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Da'a'im al-Islam

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Book of Ismaili jurisprudence by al-Qadi al-Nu'man Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Da'a'im al-Islam ( Arabic : دعائم الإسلام lit. The Pillars of Islam ) is an Ismaili Shia Islam Muslim book of jurisprudence . The book was written by Al-Qadi al-Nu'man . He served as da'i of four imams (from Ismaili 11th Imam Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah to 14th Imam al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah the first four Fatimid caliphs of Egypt). The book emphasizes what importance Islam has given to manners and etiquette along with Ibadah , the worship of God, citing references of first five Fatimid imams and earlier Shia imams, Imam hasan , Imam hussain , Imam ali zainul abedin , Muhammad al-Baqir and Jafar-as-Sadiq . Subsequent Fatimid imams and caliphs and Ismaili dai's have relied on Da'a'im-ul-Islam'. The 16th Fatimid imam — Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (996–1021) — ordered his da'i, Harun bin Mohammed in Yemen , to give decisions in light of Da'a'im al-Islam only.

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mustaali ismaili shi'a muslim book of hadith

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primary book of ismaili shia islamic jurisprudence

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