Month: March 2017

Letters 61 There are no Shia sources for this letter that predate Nahj Al-Balagha. Verdict: Not authentic. Letters 62 Refer to Sermons #26 for the sources of this letter. Letters 63-65 There are no reliable […]

Letters 31 The letter can be found in Al-Kulayni’s Rasa’il (via Ibn Tawus’ Kashf Al-Mahajjah p. 159). However, the chain contains a disconnection and includes “Abu Ja’afar bin Anbasa”, who is actually Ja’afar bin Anbasa, […]

Letters 1 The letter can be found in Al-Amali by Al-Tusi 2/359 and Al-Jamal p. 131 by Al-Mufeed. Ibn Abi Al-Hadeed in his commentary on Nahjul Balagha 3/291 also quotes it from the narration of […]

Sermon 161 There are no Shia sources for this sermon that predate Nahj Al-Balagha. Verdict: Not authentic. Sermon 162 The sermon can be found in Al-Mufeed’s Al-Jamal p.100, however, he is quoting Ibn Da’ab, who […]

Sermon 81 One-fourth of the sermon can be found in Ibn Shu’bah’s Tuhaf Al-Uqool p. 146 and that is the only source that contains the sermon in a Shia source that predates Nahjul Balagha. Verdict: […]

Sermon 1 The earliest source for the sermon is the fourth century scholar Ibn Shu’ba who included much of the sermon in his Tuhaf Al-Uqool. The sermon does not include a chain and cannot be […]