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Zad almaâd

Muḥammad Bāqir b. Muḥammad Taqī b. Maqṣūd ʿAlī al-Majlisī

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Muḥammad Bāqir b. Muḥammad Taqī b. Maqṣūd ʿAlī al-Majlisī

Discription of This Book

Zād al-maʿād (Provisions for the Hereafter) (Arabic: زاد المَعاد) written in Farsi by Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi (al-'Allama al-Majlisi) in 1107/1695-6, which is about a number of religious practices which are recommended. He authored this book in the last years of his life. It is about supplications (du'a), ziyarah and recommended religious practices throughout the year, besides it explains several shari'a rules briefly. Zad al-ma'ad was the main book on supplications for people before Mafatih al-Jinan became common.Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya also has written a book with similar title, Zad al-Ma'ad fi huda khayr al-'ibad, on jurisprudence and sira (conduct) of the Prophet Muhammad (s).

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Title of Book

Zad almaâd

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Muḥammad Bāqir b. Muḥammad Taqī b. Maqṣūd ʿAlī al-Majlisī

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Arabic

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span dir="RTL">محمد باقر بن محمد تقي المجلسي المعروف بالعلامة المجلسي أو المجلسي الثاني، (1037 ــ 1110 هـ) من محدثي الشيعة وفقهائهم المعروفين، صاحب المصنفات الكثيرة، منها موسوعة «بحار الأنوار» والتي تعدّ أكبر دائرة معارف حديثية شيعية، كما كان له منزلة ونفوذ في البلاط الصفوي.</span></p>