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== Manner of Writing == | == Manner of Writing == | ||
The author decided to write this book after 1070/1659, after he wrote ''Fihris musannafat al-ashab'' and the first date mentioned in Bihar al-anwar is 1072 AH. He finished its draft in 1104/1692 or 1106/1694; however, the clean draft was still being worked on by his students after al-Majlisi passed away. | The author decided to write this book after 1070/1659, after he wrote ''Fihris musannafat al-ashab'' and the first date mentioned in Bihar al-anwar is 1072 AH.<ref>See pp.103-255</ref> He finished its draft in 1104/1692 or 1106/1694; however, the clean draft was still being worked on by his students after al-Majlisi passed away. | ||
To write this book, al-Majlisi sent many of his students to different cities and countries to find available hadith books and manuscripts. For example, he reported that even to acquire [[Ibn Babawayh]]'s ''[[Madinat al-'ilm]]'' which people thought existed in [[Yemen]], he sent a group with many gifts to the ruler of Yemen to get that book. | To write this book, al-Majlisi sent many of his students to different cities and countries to find available hadith books and manuscripts. For example, he reported that even to acquire [[Ibn Babawayh]]'s ''[[Madinat al-'ilm]]'' which people thought existed in [[Yemen]], he sent a group with many gifts to the ruler of Yemen to get that book. | ||