Essence of Life (book)

Book of Hadith in Persian by Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi

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Sunni1

Kutub Al-Sittah
("The Six Books")

Sahih al-Bukhari|  صحيح البخاري
Sahih Muslim|  صحيح مسلم
Sunan Abi Dawud|  سنن أبي داود
Sunan al-Tirmidhi|  سنن الترمذي
Sunan al-Nasa'i|  سنن النسائي
Sunan ibn Majah|  سنن ابن ماجه

Others

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|  Al-Adab al-Mufrad
|  Al-Jami al-Kamil
|  Kanz al-Ummal
|  Kitab al-Athar
|  Majma al-Zawa'id
|  Mu'jam al-Awsat
|  Mu'jam al-Kabeer
|  Mu'jam al-Saghir
|  Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq
|  Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
|  Musnad Abu Awanah
|  Musnad Abu Hanifa
|  Musnad Abu Ya'la
|  Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
|  Musnad_al-Bazzar
|  Musnad al-Shafi'i
|  Musnad al-Siraj
|  Musnad al-Firdous
|  Musnad al-Tayalisi
|  Musnad Humaidi
|  Musnad Ishaq ibn Rahwayh
|  Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn
|  Muwatta Imam Malik
|  Sahih Ibn Hibban
|  Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
|  Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih
|  Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya
|  Sunan al-Kubra Bayhaqi
|  Sunan al-Wusta Bayhaqi
|  Sunan al-Daraqutni
|  Sunan al-Darimi
|  Sunan Nasa'i al-Kubra
|  Sunan Sa'id ibn Mansur
|  Shu'ab al-Iman
|  Tahdhib al-Athar
|  Targhib wal Tarhib

Shia

Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah
("The Four Books")

Kitab al-Kafi|  الكتاب الكافي

Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih

|  من لا يحضره الفقيه
Tahdhib al-Ahkam|  تهذیب الاحکام
Al-Istibsar|  الاستبصار

Others

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Al-Wafi|
Wasa'il al-Shia|
Mustadrak al-wasa'il|
Bihar al-Anwar|
Nahj al-Balagha|
The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays|
Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya|
Risalah al-Huquq|
Sahifah of al-Ridha|
Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah|
Da'a'im al-Islam|
Uyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha|
Haqq al-Yaqeen|
Ain Al-Hayat|
Al-Ghadir|

Ibadi

* Jami Sahih
* Tartib al-Musnad

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* Ahl al-Hadith
* Criticism
* Sheikh al-Hadith

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Essence of Life, or Ayn al-Hayat, is a book of Hadith in Persian by Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi (1616–1698 CE).[1][2]

## Contents

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Chapter Names:[3]

1. Profiles of the Benevolent Companions of the Prophet (A.S.)
2. The Steps
3. The Fundamentals
4. The Benefits
5. Refulgence or Rays of Light
6. The Objectives
7. The Maxims or Regulations
8. The Traits - Qasail
9. Lamaat: The Rays Of Light
10. The Fruits
11. The Stars
12. The Yanabeeh or Streams
13. The Status
14. Masabeeh - The Lamps
15. Invocations

## See also

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* List of Shi'a books
* Sayyid Murtadhā
* Sayyid Radhī
* Shaykh al-Mufīd
* Shaykh al-Tūsī
* Shaykh al-Sadūq
* Muhammad al-Kulaynī
* Allāmah Majlisī
* Shaykh al-Hur al-Āmilī

## References

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1. ^ Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina The just ruler (al-sultān al-ʻādil) in Shīʻite Islam 1988 - Page 275 "Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir al-. 'Ayn al-hayat. Tehran, 1373/1953. "
2. ^ Etan Kohlberg Belief and law in Imāmī Shīʻism 1991 - Page 29 "A very different text to be translated was the second volume of the popular Hayat al-qulub by Muhammad Baqir al- Majlis"
3. ^ Majlisi, Allama Mohammed Baqir (2005). Essence of Life, A translation of Ain al-Hayat. Sayed Tahir Bilgrami. Qum: Ansariyan Publications.

## External links

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* Ayn al Hayat (English)

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Shia hadith literature

Kutub Al-Arb'ah|

* Kitab al-Kafi
* Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih
* Tahdhib al-Ahkam
* Al-Istibsar

Other primary hadith collections|

* Nahj al-Balagha
* Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
* Risalah al-Huquq
* Sahifah of al-Ridha
* Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah
* Uyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha
* Da'a'im al-Islam
* The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays
* al-Ghayba (al-Nu'mani)
* al-Ghayba (al-Tusi)
* Tuhaf al-Uqul
* Khasais of Al Aemmah
* Kamil al-Ziyarat
* Al Saqib Fi al-Manâqib
* Basa'ir ad-Darajat
* Al-Amali (of Shaykh Saduq)
* Al-Amali (of Shaykh Mufid)
* Al-Khisal
* Tafsir Al-Qummi
* Tafsir Ayyashi
* Tafsir Furat Kufi

Secondary books of Hadith|

* Al-Wafi
* Bihar al-Anwar
* Wasā'il al-Shīʿa
* Nahj-al feṣāḥa
* Al-Ihtijaj
* Ghurar al-Hikam
* Haqq al-Yaqeen
* Ain Al-Hayat
* Al-Ghadir
* Mafatih al-Janan
* Muntahi al-Amal

Biographical evaluation|

* Ikhtiyar ma'rifat al-rijal
* Qamus al-Rijal

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