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Hadith collections
Primary
Sunni collections Al-Sihah al-Sittah Sahih al-Bukhari � Sahih Muslim Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Sughra Sunan Abu Dawood Sunan al-Tirmidhi � Sunan Ibn Maja Shi'a Twelver collections Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah (The Four Books) Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhib al-Ahkam of Shaikh Tusi al-Istibsar of Shaikh Tusi
Sunni collections
Al-Muwatta Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780-855) Sunan al-Darimi (868) Shamaail Tirmidhi ((9th Century) 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 (16th century) Muntakhab Ahadith (20th Century)
Shi'a Twelver collections
Book of Sulaym ibn Qays (7th century) Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (678-713) Wasael ush-Shia (17th century) Bihar al-Anwar (17th century) Haqq al-Yaqeen (17th century) Ain Al-Hayat (17th century) Sharh Usul al-Kafi (?-1081)
Shi'a Ismaili collections
Qalam-e-Mowla Daim al-Islam
Mu'tazili collections
'Sharh Nahj al-Balagha (?-1258)
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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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