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Abu Hanifa Nu'man b. Muhammad b. Mansur b. Ahmad b. Hayun al-Tamimi al-Maghribi was a prominent Isma'ili scholar at the beginning of the formation of [[Isma'iliyya]]. He was born in 259 A.H. (872) in [[Morocco]] in a family of scholars. His father was a well-known Sunni scholar and a follower of the [[Maliki]] school and a narrator of many [[hadiths]]. Nu'man learned about hadiths and Islamic disciplines since he was a child. | Abu Hanifa Nu'man b. Muhammad b. Mansur b. Ahmad b. Hayun al-Tamimi al-Maghribi was a prominent Isma'ili scholar at the beginning of the formation of [[Isma'iliyya]]. He was born in 259 A.H. (872) in [[Morocco]] in a family of scholars. His father was a well-known Sunni scholar and a follower of the [[Maliki]] school and a narrator of many [[hadiths]]. Nu'man learned about hadiths and Islamic disciplines since he was a child. | ||
Nu'man was a follower of the Maliki school, but he later converted to Isma'ili [[Shiism]]—the sect that takes [[Isma'il b. Ja'far al-Sadiq (a)]] to be the occluded Imam. Some Shiite scholars, such as [['Allama Majlisi]] and [[Muhaddith al-Nuri]], take him to be a | Nu'man was a follower of the Maliki school, but he later converted to Isma'ili [[Shiism]]—the sect that takes [[Isma'il b. Ja'far al-Sadiq (a)]] to be the occluded Imam. Some Shiite scholars, such as [['Allama Majlisi]] and [[Muhaddith al-Nuri]], take him to be a Twelver Shiite, maintaining that he pretended to be an Isma'ili Shiite to protect himself from Isma'ili kings. | ||
==Importance and place== | ==Importance and place== | ||
Since the author of the book was an Isma'ili scholar, the book is restricted to the first six Imams (a). Instead of the rest of the Imams (a), he talked about [[Mahdi al-Maghribi]], Isma'iliyya and the Fatimids. However, the book counts as an old book regarding the lives of Shiite Imams (a), particularly [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. Since the author agrees with the | Since the author of the book was an Isma'ili scholar, the book is restricted to the first six Imams (a). Instead of the rest of the Imams (a), he talked about [[Mahdi al-Maghribi]], Isma'iliyya and the Fatimids. However, the book counts as an old book regarding the lives of Shiite Imams (a), particularly [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. Since the author agrees with the Twelver Shiites about the first six Imams (a), this part of the book agrees with the Imamiyya account of their lives. The first and the second volumes of the book are devoted to the life and virtues of Imam 'Ali (a). The third volume is devoted to the rest of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] and other issues. The book is a main source of Shiite [[hadith]] and history cited by old and more recent scholars. The book cites the [[Event of Ghadir]] from the book, ''al-Wilaya'', by Tabari which is not available today. And this adds to the value of the book. | ||
==Style of writing== | ==Style of writing== | ||