Essence of Life

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Most famous

Sunni six major collections (Al-Sihah al-Sittah): Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Sughra Sunan Abi Dawood Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja Shi'a Twelver collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhib al-Ahkam by Shaikh Tusi al-Istibsar by Shaykh Tusi Ibadi collections: al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani

Sunni collections

Al-Muwatta Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 780-855 Sunan al-Darimi — 868 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — 923 Sahih Ibn Hibbaan — 965 Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain — 1014 Mawdu'at al-Kubra— 1128-1217 Riyadh as-Saaliheen — 1233 - 1278 Mishkat al-Masabih - 1340 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th

Shi'a Twelver collections

The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Wasael ush-Shia — 1600s Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Ain Al-Hayat — 1600s Sharh Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081

Shi'a Ismaili collections

Qalam-e-Mowla Daim al-Islam

Mu'tazili collections

Nahj with comments — ?-1258

Essence of Life (Arabic: عين الحيات - ‘Ayn al-Hayat) is another famous work of renowned Shī’ah scholar Allamah al-Majlisi. ^[1] The book consists of 15 chapters and was translated into English by Syed Tahir Bilgrami^[2].

Chapters

Chapter Names:^[2]

1. Profiles of the Benevolent Companions of the Prophet (A.S.)
2. The Steps
3. The Fundamentals
4. The Benefits
5. Refulgence or Rays of Light
6. The Objectives
7. The Maxims or Regulations
8. The Traits - Qasail
9. Lamaat: The Rays Of Light
10. The Fruits
11. The Stars
12. The Yanabeeh or Streams
13. The Status
14. Masabeeh - The Lamps
15. Invocations

See also

• List of Shi'a books
• Sayyid Murtadhā
• Sayyid Radhī
• Shaykh al-Mufīd
• Shaykh al-Tūsī
• Shaykh al-Sadūq
• Muhammad al-Kulaynī
• Allāmah Majlisī
• Shaykh al-Hur al-Āmilī

References

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