Al-Dhakhirah

Al-Dhakhirah has been considered among SayyidMurtada’s works in most of Fihrists; furthermore, SayyidMurtada has referred to this book in his al-Zari’ah with the same title.[۱]al-Dhakhirahis one of the most important Shia books in theology; and in some of the manuscript copies, the book has been titled as Zakhirat al-‘Alam wa Basirat al-Mo’allim. Just the same, the book is mostly known as al-Dhakhirah fi ‘Ilm al-Kalam. The book has been annotated by SayyidMurtada’s student, Taqi al-Din ibn Najm Halabi, however this annotated copy is not available.[۲]The original book was studied in a research project by Sayyid Ahmad Hosseini, and it was published by Mu’assasah al-Nashr al-Islami, Jami’ah Muddarisin Hawzah ‘Ilmiyyah Qom in ۱۴۱۱ AH.

In this book, SayyidMurtada has referred to al-Mulakhkhas fi Usul al-Din (p. ۶۰۷), al-Ghurar wa al-Durar (p. ۲۴۵), al-Mawzih (p. ۳۸۵ and ۳۸۸) and al-Shafi fi al-Imamah (p. ۴۰۹).

 

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[۱]Refer to: Sayyid Murtada, al-Zari’ah ila al-Usul al-Shri’ah, vol. ۱, p. ۴ and ۴۸۵.

[۲] Aqa Bozorg Tehrani, al-Zari’ah, vol. ۱۳, p. ۲۷۷.