Kamil al-Ziyarat (Arabic: كامل الزيارات, romanized: Kāmil al-Ziyārāt, lit. 'The Complete Pilgrimage Guide') is a Hadith collection of 843 traditions, by the famous Twelver Shia Hadith scholar Abu al-Qasim Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Musa b. Qulawayh a-Qummi al-Bahdadi, commonly known as Ibn Qulawayh.
 Front cover of Kamil al-Ziyarat | |
| Author | Ibn Qulawayh |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | Shiabooks.ca Press |
| Media type | Book |
| ISBN | 978-0978147815 |
Author
editAbul-Gasem Jafar b. Mohammad b. Jafar b. Musab Qulawayh Qumi Bagdadi, known as Ibn Qulawayh was a dominant Shia traditionist[broken anchor] and jurist. shaykh Al-Kulayni was his teacher and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid was one of his students. Ibn Qulawayh studied at Qum and Egypt. He authored many books that the most prominent is kamil al-ziyarat.[1]
Authenticity
editIbn Qulawayh's father had relationship with Sad ibn Abdallah al-Qummi al-Ashari, a great Qummi traditionist. The reference of the narration attributed to al-Kulayni and Ali ibn Babawayh Qummi and al-Numani was Sad ibn Abdallah. In kamil al-ziyarat, 61 per cent of traditions had been collected from Qummis like his father in Qum and 13 per cent of them had been narrated from prominent Kufan, Muhammad b. Jafar, al-Bazzaz. This is contingent that in order to collecting traditions Ibn Qulawayh travelled to Baghdad and Egypt.[2] kamil al-ziyarat had been used for developing of some reliable sources like al-Mazar by Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Tahdhib al-Ahkam and al-Istibsar by Shaykh Tusi, Bihar al-Anwar, Mustadrak al-Wasa'el and Wasa'el ash-Shi'a.[3]
Context
editKamil al-Ziyarat is known as other titles such as al-Ziyarat, Kamal al-Ziyarat but the author had considered Kamil al-Ziyarat for this book.[3] It contains 843 traditions that set up in 801 chapters.[2][4]
The Shia nature of the Kamil al-Ziyarat became apparent in some specific chapters of the book. There is 52 traditions at 8-15 chapters associated to Ziyarat of Imam Ali’s grave. Also 69 per cent of tradition are related to visiting of Husayn ibn Ali’s grave.[2]
This book contains following subjects:[4]
- The charity of visiting ( Ziyārah ) the Muhammad prophet’s grave
- The charity and manner of the visiting of the grave of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- The charity and manner of the visiting of the grave of Hasan ibn Ali
- The charity and manner of the visiting of the grave of Husayn ibn Ali, the charity of Mourning for him
- The manner of the visiting of the graves of Musa al-Kazim and Muhammad al-Jawad
- The manner of the visiting of graves of the others The Fourteen Infallibles
- The manner of the visiting of graves of the believers
- The manner of the visiting of graves of the Imamzadeh (an immediate descendant of a Shia Imam )
Manuscripts
editThe following version are available:[3]
- At the library of Islamic Consultative Assembly, written by Mohammad Shafi Rahmani, in 1083 AH
- At the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi, written by Abu al-Qasim Najafi
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ McDermott, Martin. "EBN QŪLAWAYH, ABU'L- QĀSEM JAʿFAR". Enclopedia Iranica.
- ^ a b c Newman, Andrew J. (2013). Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722 (New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys) (1 ed.). Edinburgh University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0748633319.
- ^ a b c Ahmadi, Mahdi; Rahmati, Mohammad kadhim. "History of shia Hadith". eShia.
- ^ a b staff writer. "Introduction of Shia primary sources". hawzah.