| Kamil al-Ziyarat | |
| Author: | Ibn Qulawayh |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Shiabooks.ca Press |
| Media Type: | Book |
| Isbn: | 978-0978147815 |
Kamil al-Ziyarat (Arabic: كامل الزيارات|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.
See main article: Ibn Qulawayh.
Abul-Gasem Jafar b. Mohammad b. Jafar b. Musab Qulawayh Qumi Bagdadi, known as Ibn Qulawayh was a dominant Shia traditionist 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]
Ibn 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]
Kamil 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 following version are available:[3]