List of Shia books

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A list of religious books of Shia Islam:

Books attributed to Shia Imams

1. Mus'haf of Ali, Tafseer Quran by Imam Ali
2. Al-Jafr by Imam Ali
3. Nahj al-Balaghah, a collection of sermons, letters and quotes of Imam Ali
4. Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim compilation of over ten thousand short sayings of Imam Ali
5. Al-Sahifa al-Alawiya (Book of Supplications (
   Du'a)) by Imam Ali, translated by William Chittick.^[1]
6. Divan-i Ali ibn Abu Talib (poems which are attributed to Ali ibn Abu Talib).[2]
7. Book of Ali by Ali
8. Fatimah
9. Zayn al-Abidin
10. Zayn al-Abidin
11. Zayn al-Abidin
12. Zayn al-Abidin
13. Ma'athiru'l-Baqir by Imam Muhammad al-Baqir
14. Umm al-Kitab by Imam Muhammad al-Baqir
15. Tafsir al-Baqir by Imam Muhammad al-Baqir
16. Jafar al-Sadiq
17. Ali al-Ridha
18. Ali al-Ridha
19. Ali al-Ridha
20. Tafsir al-Askari by Imam Hasan al-Askari

Hadith collections

Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah- the Four books

1. Kulayni
   (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi)
2. Shaikh Saduq
3. Tahdhib al-Ahkam of Shaikh Tusi
4. al-Istibsar of Shaikh Tusi

Primary Hadith Collection

(Primary Hadith books are those books which are collected, compiled and written by author or their students themselves).

1. Kitaab al-Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali by Sulaym ibn Qays
2. Al-Mahasin by Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Barqi [Wikidata]
3. Basair al-Darjaat by Sheikh Safaar al-Qummi [Wikidata]
4. Kamil al-Ziyarat by Ibn Qulawayh
5. Shaykh Saduq
6. Kamaaluddin wa Tamam-un-Ne'mah by
   Shaikh Saduq
7. Ilal al-sharayi by Shaykh Saduq
8. Al-Tawhid by Shaykh Saduq
9. Ma'ani l-akhbar by Shaykh Saduq
10. Shaykh Saduq
11. Shaykh Saduq
12. Thawab al-Aa’maal by
    Shaykh Saduq
13. Fada'il al-Shi'a by Shaykh Saduq
14. Tuhaf al-Uqul by Ibn Shuba Harrani [Wikidata]
15. Kifayat-ul-Asar fi-Nass Alal Aimaa al-Ithna Ashar by Sheikh Khazaz al-Qumi
16. Al-Ikhtisaas by
    Shaykh Mufid
17. Shaykh Mufid
18. Shayhk Murtaza
19. Al-Amali by Shaykh Tusi
20. Kitab al-Ghayba by Shaykh Tusi
21. Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Jafar al-Numani
22. Khasais of Al Aemmah by Sharif Al-Radi
23. Al-Ihtijaj by Abu Mansur Ahmad Tabrisi [Wikidata]
24. Al Saqib Fi al-Manâqib by Ibn Hamaza Tusi

Secondary books of Hadith

(Secondary Hadith books are those books which are not collected, compiled and written by author himself but rather they are selected from already existing Hadith books i.e. Primary Hadith books)

1. Al-Wafi by Mohsen Fayz Kashani
2. Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili
3. Al-Jawahir al-saniyya by
   Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili
4. Allama Majlesi
5. Allama Majlisi
6. Allama Majlisi
7. Allama Majlisi
8. Al-Mahajat al-bayda by Mohsen Fayz Kashani
9. Irshaad al-Quloob by Hassan b. Muhammad al-Dailmi
10. Mustadrak Al-wasa'il [Wikidata] by Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi
11. Safinat al-bihar [Wikidata] by Shaykh Abbas Qumi
12. Mustadrak safinat al-bihar by Shaykh 'Ali Namazi [Wikidata]
13. Jami' ahadith al-Shi'a by Hossein Borujerdi
14. Nahj-al feṣāḥa by Abul Qasem Payandeh [Wikidata]
15. Mizan Al Hikma [Wikidata] by Mohammad Reyshahri

Hadith's Anthologies & Commentaries

1. Sharh Usul al-Kafi — by Mohammad Salih al-Mazandarani
2. Man la Yahdhuruhu'l Faqih
   .
3. Hossein Nasr and Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i
   ; a brief introduction to exemplary hadith from the 12 Imams.
4. Mir'at al-Uqul (Mirror of the Mind) — by Mohammad Baqir Majlisi is a hadith commentary considered among the most significant commentary on Al-Kafi by the Twelver Shi'a community.

Quranic Tafsirs

List of Quran Exegesis books and related Concepts:

1. Mohammad bin Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Qummi
   (?? - 919 AD)
2. Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi
   (died 932 AD)
3. Tafsir Furat Kufi by Furat Ibn Ibrahim al-Kufi [Wikidata] (died 964 AD)
4. Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Nu'mani
   (died 971 AD)
5. Shaikh Tusi
   (995 AD - 1067 AD)
6. Majma' al-Bayan by Shaykh Tabarsi (1073 AD - 1153 AD)
7. Tafsir Safi by Mohsen Fayz Kashani ( ?? - 1680 AD)
8. Al-Burhan Fi Tafsir al-Quran by Syed Hashim al Bahrani (died 1696 AD)
9. Tafsir Noor al-Thaqalayn by Abd al-Ali ibn Juma Aroosi [Wikidata] (died 1701 AD)
10. Allamah Tabatabai
    (1903 AD - 1981 AD)
11. Al-Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Quran by Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899 AD - 1992 AD)
12. Fasal Khizab by Mufti Jafar Hussain (1914 AD - 1982)
13. Tafsir Anwar e Najaf fi Asrar Mushaf [Wikidata] by Hussain Bakhsh Jarra (1920 AD - 1990 AD)
14. Tafsir Nemooneh by Naser Makarem Shirazi (1927 AD - Present)
15. Faizan Ur Rehman by Muhammad Hussain Najafi (1932 AD to present)
16. Abdollah Javadi Amoli
    (1933 AD to present)
17. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    (1934 AD - 2017 AD)
18. Al Kauthar fi Tafsir Al Quran by Mohsin Ali Najafi (1938 AD to Present)^[4]
19. Tafseer e Masoomeen (as)^[5] compiled by Wilayat Mission^[6]
20. Tafsir Hub-e-Ali compiled by Hub-e-Ali Publications

Theology of Shi'a

These books include discussions about Theology of Shi'a (

1. Shaykh Saduq
   (923 AD - 991 AD)
2. Shaykh Saduq
   (923 AD - 991 AD)
3. Shaykh Saduq
   (923 AD - 991 AD)
4. Shaykh Mufid
   (948 AD - 1022 AD)
5. Sheikh al-Mufid
   (948 AD to 1022 AD)
6. Tashih al-I'tiqad by
   Shaykh Saduq's Eʿteqādātal-Emāmīya
   .
7. Shayhk Murtaza
   (965 AD - 1044 AD)
8. Al-Amali by Shaykh Tusi (995 AD - 1067 AD)
9. Tajrid al-I'tiqad by Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201 AD - 1274 AD)
10. E’teqadaat al-Imamiya by
    Allama Majlisi
11. Ahsan ul-Fawaid fi Sharh al-Aqaid by Muhammad Hussain Najafi

Modern Kalam

These books seek to give a rational account of Shi'a theology in contrast with modern Western ideologies including Marxism and Liberalism during the 20th century.

1. Fundamentals Of Islamic Thought by Morteza Motahhari, trans. R. Campbell: Berkeley, California, Mizan Press, 1982.
2. Man and Universe by Morteza Motahhari

Ilm ar-Rijal

1. al-Kashshi
2. Rijal al-Najashi [Wikidata] by Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi
3. Rijal al-Tusi by Shaykh Tusi
4. Al Fehrist by Shaykh Tusi
5. Mojam Rijal e Hadith [Wikidata] by Grand Ayatollah Khoei

Shia Jurisprudence (fiqh)

1. Urwa al-Wuthqa by Ayatollah Mohammed Kazem Yazdi
2. Shara'i' al-Islam fi masail al-halal wal-haram [Wikidata] by Muhaqqiq al-Hilli
3. Jawahir Al Kalam [Wikidata] by Ayatollah Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi
4. Madarik al-ahkam fi sharh shara'i' al-Islam by Ayatollah Muhammad Musawi al-Amili [Wikidata]
5. Tawdih al-Masa'il by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
6. Hossein Vahid Khorasani

History books

List of History books

1. The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays by Sulaym ibn Qays (1st Century) (622-30 AD - 709 AD)
2. Waq'at Siffin (book) by Nasr b. Muzahim [Wikidata] (2nd Century) (738 AD - 827 AD)
3. Al-Gharat (book) by Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi al-Kufi [Wikidata] (3rd Century) (815 AD - 897 AD)
4. Tarikh al-Yaqubi by Ya'qubi (3rd century) (died 898 AD)
5. Ithbat al-wasiyya (book) [Wikidata] by Al-Masudi (4th Century) (896 AD - 956 AD)
6. 'Murūj aḏ-Ḏahab by Al-Masudi (4th Century) (896 AD - 956 AD)
7. Shaikh Saduq
   (4th Century) (923 AD - 991 AD)
8. Tarikh Qom (book) [Wikidata] by Hasan b. Muhammad b. Hasan al-Qummi [Wikidata] (4th Century) (died 1015 AD)
9. Shaykh Al-Mufid
   (4th Century) (948 AD - 1022 AD)
10. Shaykh Al-Mufid
    (4th Century) (948 AD - 1022 AD)
11. Shaykh Al-Mufid
    (4th Century) (948 AD - 1022 AD)
12. Dala'il al-imama (book) [Wikidata] by Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari al-Saghir (5th Century)
13. Kashf al-ghumma fi ma'rifat al-a'imma (book) by Baha' al-Din 'Ali b. 'Isa al-Irbili [Wikidata] (7th Century) (1223-28 AD - 1294 AD)
14. Al-Luhuf ala qatla l-tufuf (book) by Ali b. Musa b. Ja'far b. Tawus (7th Century) (1193 AD - 1266 AD)
15. Majalis al-muminin— by Qazi Nurullah Shustari (10th Century) (1542 AD - 1610 AD)
16. Hayat al-qulub (book) by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (11th Century) (died 1699 AD)
17. Hilyat al-abrar fi ahwal Muhammad wa alih al-athar (book) [Wikidata] by Seyyed Hashem Bahrani (11th Century) (1640 AD - 1698 AD)
18. Al-Tatimma fi tawarikh al-a'imma [Wikidata] by al-Sayyid Taj al-Din al-Husayni al-'Amili [Wikidata] (11th Century)
19. Riyad al-abrar fi manaqib al-a'immat al-athar (book) by Nematollah Jazayeri (12th Century) (1640 AD - 1701 AD)
20. Jala' al-'uyun (book) by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (12th Century) (died 1699 AD)
21. Nafas al-mahmum (book) [Wikidata] by Abbas Qomi (14th Century) (1877 AD - 1940 AD)
22. Al-Shia wa l-hakimun (book) by Muhammad Jawad Mughniyya [Wikidata] [1] (15th Century) (1904 AD - 1979 AD)
23. The Message — by Grand Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani (15th Century) (1929 - Present)
24. Al-Sahih Men Sirat Al-Nabi Al-Azam by Jafar Morteza Ameli [Wikidata] (15th Century) (1945 AD - 2019 AD)
25. Tragedy of al-Zahra’ (book) by Jafar Morteza Ameli [Wikidata] (15th Century) (1945 AD - 2019 AD)
26. Saadat ud-Darain fi Maqtal al-Hussain— by Muhammad Hussain Najafi

Bibliography of Ahl al-Bayt

The following books are based on the biographies of the 12 Imams:

• Shaykh Mufid
• Allama Majlisi
• Jila al-Uyoon by
  Allama Majlisi
• Kashf al-ghumma fi ma'rifat al-a'imma by Baha'al-Din Ali b. Isa al-Irbili
• Hilyat al-Abraar by
  Shaykh Yusuf al-Bahrani
• Muntahi al-Amal by Shaykh Abbas Qumi
• Encyclopedia of the Biography of Ahl Al-Bayt (English) (Arabic) (40 Vol.) by Baqir Sharif Al-Qurashi (1925 - 2012)
• Fatimah al-Zahra
  )

Shia-Sunni argumentations

1. Al Muraja'at — by Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi (1872 AD - 1957 AD)
2. Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi
   (1894 AD - 1971 AD)
3. Sunni
   books)
4. The Role of Holy Imams (a.s.) in the Revival of Religion (Vol.1& Vol.2& Vol.3) — by Sayyid Murtadha al-'Askari (1914 AD - 2007)
5. Imamate and Leadership [2] — by Mujtaba Musavi Lari
   (1925 AD – 2013 AD)
6. Then I was Guided (book) — by Muhammad al-Tijani
   (1943 AD - Present)
7. The Shi'ah are (the real) Ahl al-Sunnah (book) — by Muhammad al-Tijani
   (1943 AD - Present)
8. Ask Those Who Know (book) — by Muhammad al-Tijani
   (1943 AD - Present)
9. To be with the truthful (book) — by Muhammad al-Tijani
   (1943 AD - Present)
10. A Shi'ite Encyclopedia (book) — by Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (https://www.al-islam.org/)
11. Isbat ul-Imamat (book)— by Muhammad Hussain Najafi
12. Tajalliat-e-Sadaqat fi Jawab Aftab-e-Hidayat (book)— by Muhammad Hussain Najafi
13. Tahqeeqat ul-Fariqain fi Hadis as-Saqlain (book)— by Muhammad Hussain Najafi
14. Tanzeeh ul-imamia (book)— by Muhammad Hussain Najafi

Dua (Invocation)

List of Supplications books

1. Zayn al-Abidin (a collection of Duas
   )
2. Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi (a collection of Duas
   )
3. Misbah ul Mutahajid by Shaykh Tusi (a collection of Duas)
4. Zaad-ul-Ibad li-youmil-Ma'ad by Muhammad Hussain Najafi (a collection of Duas)from reliable books

See also

• List of Sunni books
• List of Islamic texts

References