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The Book of Al-Istibsar - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Book of Al-Istibsar 2023-01-06 3502 Views Al-Shaykh al-Tusi , al-Shaykh al-Ṭa'ifa , Hadith Collectors , Al-Istibsar Al-Istibṣar fī maukhtulif min al-akhbar is the fourth book of the Shia Four Main tradition Books. It is a hadith collection compiled by Al-Shaykh al-Tusi (d. 460/1067 ) known as al-Shaykh al-Ṭa’ifa. In this article, we shall be looking at one of the four main Shia hadith collections.

Contents Content Purpose of Compilation Manner of Compilation Attributes Position Commentaries and Glosses Content This book contains jurisprudential hadiths and it is more concise than Tahdhib al-ahkam.

The order of the chapters in Al-Istibsar are so that the first two parts (part one and two) are dedicated to issues regarding worship (except Jihad) and the last part (part three) is about other jurisprudential issues such as contracts, unilateral obligations, fixed punishments and financial compensations.

According to statistics that the author has given about the hadiths recorded in Al-Istibsar, they are 5511 hadiths while in a researched publication of the book, the number of hadiths are 5558 and this difference might be due to the way of counting some special hadiths.

In the first two parts, al-Shaykh al-Tusi has recorded almost all hadiths with their references, but in the last part, the references are mentioned in a brief way and similar to the style of Tahdhib al-ahkam and more like the style of Al-Shaykh al-Saduq in Man la yahduruh al-faqih the references of hadiths to hadiths Usul [original references] are mentioned at the end of the work.

Purpose of Compilation Some scholars and students of al-Shaykh al-Tusi asked him to write a book in which he collects opposite hadiths, analyzes them and marks the correct and incorrect ones. In this book, al-Shaykh al-Tusi first brought authentic and correct hadiths and then has mentioned opposite ones and has tried not to miss one and after all has tried to reach a conclusion after discussing the two kinds of hadiths.

Manner of Compilation In this work, in addition to collecting all hadiths related to one issue at one place, al-Tusi has reviewed their references and meanings and in each chapter, has suggested his own opinion for removing apparent disagreements between hadiths or the priority of some of them over others.