List of Shia books

Theology of Shi'a

These books include discussions about Theology (Tawḥīd, Nubuwwah, Imamah, etc. ) of Shi'a.

Classic Kalam

These books seek to give a rational account of Shi'a theology in contrast with the Ash'ari, Mu'tazili and other theological schools of Islam. The contents of these books are taken from the 8th to the 13th century (2nd to 7th century of Islam).

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.

  • Fundamentals Of Islamic Thought by Morteza Motahhari, trans. R. Campbell: Berkeley, California, Mizan Press, 1982

Books by Shia Imams

Hadith collections

  • Kamil al Ziarat[1] by ibn al Qummi (collection of hadiths and ziarats regarding the visitation of the Imams (as) and Karbala)

Nahj al-Balagha- Collected sermons of Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib by Sayyad Razi.

Collections of Du'a (Supplications)

Tafsir

History books

  • Tareekh-e-Islam Az-Quran(In Masnavi) By: Allama Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi

“Gauhar Lucknavi”(Great Grand son of Mir Baber Ali Anees)

Shi'a-Sunni argumentations

Anthologies

  • A Bundle of Flowers a popular English language secondary collection of Shi'a hadith as collected by Ayatullah Sayyid Kamal Faghih Imani. It narrates traditions from such Shia collections as Man La Yahduruhul Faqih and Kitab al-Kafi.
  • A Shi'ah Anthology[6] by William Chittick, Hossein Nasr, and Tabatabaei; A brief introduction to exemplary hadith from the 12 Imams.

Uncategorized

See also

References

  1. http://wilayatmission.org/kamil-al-ziarat-english-translation/
  2. "QALAM-E-MOWLA". ismaili.net.
  3. http://www.wilayatmission.org/EngBooks/Tafseer.pdf
  4. "Wilayat Mission: Leading Shia Books Publisher". Wilayat Mission.
  5. http://alkauthar.edu.pk/dept-of-dar-ul-quran-al-karim/
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2001-11-09. Retrieved 2006-06-17.

Academic sources:

  • Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
  • Shi'ism Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
  • Introduction to Shi'i Islam by Moojan Momen, Yale University Press.
  • An Introduction to Shi'i Law: A Bibliographical Study by Hossein Modarressi Tabataba'i (London 1984)
  • Shi'ite Identities: Community and Culture in Changing Social Contexts by Christoph Marcinkowski (Berlin 2010).

Online Shi'a references:

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