [[halal]] and [[haram]], including nuanced issues such as the diya (blood money) for merely scratching someone's skin, are mentioned in ''al-Jami'a''.<ref>Ṣaffār, ''Baṣāʾir al-darajāt'', p. 142-146; Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 1, p. 239.</ref> Some researchers speculate that the book is called ''al-Jami'a'' (literally, "comprehensive" or "compendium") due to its inclusion of all Sharia rulings.<ref>Bahār dūst, ''Jifr wa jāmiʿa'', 477.</ref> Sayyid Husayn Mudarrisi Tabataba'i, a Shiite researcher of the twenty-first century, cited various hadiths in his book [[Tradition and Survival | According to numerous hadiths, all rulings pertaining to [[halal]] and [[haram]], including nuanced issues such as the diya (blood money) for merely scratching someone's skin, are mentioned in ''al-Jami'a''.<ref>Ṣaffār, ''Baṣāʾir al-darajāt'', p. 142-146; Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 1, p. 239.</ref> Some researchers speculate that the book is called ''al-Jami'a'' (literally, "comprehensive" or "compendium") due to its inclusion of all Sharia rulings.<ref>Bahār dūst, ''Jifr wa jāmiʿa'', 477.</ref> Sayyid Husayn Mudarrisi Tabataba'i, a Shiite researcher of the twenty-first century, cited various hadiths in his book ''[[Tradition and Survival]]'', suggesting that the ''Book of 'Ali'' encompassed the following contents: [[Furu' al-Din|jurisprudential rulings]] (including [[prayer]], [[hajj]], [[jihad]], [[marriage]], [[divorce]], [[judgeship]], [[testimony]], [[hudud]], and [[diyat]]), [[ethics]], [[beliefs]] and virtues, [[stories of the prophets]], and esoteric narratives.<ref>Mudarrisī Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''Mīrāth-i maktūb-i Shīʿa '', p. 32-36.</ref> | ||
==Reporters== | ==Reporters== | ||
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==The Sunni Perspective== | ==The Sunni Perspective== | ||
Some researchers suggest that, unlike in Shiite accounts where the Book of | 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== | ||