Mafatih al-Jinan

<p>The is a book of prayers and devotional observances. Among the religious traditions of humanity the Imami Shi'ah tradition within Islam is unmatched in its rich corpus of devotional texts (<em>du'a </em>and <em>ziyarah </em>literature) handed down from the original leaders of the faith the Prophet Muhammad and the Imams of his family the <em>Ahl al-Bayt </em>.The <strong><em>Mafatih al-Jinan </em></strong>is the most popular manual of Islamic devotional observances and prayer-texts by <strong>Shaykh Abbas Qummi </strong> which draws its contents from well-known reliable sources. As a manual of devotional literature the <em>Mafatih al-Jinan </em>follows a long tradition established by the <em>Misbah al-Mutahajjid </em>of Shaykh Tusi (d. 460/1067) and followed up in the works of Sayyid Ibn Tawus (d. 664/1265) Kaf'ami (d. 905/1499) and others. Most of the contents of the <em>Mafatih </em>are drawn from these earlier works. Since its publication the <em>Mafatih </em>has enjoyed an uncontested popularity among Farsi-speaking Muslims and its Arabic and Urdu versions are widely used by the devout in the Arab world and the Indian subcontinent.</p>