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:"The cause of writing of this book is that I was greedy in learning different types of knowledge and after spending a part of my life on learning different sciences and thinking about the fruits and goals of these sciences I found that knowledge is achieved only through the origin of revelation and the hadiths of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and in the hereafter, only this type of knowledge is helpful. Therefore, I studied the narrations and hadiths of the Infallibles (a)."<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 1, p. 2</ref> | :"The cause of writing of this book is that I was greedy in learning different types of knowledge and after spending a part of my life on learning different sciences and thinking about the fruits and goals of these sciences I found that knowledge is achieved only through the origin of revelation and the hadiths of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and in the hereafter, only this type of knowledge is helpful. Therefore, I studied the narrations and hadiths of the Infallibles (a)."<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 1, p. 2</ref> | ||
He also tried to collect those references which were about to be lost and thus referred to those books which were abandoned due to excessive attention to [[the Four Books]], the corrupt intentions, lack of attention of the ignorant and the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt (a).<ref> | He also tried to collect those references which were about to be lost and thus referred to those books which were abandoned due to excessive attention to [[the Four Books]], the corrupt intentions, lack of attention of the ignorant and the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt (a).<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 1, pp. 3-4</ref> | ||
He also said that, "No book like this has ever been written and no one has superseded me in this and I hope this book will be the reference of scholars and seekers of knowledge for all those who seek the knowledge of Imams (a) until the rise of [[the Upriser (a)]] of the Ahl al-Bayt (a)."<ref> | He also said that, "No book like this has ever been written and no one has superseded me in this and I hope this book will be the reference of scholars and seekers of knowledge for all those who seek the knowledge of Imams (a) until the rise of [[the Upriser (a)]] of the Ahl al-Bayt (a)."<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 1, p. 6</ref> | ||
== Manner of Writing == | == Manner of Writing == | ||
The author decided to write this book after [[1070]]/1660, after he wrote ''Fihris musannafat al-ashab'' and the first date mentioned in ''Bihar al-anwar'' is [[1072]]/1662.<ref> | The author decided to write this book after [[1070]]/1660, after he wrote ''Fihris musannafat al-ashab'' and the first date mentioned in ''Bihar al-anwar'' is [[1072]]/1662.<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 103, p. 255</ref> He finished its draft in 1104/1693 or 1106/1695; however, the clean draft was still being worked on by his students after al-Majlisi passed away.<ref>Al-Amin, ''A'yan al-Shi'a'', vol. 9, p. 183</ref> | ||
To write this book, al-Majlisi sent many of his students to different cities and countries to find available hadith books and manuscripts.<ref>Al-Qumi, ''al-Kuna wa l-alqab'', vol. 3, p. 147</ref> 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.<ref>Al-Amin, ''A'yan al-Shi'a'', vol. 9, p. 183</ref> | To write this book, al-Majlisi sent many of his students to different cities and countries to find available hadith books and manuscripts.<ref>Al-Qumi, ''al-Kuna wa l-alqab'', vol. 3, p. 147</ref> 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.<ref>Al-Amin, ''A'yan al-Shi'a'', vol. 9, p. 183</ref> | ||
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# (Volumes 102 & 103) ''Kitab fi l-'uqud wa l-iqa'at'', about contracts and unilateral obligations in 130 chapters. | # (Volumes 102 & 103) ''Kitab fi l-'uqud wa l-iqa'at'', about contracts and unilateral obligations in 130 chapters. | ||
# (Volume 104) ''Kitab fi l-ahkam l-shar'iyya'', about religious rulings to the book of [[diyat]] in 48 chapters. | # (Volume 104) ''Kitab fi l-ahkam l-shar'iyya'', about religious rulings to the book of [[diyat]] in 48 chapters. | ||
# (Volumes 105 to 110) ''Kitab fi l-ijazat'', about permissions and the list of contents for [[al-Shaykh Muntajab al-Din al-Razi]], a selection of [[al-Sayyid 'Ali Khan al-Madani]]'s ''Salafat al-'asr'', beginning parts of [[al-Sayyid b. Tawus]]'s ''Ijazat'', [[al-'Allama al-Hilli]]'s ''al-Ijaza al-kabira'' for Banu Zuhra and the permissions of [[al-Shahid al-Awwal]] and [[al-Shahid al-Thani]], and others.<ref> | # (Volumes 105 to 110) ''Kitab fi l-ijazat'', about permissions and the list of contents for [[al-Shaykh Muntajab al-Din al-Razi]], a selection of [[al-Sayyid 'Ali Khan al-Madani]]'s ''Salafat al-'asr'', beginning parts of [[al-Sayyid b. Tawus]]'s ''Ijazat'', [[al-'Allama al-Hilli]]'s ''al-Ijaza al-kabira'' for Banu Zuhra and the permissions of [[al-Shahid al-Awwal]] and [[al-Shahid al-Thani]], and others.<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 102, pp. 37-44</ref> | ||
== Researches == | == Researches == | ||