Waqayi' al-ayyam (book)
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| Author | Mulla 'Ali Tabrizi |
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| Original title | وَقایعُ الْاَیّام |
| Language | Persian |
| Series | 4 vols. |
| Subject | Events and rituals of some hijri months, Uprising of Imam al-Husayn (a) |
| Genre | Analytic, Narrative, Historical |
Waqāyiʿ al-ayyām (Arabic: وَقایعُ الْاَیّام) is a book in Persian written by Mulla Ali Wa'iz Khiyabani. It was published in four volumes about the events and rituals of some hijri months. Most of the fame of this book is because of the second and fourth volumes which deal with the events in the month of Muharram and the uprising of Imam al-Husayn (a).
Author
Mulla 'Ali Tabrizi (b. 1282/1866- d. 1367/1947) known as Wa'iz Khiyabani was a scholar and eminent Shi'a preacher of fourteenth/twentieth century. He received permission for hadith transmission from Sayyid Abu l-Hasan Isfahani, Mirza Ali Aqa Shirazi, Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Kashif al-Ghita' and Sayyid Husayn Burujirdi. He wrote more than fifty books and treatises. Tuhfat al-Ahibba' fi Sharh Qasida Sayyid al-Shu'ara, Waqayi' al-ayyam, and Dhakha'ir al-Asfar are some of his works. He passed away in Safar 1367 / December 1947.
Content
Waqayi' al-ayyam was published in four volumes and its fifth volume was not published. Its manuscript is held in Library of Ayatollah Mar'ashi Najafi in Qom, Iran.
- First volume: Waqayi' al-ayyam dar ahval-e Rajab va Sha'ban: this volume is dedicated to the two months of Rajab and Sha'ban. Printing the first volume was made in 1325/1907-8 in Karbala'i Asad Aqa printing house, by the efforts of Muhammad Isma'il, son of the author.
- Second volume: Waqayi' al-ayyam dar ahval-e Muharram al-Haram: this volume was written seven years after the first volume due to great events and troubles at the author's time. It was published for the first time together with the commentary of Mirza Sadiq Mujtahid Tabrizi in 1340/1921-2 in Tabriz and its second print was made in 1351/1932-3 in Aqa Isma'il printing house in Tabriz and contained the marginal notes and commentary of Sayyid 'Abd al-Hamid Tabrizi Ghiyathi.
- Third volume: Waqayi' al-ayyam dar ahval-e Shahr al-Siyam: this volume deals with the events of the month of Ramadan and contained the commentary of some verses and hadiths and biographies of the companions of the Prophet (s) and his Followers. Muhammad Ali Urdu Abadi wrote a commentary on this volume and it was published in 1351/1932-3.
- Fourth volume: Waqayi' al-ayyam fi tatammih-yi Muharram al-Haram: this volume contains the complement and remaining issues about the mouth of Muharram and its writing finished in Rabi' al-Thani 1354/1935. Mirza Fattah Shahidi and Shaykh Ja'far Naqdi wrote commentaries on it. It contained 133 sources and was published in 1362/1943 sponsored by the friend of the author, Muhammad Ali Tutunchi.
Fame
The fame of the book is for the discussions in the second and fourth volumes about the events in the month of Muharram, especially the uprising of Imam al-Husayn (a). The author benefited from many sources and spoke about the Battle of Karbala and in some cases mentioned his own analysis and views. Some of the issues of these two volumes are as follows:
- Merits of mourning
- Characteristics of the soil of Karbala
- Events of the evening of Tasu'a
- Events of the eve of Ashura
- Martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn (a)
- Crying of the prophets and angels for Imam al-Husayn (a)
- Events of the evening of Ashura
- The manner of burial of martyrs
- Stations of the captives of the family of Imam al-Husayn (s)
In the Views of Others
Although Waqayi' al-ayyam contained both weak and strong reports, in Tahqiq darbareh-ye avval Arba'in-e Sayyid al-Shuhada, Qadi Tabataba'i described it having a good approach because it mentioned the chains of its transmissions.
Muhammad 'Ali Mudarris Tabrizi considered Waqayi' al-ayyam dar tatammeh-ye Muharram a valuable work and a bright jewel which revives issues about the Ahl al-Bayt (a), contains miscellaneous scientific, historical, literary and other issues and is beneficial for both young and the elderly.
See Also
References
- The material for this article is mainly taken from وقایع الایام (کتاب) in Farsi WikiShia.