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== Content == | == Content == | ||
This book contains jurisprudential hadiths and | This book contains jurisprudential hadiths and is more concise than ''[[Tahdhib al-ahkam]]''. The order of the chapters in ''al-Istibsar'' is so that the first two parts are dedicated to issues regarding worship (except [[Jihad]]) and the last part (part three) is about other jurisprudential issues such as contracts, unilateral obligations, fixed punishments, and financial compensations. | ||
According to statistics that the author has given about the hadiths recorded in ''al-Istibsar'', they are 5511 hadiths,<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Istibṣār'', vol. 4, p. 343.</ref> while in a researched publication of the book, the number of hadiths | According to statistics that the author has given about the hadiths recorded in ''al-Istibsar'', they are 5511 hadiths,<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Istibṣār'', vol. 4, p. 343.</ref> while in a researched publication of the book, the number of hadiths is 5558 and this difference might be due to the way of counting some special hadiths.<ref>Group of authors, "al-Istibṣār," p. 161.</ref> | ||
In the first two parts, [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] has recorded almost all hadiths with their references, | In the first two parts, [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] has recorded almost all hadiths with their references. Still, in the last part, the references are mentioned in a brief way and similar to the style of ''Tahdhib al-ahkam'' and more similar to the style of [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] in ''[[Kitab man la yahduruh al-faqih (book)|Man la yahduruh al-faqih]]'' the references of hadiths to [[al-Usul al-arba'ami'a|hadiths Usul]] [original references] are mentioned at the end of the work.<ref>Dānishpazhūh, ''Nashrīya-yi kitābkhāna'', vol. 3, p. 1086-1087.</ref> | ||
{{The most important hadith books for the Shia and Sunni}} | {{The most important hadith books for the Shia and Sunni}} | ||
== Purpose of Compilation == | == Purpose of Compilation == | ||
Some scholars and students of al-Shaykh al-Tusi asked him to write a book | Some scholars and students of al-Shaykh al-Tusi asked him to write a book where he collects conflicting hadiths, analyzes them, and marks the correct and incorrect ones. In this book, al-Shaykh al-Tusi first brought authentic and correct hadiths and then has mentioned conflicting ones and has tried not to miss one and finally has tried to reach a conclusion after discussing the two kinds of hadiths. | ||
== Manner of Compilation == | == Manner of Compilation == | ||
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== Attributes == | == Attributes == | ||
This is the first book | This is the first book that has been published to make an agreement between conflicting hadiths. | ||
In addition to its great credit, ''al-Istibsar'' has | In addition to its great credit, ''al-Istibsar'' has excellent coverage so that [[Ibn Tawus]] says, "If there is any disagreement about an issue, it must have been mentioned in ''al-Istibsar''." | ||
At the beginning of every chapter, first the authentic or reliable hadith(s) are mentioned and then other hadiths are listed. | At the beginning of every chapter, first, the authentic or reliable hadith(s) are mentioned and then other hadiths are listed. | ||
== Position == | == Position == | ||
This book is among the most authentic [[Shia]] hadith books and every [[faqih]] or [[Mujtahid]] needs to refer to it when judging about rulings. | This book is among the most authentic [[Shia]] hadith books and every [[faqih]] or [[Mujtahid]] needs to refer to it when judging about rulings. | ||
''Al-Istibsar'' is one of the [[Four Books]] and at the same level with [[al-Shaykh al-Kulayni]]'s ''[[al-Kafi (book)|Al-Kafi]]'' , [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]]'s ''[[Man la yahduruh al-faqih]]'' and al-Shaykh al-Tusi's another book, ''[[Tahdhib al-ahkam]]'' which was written previous to ''al-Istibsar''. | ''Al-Istibsar'' is one of the [[Four Books]] and at the same level with [[al-Shaykh al-Kulayni]]'s ''[[al-Kafi (book)|Al-Kafi]]'', [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]]'s ''[[Man la yahduruh al-faqih]]'' and al-Shaykh al-Tusi's another book, ''[[Tahdhib al-ahkam]]'' which was written previous to ''al-Istibsar''. | ||
Regarding the significance and value of ''al-Istibsar'', its name has always been in the list of references and Shia scholars and faqihs gave permission of narrating its hadiths to each other. | Regarding the significance and value of ''al-Istibsar'', its name has always been in the list of references and Shia scholars and faqihs gave permission of narrating its hadiths to each other. | ||
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== Old Copies == | == Old Copies == | ||
About old copies of ''al-Istibsar'', first the incomplete manuscript transcribed by [[Ja'far b. Ali Mashhadi]] must be mentioned that [[Aqa Buzurg Tihrani]]<ref>Āqā Buzurg, ''al-Dharīʿa'', vol. 2, p. 14-15.</ref> reports that was available in the library of [[Sayyid Hadi Kashif al-Ghita']] in [[Najaf]]. According to this report, the mentioned copy has been compared with the handwriting of al-Shaykh al-Tusi and the job has finished in 573/1177-1178. | About old copies of ''al-Istibsar'', first, the incomplete manuscript transcribed by [[Ja'far b. Ali Mashhadi]] must be mentioned that [[Aqa Buzurg Tihrani]]<ref>Āqā Buzurg, ''al-Dharīʿa'', vol. 2, p. 14-15.</ref> reports that was available in the library of [[Sayyid Hadi Kashif al-Ghita']] in [[Najaf]]. According to this report, the mentioned copy has been compared with the handwriting of al-Shaykh al-Tusi and the job has finished in 573/1177-1178. | ||
Then, a copy kept in [[Ayatollah Mar'ashi Najafi Library]] in [[Qom]] should be mentioned that has been transcribed in | Then, a copy kept in [[Ayatollah Mar'ashi Najafi Library]] in [[Qom]] should be mentioned that has been transcribed in the eighth/fourteenth century. | ||
== Commentaries and Glosses == | == Commentaries and Glosses == |