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The Book 'Man la yahduruh al-Faqih' by Sheikh Al-Saduq - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Book ‘Man la yahduruh al-Faqih’ by Sheikh Al-Saduq 2023-01-05 4389 Views Al-Shaykh al-Saduq , Ibn Babawayh , Abu Jafar al-Qummi , Man lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh Man lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh (meaning: ‘He Who has no Jurisprudent’ with Him) is a Hadith collection by the famous Twelver Shia Hadith scholar, Abu Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAli ibn Babawayh al-Qummi, commonly known as Ibn Babawayh or Sheikh al-Saduq.

This work is included among the Four Books of Twelver Shia Islam. Contents About the Author The Book ‘Man la yahduruh al-Faqih’ In this article, we shall examine briefly the biography of al-Shaykh Saduq, the author of one of the Shia hadith collections titled “Man la Yahduru al-Faqih”. About the Author Al-Shaikh al-Saduq is the title given to Abu Ja’far Muhammad b. ‘Ali ibn Babawaih al Qumi.

He was the leading traditionist of his time (4th Century A.H.) and one of the most outstanding traditionists of Shi’ite Islam. He earned the title of al-Shaikh al-Saduq on account of his great learning and his reputation for truthfulness. It is a title, that he also shares with his father. Al-Shaikh ‘Ali, the father of the author, was a leading figure among the scholars of Qom. By the father’s time, the family was established as strong adherents of Shi’ite Islam.

However, it is not known how early the family entered into Islam.(1) Al-Shaikh al-Saduq is sometimes known as Ibn Babawaih. This is the family name and indicates the Persian origin of the family. Babwaih is an Arabicised version of the Persian form Babuyah . (2) The date of al-Shaikh al-Saduq’s birth is not known exactly. However, an interesting story surrounds the circumstances of his birth. When his father was in Iraq, he met Abul Qasim al-Husain b. Rawh, the third agent of the Hidden Imam.

During their meeting, he asked the latter several questions. Later he wrote to al-Husain b. Rawh asks him to take a letter to the Hidden Imam. In this letter, he asked for a son. Al-Husain sent back an answer telling him that they (the Hidden Imam and Imam al-Husain) had prayed to God to ask Him to grant the request and he would be rewarded with two sons. Another version of the story says three sons. On the basis of this story, early Shi’ite scholars have placed his birth after the year 305 A.H.

probably 306 A.H. For al-Husain b. Rawh was the agent of the Hidden Imam from 305 A.H. until his death in 326 A.H.