- BOOK ID
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- The Author
- Introduction
- Tract on The Beliefs of The Shi'a Imamiya
- The Belief of The Imamiya Concerning Tawhid
- Attributes Of (His) Essence And Of (His) Actions
- Belief Concerning Taklif (Responsibility)
- The Belief In Respect Of Human Actions
- Regarding the Denial of Both Constraint And Delegation
- The Belief Concerning (Allah's) Intention (Irada) And Will (Mashi'a)
- Concerning (qada') Destiny And Decree (qadar)
- Concerning Man's Original Nature (fitra) And His True Guidance (hidaya)
- Belief In The Capacity Of Human Beings (al-istita'a)
- Regarding the Source of Creation (mabda' )
- Concerning Abstention From Disputation (jadal) And Contention About Allah (mira')
- Concerning The Tablet (lawh) And The Pen (qalam)
- Regarding The Chair (Kursi)
- Concerning The Throne
- Concerning Souls (nufus) And Spirits (arwah )
- Concerning Death (mawt )
- Concerning The Questioning In The Grave
- Concerning Resurrection (Raj'a)
- Concerning Return (Ba'th) After Death
- Concerning The Pond (al-Hawd)
- Concerning Intersession (ash-shafa'a)
- Concerning The Promise (al-wa`d) And The Threat (al-wa'id)
- Concerning What is Written Against The Slave
- Concerning Justice (al-'adl)
- Concerning Purgatory (al-A'raf)
- Concerning The Bridge (as-Sirat)
- Passes On the Road to Mahshar
- Concerning The Reckoning (al-hisab) And The Scales (al-mawazin)
- Concerning The Garden (al-janna) And The Fire (an-nar)
- The Manner Of Descent Of Revelation (nuzulu'l-wahy)
- Revelation Of The Qur'an In The Night Of Power
- The Belief Concerning The Qur'an
- Concerning the Extent of The Qur’an
- Concerning Prophets Apostles, Imams And Angels
- The Number of Prophets And Vicegerents
- Concerning Infallibility ('isma)
- The Denial Of Excess And Delegation
- Belief Concerning Evil Doers
- Concerning Dissimulation (Taqiyya)
- The Ancestors Of The Prophet
- Concerning The Alids ('alawiya)
- Concerning Reports Detailed And Summary
- Concerning Prohibition And Permission
- Concerning The Reports Regarding Medicine
- Concerning Two Divergent Traditions
A Shi'ite Creed
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Author(s): Shaykh as-Saduq
Category: General
Topic Tags: Beliefs Creed
Translator: Muhammad Reza Ja'fari
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This text is a translation of one of the most important works of Shayh Saduq; it presents a summary of all of the core tenets of the Shi'ite creed.
The Author
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Shaykh Saduq ibn Babawayhi is universally regarded among the Ithna 'Ashari Shi'a as one of their foremost doctors and traditionists.
Professor E.G. Browne, in discussing the founders of the Shi'a theology, says “The most important of these earlier divines are 'the three Muhammads', al-Kulayni (Muhammad bin Ya'qub, died 329/941), Ibn Babawayhi (Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Musa, died 381/991-2) and the already mentioned Tusi (Muhammad bin Hasan, died 460/1067).
Of these, the first composed the Kafi, the second Man la Yahduruhu'l-faqih (a title which approximates in sense to our familiar 'Every man his own Lawyer'), and the third, the Istibsar and the Tahdhibu'1-Ahkam, which are known collectively amongst the Shi'a as 'The Four Books' (al-Kutubu'1-arba 'a) and of which the full particulars will be found in the above-mentioned Kashfu'1-Hujub”.(1)
Considering the high repute in which he is held, the early times in which he lived, the great influence he had on later theologians and traditionists, and the numerous works which are attributed to him, it is very unfortunate that the earliest works which give an account of his life are extremely brief and give us no indication whatever of his character, his studies, his travels and his life.
Thus, at the end of our enquiry, we are faced with the problem of writing
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