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Al-Istibsar
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fourth important book of shi'a islamic hadith”. Today it says “fourth hadith collection of the four books of shia islam”. "jihad" appeared 1 time in the opening in 2025. Today: absent from the opening.
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Reflection Upon the Disputed Traditions or The Perspicacious or The Book of Insight ) is a Hadith collection, by the famous Twelver Shia Hadith scholar Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi , commonly known as al-Shaykh al-Tusi. This work is included among The Four Books of Shia Islam . It includes the same subjects as Tahdhib al-Ahkam (lit. Rectification of the Statutes ) but in a shorter form.1 Introduction to Hadith 2nd .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fourth important book of shi'a islamic hadith”. Today it says “fourth hadith collection of the four books of shia islam”. "jihad" appeared 1 time in the opening in 2025. Today: absent from the opening. Read the current article and compare.
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| jihad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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fourth important book of shi'a islamic hadith
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fourth hadith collection of the four books of shia islam
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