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Collection of traditions of the Prophet Muḥammad by 'Abd-allāh Muḥammad b. Ismā'īl al-Bukhārī (d. 256 A.H., 869 C.E.). The work is preceded by a complete index.

Scope and Contents This is an abridged form of the Kitāb al-nihāyah fī gharīb al-ḥadīs, a dictionary to the Traditions.The abridgement was made by Jalāl al-Dīn 'Abd al-Raḥmān Suyūṭī in 907 A.H., 1501 C.E., about four years before his death; al-Nihāyah itself was written by Majd al-Dīn Abū Sa'ādah Mubārak b. Abū al-Karam al-Jazarī, commonly known as Ibn al-Ashīr (d. 606 A.H., 1209 C.E.). The work also includes Suyūṭī's comments upon his...

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A collection of the speeches, mandates, educational works, wise sayings, and sermons of 'Alī b. Abī Ṭalib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muḥammad, and First Imām of Shi'i Islam. It was compiled by al-Sharīf al-Raḍī Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Mūsá (d.406 A.H., 1015 C.E.).

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An elaborate commentry on Nahj al-balāghah (a collection of the speeches, mandates, educational works, wise sayings, and sermons of 'Alī b. Abī Ṭalib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muḥammad, and First Imām of Shi'i Islam). This commentary is by the celebrated 'Abd al-Ḥamīd b. Hibat-allāh, b. Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Abī al-Ḥadīd (d. 655 A.H., 1257 C.E.).

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A collection of the numerous wise sayings of 'Alī b. Abī Ṭalib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muḥammad, and First Imām of Shi'i Islam). The apothegms were gathered and arranged by 'Abd al-Waḥīd b. Muḥammad b. 'Abd al-Waḥīd Amīdī Tamīmī in the sixth century A.H..