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'''''Ghurar al-hikam wa durar al-kalim''''' (Arabic: ''غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم'') is a collection of short quotations from [[Imam Ali (a)]] by [[Abu l-fath Amidi]] a scholar of 5/11 century. The sayings are ordered in alphabetical order. Ghurar al-hikam is one of famour hadith book among Shi'as and several commentaries and Supplements have been written for it.

The author of this book is Judge Nasih al-Din Abu l-fath 'Abd al-Wahid b. Muhammad b. [['Abd al-Wahid Amidi|'Abd al-Wahid Tamimi Amidi]] (d. 510/1116).<ref>Al-Dhari'ah ila tasanif al-Shi'ah, vol. 16, p. 38.</ref> He was a judge from Amid (now [[Diyarbakır]], Turkey).<ref>Mustadrakat a'yan al-Shi'ah, vol. 6, p. 326.</ref> There is not much available information about his life. He wrote another book called ''Jawahir al-kalam fi al-hukm wa al-ahkam min qissat sayyid al-anam''.<ref>Riyad al-'ulama, vol. 3, p. 284.</ref>

Some have considered him non-Shi'a due to his introduction, where he has praised [[Imam Ali (a)|Ali (a)]] with the title "KarramAllah-u Wajh-ah" (meaning "May Allah honors his name"). But, [[Mirza 'Abd Allah Afandi]]<ref>Riyad al-'ulama, vol. 3, p. 281.</ref>, [[Ibn Shahr Ashub]]<ref>Ma'alim al-'ulama, p. 81.</ref> and [['Allamah Majhlisi]]<ref>Bihar al-anwar, vol. 1, p. 34.</ref> regarded him Shi'a.

Mirza 'Abd Allah Afandi considered that mentioned title for Ali (a) a case of ''[[taqiyya]]'' or modification by the scribes and copyists.<ref>Riyad al-'ulama, vol. 3, p. 281.</ref> [[Muhaddith Nuri]] brings some reasons and proves that he was a Shi'a.<ref>Khatimat al-mustadrak, vol. 3, pp. 91 - 96.</ref>

The book has 10760 short hadiths from Imam Ali (a) which the author has collected from books such as [[Nahj al-Balaghah|''Nahj al-Balaghah'']], [[Jahiz]]'s ''Mi'at Kalimah'', [[Tuhaf al-'uqul (book)|''Tuhaf al-'Uqul'']] and ''Dastur ma'alim al-Hikam''. He sorted the hadiths alphabetically according to the first letter of the first word of the hadiths in 91 chapters.

The hadiths in Ghurar al-hikam are brought without references. The author wrote in his introduction to the book that he has omitted the references<ref>Ghurar al-hikam, Introduction.</ref> Therefore, his hadiths cannot be referred to.<ref>Anwar al-fiqahah, Kitab al-Bay' (Chapter on Dealing), p. 465.</ref>