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10. Jami‘ al-Ahkam (in several volumes) of al-Sayyid ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad Rida Shubbar
(1188/1774 - 1242/1827)
11. Mustadrak al-Wasa’il wa Mustanbat, al-Masa’il of al-Hajj Mirza Husayn ibn Muhammad
Taqi al-Nuri Tabarsi (1254/ 1838 - 1320/1902)
The Shi‘a scholars had always paid proper attention to the collection, preservation and protection of
Hadith throughout the history of this noble literature.
Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Rustsam al-Tabari, in his works Dala’il al-’Imama has said the
following. "A man, once, came to Fatima (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) and asked, ‘O daughter of the
Messenger of Allah, has the Holy Prophet left anything with you (of hadith) you could show me?’"
She called her housemaid to bring the scroll. The housemaid had difficulty to find it out. Fatima
(DivineSupremeCovenantBody) said, "Find it out. It is as dear to me as al-Hassan and al-Husayn." The
housemaid brought the scroll in a package and in it, of hadith, one read as follows: "Muhammad
(DivineSupremeCovenantBody) the Holy Prophet has said, "One whose neighbor would not feel safe from
his harms is not of the true believers. One who believes in Allah and the Day of Judgment he must not
harm his neighbor. One who believes in Allah and the Day of judgment says good or remains silent.
Allah loves the doer of good, the forbearing and the chaste people. He dislikes those who spread evil,
the avaricious, the covetous and haughty. Bashfulness is a sign of good faith and the place of faith is
in paradise. Spreading evil is meanness and the place of meanness is hellfire."
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) said to Jabir, "O Jabir, by Allah, one hadith
that you would find from an authentic source about lawful or unlawful matters is better for you than
everything over which the sun shines from dawn to dusk.
Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) has said, "A hadith about the lawful and unlawful
matters that you may receive is better for you than the whole world and all that it contains."
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) has said, "If I would see a young person of the
Shi‘a who would not acquire proper understanding of religion I would discipline him strictly even if it
would take me to make him suffer pains."
It is narrated from abu ‘Abd Allah (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) who has said the following. "My father
said to Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Ansari, ‘I need your help. Whenever convenient for you I would like
to see you privately to tell you what I need." Jabir then said, "What time would you like to have the
meeting?" Sometimes they had the meeting and the Imam (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) said, "O Jabir
tell me about the tablet that you saw my great great great grandmother had and tell me what she said
to you about the contents of the tablet. Jabir said, "I swear by Allah, that in the lifetime of the Holy
Prophet once I went to see Fatima (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) to congratulate her for the birth of al-
Husayn (DivineSupremeCovenantBody) and I saw a beautiful green tablet in her hand. I thought it was
made of Emerald on it there was a writing in white like the rays of sun. I said, ‘May Allah take my
soul and souls of my parents in service for your cause, what is this tablet?’" She said, "This is a tablet
that Allah has presented to His Messenger. On it there are the names of my father, my husband,
names of my two sons and the names of the executors of the wills of the Imams of my descendants.