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'''Dalāʾil al-imāma''' (Arabic:دلائل الإمامة), is an Arabic book written by [[Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari]]. It contains the biography, [[miracle]]s, and virtues of [[lady Fatima (a)]] and the [[Infallible Imams (a)]]. There are doubts about the name of this work and its ascription to al-Tabari. ''Dala'il al-imama'' is published for several times by several publishers. | |||
==Author== | ==Author== | ||
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==Date of Compilation== | ==Date of Compilation== | ||
Due to missing first and last pages of the available manuscripts, identifying the accurate year of compilation of the book is almost impossible. However, according to a part of the book which says, “I narrate this report from a text written by Shaykh Abu ‘Abd Allah Ghaza’iri’s handwriting …,” Aqa Buzurg Tihrani said that it was probably written after the demise of Gaza’iri (d. 411). | Due to missing first and last pages of the available manuscripts, identifying the accurate year of compilation of the book is almost impossible. However, according to a part of the book which says, “I narrate this report from a text written by Shaykh Abu ‘Abd Allah Ghaza’iri’s handwriting …,” Aqa Buzurg Tihrani said that it was probably written after the demise of Gaza’iri (d. 411). | ||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
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==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
Except for lady Fatima (s) and Imam al-Mahdi (a), the biography for each Imam contains these chapters: identification, sobriquets, mother, doorkeeper (close companions), engraved words on the ring, children and miracles. In subsequent manuscripts there is no chapter about the doorkeepers (close companions). | Except for lady Fatima (s) and Imam al-Mahdi (a), the biography for each Imam contains these chapters: identification, sobriquets, mother, doorkeeper (close companions), engraved words on the ring, children and miracles. In subsequent manuscripts there is no chapter about the doorkeepers (close companions). | ||
Biography of lady Fatima (a) starts with her Musnad and contains topics such as: the news of her birth, meaning of Muhaddatha, emigration, marriage, Khutbat al-‘Aqd, Mahr (dowery), Zifaf (consummation), Fadak, visiting of women of Medina, Mushaf, her supplication, will, her dream before her martyrdom and hadiths about her virtues. In the chapter of Fadak, he has narrated the Hadith of Fadak from several chains of narrators. | Biography of lady Fatima (a) starts with her Musnad and contains topics such as: the news of her birth, meaning of Muhaddatha, emigration, marriage, Khutbat al-‘Aqd, Mahr (dowery), Zifaf (consummation), Fadak, visiting of women of Medina, Mushaf, her supplication, will, her dream before her martyrdom and hadiths about her virtues. In the chapter of Fadak, he has narrated the Hadith of Fadak from several chains of narrators. | ||
The last part of the book contains different topics such as: the existence of al-Qa’im (a), the hadith of the mother of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and her life story, Imam al-Mahdi’s birth, lineage, Kuniya, sobriquets, people who saw Imam al-Mahdi (a) during the life of his father, hadiths about the necessity of Occultation (Ghayba), people who saw Imam al-Mahdi (a) during Occultation, supplication of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and the name of his companions. | The last part of the book contains different topics such as: the existence of al-Qa’im (a), the hadith of the mother of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and her life story, Imam al-Mahdi’s birth, lineage, Kuniya, sobriquets, people who saw Imam al-Mahdi (a) during the life of his father, hadiths about the necessity of Occultation (Ghayba), people who saw Imam al-Mahdi (a) during Occultation, supplication of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and the name of his companions. | ||
==Publication== | ==Publication== | ||
The available edition of the book is taken from an incomplete manuscript form the last few centuries. The first chapter which was about Amir al-Mu’minin (a) and lady Fatima (s) is incomplete. The manuscript of the book that was available to Sayyid b. Tawus is lost, and even ’Allama Majlisi has used the incomplete edition. However, based on Sayyid b. Tawus’s reports from this book, some scholars have added the missing parts to it. | The available edition of the book is taken from an incomplete manuscript form the last few centuries. The first chapter which was about Amir al-Mu’minin (a) and lady Fatima (s) is incomplete. The manuscript of the book that was available to Sayyid b. Tawus is lost, and even ’Allama Majlisi has used the incomplete edition. However, based on Sayyid b. Tawus’s reports from this book, some scholars have added the missing parts to it. | ||
The book has been published in 1369 and 1383 in Najaf, in 1383 in Qom and in 1408 in Beirut. In 1413, based on the reports of Sayyid b. Tawus from Dala’il al-imama in his books, such as al-Yaqin and Faraj al-mahmum, a part from the biography of Amir al-Mu’minin (a) was added to the book and it was published in Qom. | The book has been published in 1369 and 1383 in Najaf, in 1383 in Qom and in 1408 in Beirut. In 1413, based on the reports of Sayyid b. Tawus from Dala’il al-imama in his books, such as al-Yaqin and Faraj al-mahmum, a part from the biography of Amir al-Mu’minin (a) was added to the book and it was published in Qom. | ||
[[fa: دلائل الامامة (کتاب)]] | |||