The Four Books



The Four Books



Distinguish from the Four Books of Chinese Confucianism.

Part of a series on
Hadith collections


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Most famous

Sunni six major collections
(Al-Sihah al-Sittah):

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari
  2. Sahih Muslim
  3. Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Sughra
  4. Sunan Abu Dawood
  5. Sunan al-Tirmidhi
  6. Sunan Ibn Maja

Shi'a Twelver collections:

  • "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah)
  1. Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy
  2. Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq
  3. Tahdhib al-Ahkam by Shaikh Tusi
  4. al-Istibsar by Shaykh Tusi

Ibadi collections:

Sunni collections
Shi'a Twelver collections
Shi'a Ismaili collections
Mu'tazili collections

The Four Books (Arabic: الكتب الاربعة Al-Kutub Al-Arbʿah') is a Twelver Shiʿa term referring to their four best known hadith collections.

The books are:

Name Collector Size
Kitab al-Kafi (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi) Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni al-Razi(329 AH) 15,176 hadith
Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih Muhammad ibn Babuya 9,044
Tahdhib al-Ahkam Shaykh Muhammad Tusi 13,590
Al-Istibsar Shaykh Muhammad Tusi 5,511

Shi'a Muslims use this different set of hadith rather than the Six major Hadith collections followed by the Sunni because the majority of the companions who passed down the hadith in the Six major Hadith collections are considered to have erred by accepting the Caliphate of Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman in preference to Ali, and consequently Shia believe cannot be regarded as reliable transmitters of hadith. Shia trust traditions transmitted by the Imams, Muhammad's descendants through Fatima Zahra.[1]


The Four Books have been praised by many notable Shi'a scholars. This is what some have said:


See also

References

  1. ^ Momen, Moojan, Introduction to Shi'i Islam, Yale University Press, 1985, p.174



The Four Books


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