Bisharat al-Mustafa li-shi'at al-Murtada (book): Difference between revisions

'''Bishārat al-Muṣtafā li Shīʿat al-Murtaḍā''', written by Abu Ja'far [[Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Rustam al-Tabari]], well-known as ''''Imad al-Din al-Tabari''', passes away in 553 AH/1158, of six century scholars, who has written this book about [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]'s rank and high degree, miracles and superhuman deeds of great pious men and imams' followers.

In most references, such as ''[[Al-Dhari'a]]'', the name of this book is Bisharat al-Mustafa li Shi'at al-Murtada; however, [[Ibn Shahrashub]] mentions the name of the book Al-Bisharat. Some of [[sunni]] [[muhaddith]]s call this book Bisharat al-Mustafa fi Bayat al-Murtada and Bisharat al-Mustafa bi Shi'at al-Murtada.

[[Agha Buzurg Tihrani]] states about the subject of this book in ''Al-Dhari'a'' that this book is of narrative kind about shi'a's rank and high degree, miracles and superhuman deeds of great pious men, and the rewards and degree [[shi'a]] own in view of [[God]]. It is primarily a great book consisting of 17 parts. Unfortunately, a significant amount of the book is destroyed and only 11 parts have remained.

Tabari has organized this book in 17 parts; however, what is available now is from the first of the book until the end of the 10th part. Its parts have not specified subjects, and various subjects are discussed in each part.

The existing hadiths in four chapters of the book are provided by perfect documents and are narrated in [[musnad]] way; however, [[mursal]] hadiths are brought in the remaining chapters. It might have been done by people who wrote copies of the book.

The available manuscript copies do not constitute of more than four chapters. Because of this, it is implausible that the chapters be more than these in [[al-Muhddith al-Nuri]]'s opinion. But apparently, the chapters are more than four. [[Sayyid b. Tawus]] has narrated [[The Sermon of Sha'baniyya|Khutba Sh'baniyya]] of [[the prophet (s)]], a practice specified to [[Ramadan]] month, from this book, yet the mentioned khutbah is not available in the existing manuscript copies.

[[Ibn Hajar]] in ''[[Lisan Al-Mizan]]'', in the biography of Isma'il b. Abi l-Qasim b. Ahmad Abu Ishaq Amuli Daylami, has stated that Daylami has narrated [[hadith]]s from ''Bisharat al-Mustafa'', but the mentioned hadith does not exist in these chapters. Anyhow, the available copies are:

* The printed copy in [[Najaf]] in 1369 AH/1950, in 299 pages. This copy is revived by al-Shaykh al-Hasan Jawahiri's effort.