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The Way of Nobility: Knowledge of the Imam (Minh¿j al-kar¿ma f¿ märifat al-im¿ma) is one of the most celebrated works in favour of the Sh¿¿¿ belief in the Im¿ma. Apparently authored for the Mongol ruler Öljeitü Kh¿n, this work by al-¿All¿ma al-¿ill¿ presents a concise but crucial summary of key arguments in favour of the Imamate of ¿Al¿ b. Ab¿ ¿¿lib and his descendants. The work also contains detailed evidence from Sunn¿ historical and ¿ad¿th sources to establish the lack of qualifications for leadership of the Muslim community by those persons whom the majority of Muslims followed, namely, the first three so-called 'rightly guided caliphs' (al-khulaf¿¿ al-r¿shid¿n).

The papers collected in this volume represent the multifaceted approach by which scholars and researchers understand and rationalise Sharia regulations of purity and impurity. From the contextual analysis of their origins and compilation to their present-day reception and interpretation(s), this volume expounds the richness and diversity of discussions that emerge from the topic. The papers in this volume demonstrate that fiqh, or the human interpretation of Sharia, can be persuaded through various epistemological, theological, and hermeneutical standpoints, and that each standpoint potentially impacts the everyday lives, relationships, and interactions of Muslims in different ways.

Clearing the Soul for Paradise (Tasl¿k al-nafs il¿ ¿ä¿rat al-quds) is a concise but comprehensive summa of theology, which al-¿All¿ma al-¿ill¿ composed for his son at a midpoint of his career. It addresses all fields of knowledge one needs for informed and grounded belief, from the instrument of logic, through general metaphysics and natural philosophy, to theology, religious ethics, and eschatology. ¿ill¿ approaches each topic as a focus of debate, marching forth the diverging positions of the full range of earlier theologians (mutakallim¿n) and the Peripatetic philosophers. The book is thus designed to engage the inquisitive reader and provides an excellent tool for teaching the foundations of theology.

Tafsir al-?Ayyashi is a fourth/tenth century commentary of the Qur?an by the Shi?i Imami exegete Abu al-Nadr Muhammad b. Mas?ud al-?Ayyashi (d. 320/932).