Al-Amali () means "book of dictations". The Al-Amali of Shaykh Saduq is a hadith collection by al-Shaykh al-Saduq, the shia jurist and theologian.Josef Meri, Medieval Islamic civilization, Ibn Babawayh written by Andrew Newman, p. 352. volume 1. Routledge publication Amālī or Majāles (Beirut, 1400/1980), recorded his regular Tuesday and Friday sessions in Nīšāpūr in 367-68/978-79. These dictations consist of miscellaneous traditions, but mostly accounts of the virtues of the Imams. These include the virtues and moral character of the household of Muhammad and moral exhortations.
Subjects Amali is a word applied to books in which prominent Muslims expressed their insights and thoughts, which they believed were bestowed upon them by Allah, a process which is viewed as a tradition among Muslim scholars.Mahdavi Damqani, Islamic Studying, p. 133, spring and summer 1357 solar (1978 A.D) number 26 and 27
Features This book is also known as Majlis, because it was collected as a result of meetings among Sheykh Al Sadouq and others.Yaqub Jafari, courses in Islamic school magazine, 1987, p.732, number 9. The book includes 97 Majlis.Mahdavi Damqani, Islamic Studying magazine, p. 141, spring and summer 1357 solar (1978 A.D.), number 26 and 27. The first meeting took place in 18th of Rajab month 367 lunar Hijrah. The last summit occurred in Shaban month in Mashhad city near the shrine of imam Ali al-Ridha.
Translation Muhammad Baqir Kamarei translated the book into Persian. Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Asdollah Hoseini Arizi Sepahani Isfahani produced a translation into 11th century lunar Hijrah.Ali Sadrei Khoei, pp. 166-167, 2002, Sciences of Quran and Hadith Magazine, number 26. Recently this book was translated to Persian by Hosein Abedi. It was translated in Urdu by moulana sundralvi of khushab Pakistan, which was later improved upon by Zishan Haider Zaidi of Lahore Pakistan.
Al-Amali was translated into English in 2022 by Bilal Muhammad.
The English translation of Al-Amaali (Shaykh Saduq) was done by Sayed Athar Rizvi and M/s Lantern Publications, Australia has released a bilingual version in Arabic and English, which can be sourced via Shiabooks Australia.
References
External links Staff writers, Publication of a new version of al-Amali translation (in Farsi), 15 June 2014 The translation of al-Amali Mohammad Ali Soltani, The translation of al-Amali Vol. 1, (in Farsi), Armaghan Tuba, Qom. (https://www.shiabooks.com.au/collections/new/products/al-amaali-shaykh-saduq-bilingual-edition) Amali Al-Saduq (English translation)