Ghurar al-hikam wa durar al-kalim (book): Difference between revisions

'''''Ghurar al-hikam wa durar al-kalim''''' (Arabic: ''غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم'') is a collection of short quotations from [[Imam Ali (a)]] that was compiled by [[Abu l-fath Amidi]], a scholar of the 5th/11th century. Ghurar al-hikam is a famous hadith book among the Shi'a and several commentaries and supplements have been written for it.

Some scholars believe that [[Abu l-fath Amidi]] was not a Shi'a. This is due to a place in his introduction where he praises [[Imam Ali (a)]] with the title, "KarramAllah-u Wajh-ah" (meaning, "May Allah honor his name"). [[Mirza 'Abd Allah Afandi]]<ref>Riyad al-'ulama, vol. 3, p. 281.</ref>, [[Ibn Shahr Ashub]]<ref>Ma'alim al-'ulama, p. 81.</ref>, [['Allamah Majlisi]]<ref>Bihar al-anwar, vol. 1, p. 34.</ref> and [[Muhaddith Nuri]]<ref>Khatimat al-mustadrak, vol. 3, pp. 91 - 96.</ref> all believe that he was a Shi'a. Mirza 'Abd Allah Afandi explains that using this title here for Imam Ali (a) is either a case of ''[[taqiyya]]'' or a modification by scribes and copyists.<ref>Riyad al-'ulama, vol. 3, p. 281.</ref>

# '''Uyun al-hikam wa al-mawa'iz wa dhakhirat al-muta'iz wa al-mawa'iz'': written by Kafi al-Din Abu l-Hassan Ali b. Muhammad b. Abi Nazal Laythi Wasiti, known as Ibn Sharafiyyah, one of the scholars in the sixth century AH.