by: Hameed Reza
Bismillah Rahman Rahim
migrated to Iraq and Shaam. Sulaym
person about the same Hadith to
Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alamin
was born two years before Hijra
make it even more authenticated.
Alahoma Sali ala Mohammad wa Ale
Mohammad Alaemate Wal
and at the age of sixteen he went to Then in the year 35 after Hijra
Madinah.
Imam Ali (a.s) became the Caliph
Mahdiyeen wa Sallim Tasliman Kasira In Madinah he came across the
events that took place at that time
The book of Sulaym ibn Qays Alof Imam Ali (a.s) especially what
Hilali and the teachings of Imam Ali
happened to Fatimah Zahra (a.s)
(a.s)
and how people treated Imam Ali
The book of Sulaym ibn Qays Al(a.s) and broke their allegiance. He
Hilali is one of the main Shia Books
available among the followers and
and Imam (a.s) began to fix
everything. Sulaym was among the
close companions of Ali ibn Abi Talib
(a.s) and he started working even
harder on his book and he
recorded many events that took
realised that Imam Ali (a.s) was with place at that time. He also joined
the truth and he also recognised the battles of Nahrawan, Jamal and in
lovers of Ahlul Bayt (a.s). It is so
true Shia of Imam Ali (a.s) from the
the battle of Siffin he was among
important that Imam Ja’far Sadiq
hypocrites and this is clear from his
Malik Ashtar and Ammar Yassir. In
(a.s) said: “If anyone from our Shia
Ahadith. He started collecting
fact, he was among the especial
and lovers does not have the book
of Sulaym ibn Qays al Hilali, then
ahadith at the time of Abu Bakr,
warriors who were ready to die for
he does not have any of our things,
and he does not know any of our
matters.This is the first book of
Shia and is one of the secrets of
Ale-Muhammad (a.s)” .
to the followers of Ahlul Bayt (a.s),
his master with both pen and
however at the time of Uthman,
Sword.
he was still close to Abu Dhar and
Will continue in the next issue
This book is a collection of Ahadith
others. He even went to Haj with
InshaAllah……
by Sulaym ibn Qays Al-Hilali who
Abu Dhar and he wrote the speech
was one of the followers of Imam
Ali (a.s), Imam Hasan (a.s), Imam
of Abu Dhar during the Haj.
Hussain (a.s), Imam Zainul Abideen
(a.s) and he was also present at the
time of Imam Baqir (a.s). He was
from the Tribe of Bani Hilal which
their origin goes back to the
children of Prophet Ismael (a.s) son
of Prophet Ibrahim (a.s). They used
to live close to Hijaz and later they
Umar and Uthman and he was close him (a.s) in wars. He was fighting for
Salman Al-Farsi was sent to Iran by
the order of Uthman and so he
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could not see Salman anymore, but
About the ahadith available in this
book, as Sulaym himself has
mentioned, the narrators of these
ahadith are trustworthy people such
as Imam Ali (a.s), Salman Al-Farsi,
Miqdad, Abu Dhar, Mohammad ibn
Abu Bakr, Ammar and many others.
He used to ask more than one