Wasa'il al-Shia Volume 12: A Comprehensive Treasury Of Islamic Jurisprudential Hadith

Wasa'il al-Shia is one of the most notable and comprehensive collection of shia jurisprudential hadith, rigorously covering every area of religious law. It comprises of approximately 36,000 hadith organized into 30 volumes. The hadiths were collected and compiled by Shaykh Hurr Amili (d. 1693).

In his introduction to the book, Shaykh Hurr Amili emphasizes the supreme importance of the knowledge of hadith and explains his motivation for compiling this collection, describing how he challenged ...