672:"... because I found it appropriate to do so. I compiled the book without isnads (asanid) so that the chains (of authority) should not be too many (-and make the book too long-) and so that the book's advantages might be abundant. I did not have the usual intention of compilers (of books of traditions) to put forward everything which they (could) narrate but my intention was to put forward those things by which I gave legal opinions and which I judged to be correct.
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721:. Other sources were the works of Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn 'Imran al-Ash'ari, Sa'd ibn 'Abd Allah (died about 300 A.H.) and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan (died 343 A.H.) Ibn Babawayh was taught by the latter. The sources also included the works of Muhammad b. Abi 'Umayr (died 218 A.H.), Ahmad ibn Abi 'Abd Allah al-Barqi (died in 274 or 280 A.H.) and the
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Britannica. "Ibn Bābawayh, also spelled Ibn Babūyā, in full Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā al-Qummī, also called aṣ-Ṣadūq (born c. 923, Khorāsān province, Iran—died 991, Rayy), Islamic theologian, author of one of the "Four Books" that are the basic
604:, he met Sharif al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah. Ibn Babawayh was delighted with Sharif al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah's discourses with him and his gentleness, kindness, dignity and interest in religion. Sharif al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah showed Ibn Babawayh a book compiled by
392:. Ibn Babawayh was educated by his father. He was taught by local scholars of Shia Islam. Qom was a centre of study of Shia traditions and it was this form of religious learning to which Ibn Babawayh adhered.
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are the chain of authorities through which the traditions were received from the
Prophet or one of the Imams. In the science of traditions, this providence is all important. A scholar would expect the
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has been the subject of many critiques. These include commentaries by Zain al-'Abidin al-'Alawi al-'Amili (died 1060 A.H.) and
Muhammad Taqi al-Majlisi al-Awwal (died 1070 A H ).
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as "Every man his own lawyer". In his introduction to the book, Ibn
Babawayh explains the circumstances of its composition and the reason for its title. When he was at Ilaq near
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is a collection of Ibn
Babawayh's lectures. Al-Amali was translated into English by Sayed Athar Husain Rizvi and Lantern Publications published a bilingual version of al-Amali.
685:, he gives a long outline of all the rituals which should be performed by the faithful, with very few traditions interrupting his description. The book is not arranged in
705:, Babawayh discusses his sources. These include the works of Hariz ibn 'Abd Allah al-Sijistani and 'Ubaid Allah ibn 'Ali al-Halabi who were contemporaries of the Imam
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Babawayh's birth is not known. Shia scholars consider his birth to be after the year 305 A.H. (probably 306 A.H.) He was born and raised in
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Babawayh not only records the traditions but also gives interpretation. For instance, in a summary of the various traditions of the
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Babawayh's works are considered lost but some do survive. Some have been published and others survive in manuscript form.
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or "Every man his own doctor". Sharif al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah, then asked Ibn
Babawayh to compile a similar work of reference on
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Recovery of the Past: Ibn Bābawayh, Bāqir Al-Majlisī and Safawid Medical Discourse".
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