Al-'Amaali Al-Saduq

<p>Al-'Amaali (lit. dictations) of Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Husain b. Musa b. Babawayh Qomi (known more famously as Shaykh al-Saduq (the truthful Shaykh)) (d. ~ 991) is one of the earliest sources of ahadith from the Aimmah and the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon them). The book contains the transcripts of al-Shaykh al- Saduq's classes which were held twice a week on Tuesday and Friday from Rajab 18 367/March 1 978 until Sha'ban 11 368/March 14 979 in Mashhad and other areas in modern-day Iran.</p><p><br></p><p>Shaykh al-Saduq quotes 1021 ahadith with their sources in 97 sessions (or assemblies) on various topics in theology (and ideology) ethics tafsir of the Holy Quran Islamic history jurisprudence and more. These sessions and the choice of hadith seem to be primarily aimed at a general audience with most narrations not being of a general nature and often following a theme based on the Islamic occasion occurring at the time. A great deal of Ahadith (almost at-least one in every assembly) is extolling the virtues of Imam 'Ali b. Abi Talib (as).   </p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Author</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>Shaykh </span>al-Ṣadūq<span style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)> was one of the most outstanding Shi'</span>ā<span style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)> hadith scholars of the 4th/10th century and the most prominent hadith scholar and faqih of the hadith school of Qom. Born to another prominent scholar during the minor occultation of Imam Al-Mahdi (aj) in the holy city of Qom it is reported that </span>al-Ṣadūq<span style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>'s birth was a result of a supplication made by Imam Mahdi (aj). </span>Al-Ṣadūq<span style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)> authored some of Shiism's most seminal works including </span><em style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>Man La Yahduruhul Faqih Kam</em><em>ā</em><em style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>l al-Din al-I`tiqad</em><em>ā</em><em style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>t al-Imamiyya Kit</em><em>ā</em><em style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>b al-Tawhīd Ma`ani al-Akhbar `Ilal al- Shara'i` `Uyun al-Akhb</em><em>ā</em><em style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>r al-Rida al-Khis</em><em>ā</em><em style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>l Thawab al-A`m</em><em>ā</em><em style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)>l</em><span style=color: rgba(53 60 65 1)> and over 300 others.</span></p>