Scholars of traditions and intellectuals were perplexed at...

Scholars of traditions and intellectuals were perplexed at his memory and intellectual perfections. And when people expressed their astonishment to him he said, “What is astonishing about it? I am born through the prayers of the Imam of the time.” When his fame spread beyond the area Ruknud Dawla the ruler of Rayy invited him. He went to Rayy upon the royal invitation where he was accorded the most honorable welcome by the vizier, Sahib ibn Abbad. Thus he spent most of his life in Rayy.

The spiritually inclined Shias of this province used to visit him and benefit from his knowledge. Later Ibn Babawayh traveled to Khorasan, Nishapur, and Balkh and performed the Hajj pilgrimage and Ziarat of the holy Imams in Hijaz and Iraq . During his stay in Kufa and Baghdad , the Shias there gained from his religious knowledge and continued to visit him one after the other. Then he returned to Iran and passed away in Rayy in the year 381 A.H.

Many of his students later became famous as great scholars of their times, like Shaykh Mufid and Husain ibn Ubaidullah Ghazaeri etc. Shaykh Sadooq has written three hundred books on religious sciences, of which the most important are Man La Yahzarul Faqih, which is one of the four canonical books of Shias. Other famous books, Khisal, Maniul Akhbar, Ilalush Sharai, Itiqadat, Uyun Akhbar Reza and Tawheed.

The tradition scholars and jurists of the Shia world look upon Shaykh Sadooq with utmost respect due to his scholarly services and since the last thousand years till today they all agree about his greatness, reliability, truthfulness and insight. They consider him so well versed in the science of traditions that they say, ‘as if he understands even the modulation and accent of Ahle Bayt (a.s)’. Back Index Next Previous…