Illal al-Shari’a (Reasons for the Laws) Vol1-Part 7

Illal al-Shari’a (Reasons for the Laws) Vol1-Part 7

Illal al-Shari’a(عِلَلُ الشَّرائِع) is an Arabic book written by Sheikh Saduq (d. 381 AH), a prominent Shiite jurist and narrator of the fourth century AH. Illal al-Shari’a consists of narrations from the Messenger of God (PBUH) and the pure Imams (PBUH) whose subject matter is the cause and philosophy of some religious and ideological rulings, such as the causes of the names of objects and people, the causes of events and incidents, the causes of tendencies towards beliefs and actions, and the way animals are created. In this book, Sheikh Saduq also mentioned the causes of some of the actions of the prophets, the Holy Prophet (PBUH), and the Shiite Imams. This book is organized into 647 chapters and published in two volumes. Since the contents of this book are of interest to the general public, several translations of it have been published so far. About the Author Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn ibn Musa ibn Babawayh (305-381 AH), known as Sheikh Saduq, is one of the greatest scholars of the fourth century AH and is buried in Rayy. He was the greatest hadith scholar and jurist of the Qom school of hadith and authored about 300 scholarly works, many of which are lost today. The book Man Lai Yahadrah al-Faqih is one of the four Shiite books of his work. Method of writing Sheikh Saduq has organized the chapters of the book in a topic-oriented manner and in some cases, in explaining the narrations of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the pure Imams (PBUH), he has expressed his views with the expressions "the compiler of this book said", "the compiler of this book said", etc. The author documents his words with verses of the Holy Quran, narrations of the Infallibles (PBUH), historical events, the words of scholars and rational arguments. In some cases, in his narration of hadiths, Sheikh Saduq has also explained the meaning of the words of the hadith, stated the context of the hadith, rejected the content of the hadith, and combined different reports.