The Four Books

Distinguish from the Four Books of Chinese Confucianism. collections The Four Books (Arabic: الكتب الاربعة Al-Kutub Al-Arbʿah' ) is a Twelver Shiʿa term referring to their four best known hadith collections . The books are: Shi'a Muslims use this different set of hadith rather than the Six major Hadith collections followed by the Sunni because the majority of the companions who passed down the hadith in the Six major Hadith collections are considered to have erred by accepting the Caliphate of Abu Bakr , Umar and Uthman in preference to Ali , and consequently Shia believe cannot be regarded as reliable transmitters of hadith. Shia trust traditions transmitted by the Imams , Muhammad's descendants through Fatima Zahra . The Four Books have been praised by many notable Shi'a scholars. This is what some have said: Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili said, "The authors of the 4 Books of shia have testified that the Hadiths of their books are accurate (saheeh) , firm and well conducted from the roots that all shia agreed on , and if you consider those scholars (the authors of the four books) are reliable then you must accept their sayings and their narrations .

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 The Four Books ( Al-Kutub Al-Arbʿah ) is a Twelver Shiʿa term referring to their four best-known hadith collections : Shi'a Muslims use different books of hadith from those in Ahl al-Sunnah 's Six major Hadith collections . The Shi'a consider many Sunni transmitters of hadith to be unreliable because many of them accepted the Caliphate of Abu Bakr , Umar and Uthman in preference to Ali and the majority of them were narrated through certain personalities that waged war against Ali or sided with his enemies such as Muawiya . Shia trust traditions transmitted through the Imams , Muhammad's descendants through Fatima Zahra . The Four Books have been praised by many notable Shi'a scholars. This is what some have said: Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili said, "The authors of the 4 Books of shia have testified that the Hadiths of their books are accurate (saheeh) , firm and well conducted from the roots that all shia agreed on , and if you consider those scholars (the authors of the four books) are reliable then you must accept their sayings and their narrations .

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 The Four Books ( , al-Kutub al-ʾArbaʿah ), or The Four Principles ( al-Uṣūl al-Arbaʿah ), is a Twelver Shia term referring to their four best-known hadith collections : Shi'a Muslims use different books of hadith from those used by other Muslims, who prize the six major hadith collections . The Shi'a countries consider many Sunni transmitters of hadith to be unreliable because many of them took the side of Abu Bakr , Umar , Uthman and Ali instead of only Ali (and the rest of Muhammad's family) and the majority of them were narrated through certain personalities that waged war against Ahlul Bayt or sided with their enemies such as Aisha that fought Ali at Jamal, or Muawiya who did so at Siffin. Hussain (grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib) was killed at the Battle of Karbala. Shia trust traditions transmitted through the Imams , Muhammad's descendants through Fatima Zahra . The Four Books have been praised by many, but not all, notable Shia scholars.

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