Daim al-Islam
Daim al-Islam Daim- ul-Islam is a Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a Muslim book of hadith, meaning traditions. It narrates the sunnah of the Ismaili Imams of the Fatimid Empire.
"Daim-ul-Islam" is a book on the ordinance of Islam.
This book is written by Sayedna Qazi Nauman. He served as Dai of four Imams (from Ismaili 11th Imam Mehdi to 14th Imam Aziz the first 4 Fatimd Caliphs of Egypt). He became very famous in the Muslim world. He is also the author of many legal and religious books.
The book emphasise what importance Islam has given to manners and etiquette along with "Ibadat" the worship of god , siting references of fatemid first four Imams.
Subsequent fatemid Imams and fatemid/mustali/dawoodi Dai's have relied on Daim-ul-Islam'. Their 16th Imam al-Hakim (996-1021) ordered his Dai Harun bin Mohammed in Yemen to give decisions in light of 'Daim-ul-Islam'only.
Reference:
http://www.bohra.net/archive/qadi.html
http://dawoodi-bohras.com/library/bohra_literature (if you are interested in hindi version of the book, it is available here to download)
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