Al-Amālī

The Dictations

By: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Translator: Bilal Muhammad


al-Āmālī (lit. ‘the dictations’) is a transcription of 97 assemblies held by Shaykh al-Ṣadūq wherein he dictated narrations to his students. The topics mentioned in these narrations attributed to the Prophet (s) and the Ahl al-Bayt (a) covered various topics such as the Prophet's (s) conduct, the Isrāʾ and Miʿrāj (Night Journey and Ascension), supplications and guidance, and the virtues and merits of the Ahl al-Bayt (a). The content encompasses historical, ethical, and doctrinal aspects. In total, the book possesses 1082 narrations.

Chapter 1

7 Aḥadīth
The First Assembly, which is Friday, Twelve Nights Remaining in Rajab, 367 AH.

Chapter 2

7 Aḥadīth
The Second Assembly, which is Tuesday, Seven Days Remaining from Rajab, 367 AH.

Chapter 3

10 Aḥadīth
The Third Assembly, which is Friday, Five Days Remaining from Rajab, 367 AH.

Chapter 4

8 Aḥadīth
The Fourth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Last of Rajab, 367 AH.

Chapter 5

5 Aḥadīth
The Fifth Assembly, which is Friday, two nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

Chapter 6

5 Aḥadīth
The Sixth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Seven Nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

Chapter 7

3 Aḥadīth
The Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, Ten Nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

Chapter 8

4 Aḥadīth
The Eighth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Fourteenth of Sha`ban, 367 AH.

Chapter 9

11 Aḥadīth
The Ninth Assembly, which is Friday, the Seventeenth of Sha`ban, 367 AH.

Chapter 10

13 Aḥadīth
The Tenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Ten Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

Chapter 11

4 Aḥadīth
The Eleventh Assembly, which is Friday, Six Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

Chapter 12

3 Aḥadīth
The Twelfth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Three Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

Chapter 13

10 Aḥadīth
The Thirteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the First of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 14

11 Aḥadīth
The Fourteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Fifth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 15

11 Aḥadīth
The Fifteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Eighth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 16

3 Aḥadīth
The Sixteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Twelfth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 17

12 Aḥadīth
The Seventeenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Middle of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 18

16 Aḥadīth
The Eighteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Nineteenth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 19

2 Aḥadīth
The Nineteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Twenty-Second of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 20

4 Aḥadīth
The Twentieth Assembly, an Assembly on Tuesday, with Four Nights Remaining from the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 21

11 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

Chapter 22

4 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-Second Assembly, which is the Day of Eid, the First of the Month of Shawwal, 367 AH.

Chapter 23

12 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-Third Assembly, which is Tuesday, two nights into Shawwal, 367 AH.

Chapter 24

4 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-Fourth Assembly, Wednesday, the Fourth of Shawwal, 367 AH.

Chapter 25

9 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-Fifth Assembly, which was dictated to us in Tus in the Shrine of al-Rida `Ali b. Musa (s) on Friday, the Seventeenth of Dhul Hijja, 367 AH.

Chapter 26

8 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-Sixth Assembly in the shrine of al-Rida (a.s), the day of Ghadir Khumm, which is Saturday, the Eighteenth of Dhul Hijja, 367 AH.

Chapter 27

9 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, the First of Muharram, 367 AH. He delivered it after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (a.s)

Chapter 28

10 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-Eighth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the 5th of Muharram, 368 AH, after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (a.s).

Chapter 29

22 Aḥadīth
The Twenty-Ninth Assembly, the Gathering on Friday, the Eighth of Muharram, 368 AH.

Chapter 30

1 Ḥadīth
The Thirtieth Assembly, Saturday, the Ninth of Muharram, 268 AH, which is the [the Eve of] the Killing of al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (a.s).

Chapter 31

5 Aḥadīth
The Thirty-First Assembly in the Remainder of the Killing [of al-Husayn], Sunday, which is the Day of `Ashura’, Ten into al-Muharram, 368 AH.

Chapter 32

8 Aḥadīth
The Thirty-Second Assembly, Tuesday, the Twelfth of Muharram, 368 AH.

Chapter 33

10 Aḥadīth
The Thirty-Third Assembly, Friday, Halfway into Muharram, 368 AH.

Chapter 34

16 Aḥadīth
The Thirty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Nineteenth of Muharram, 368 AH.

Chapter 35

1 Ḥadīth
The Thirty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Second of Muharram, 368 AH.

Chapter 36

20 Aḥadīth
The Thirty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Sixth of Muharram, 368 AH.

Chapter 37

10 Aḥadīth
The Thirty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Muharram, 368 AH.

Chapter 38

7 Aḥadīth
The Thirty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fourth of Safar, 368 AH.

Chapter 39

10 Aḥadīth
The Thirty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Seventh of Safar, 368 AH.

Chapter 40

15 Aḥadīth
The Fortieth Assembly, which is the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eleventh of Safar, 368 AH.

Chapter 41

10 Aḥadīth
The Forty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourteenth of Safar, 368 AH.

Chapter 42

16 Aḥadīth
The Forty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eighteenth of Safar, 368 AH.

Chapter 43

9 Aḥadīth
The Forty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-First of Safar, 368 AH.

Chapter 44

13 Aḥadīth
The Forty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Fifth of Safar, 368 AH.

Chapter 45

18 Aḥadīth
The Forty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Two Nights Remaining from Safar, 368 AH.

Chapter 46

15 Aḥadīth
The Forty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Second of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Chapter 47

20 Aḥadīth
The Forty-Seventh Assembly, Friday, the Fifth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Chapter 48

15 Aḥadīth
The Forty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Ninth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Chapter 49

16 Aḥadīth
The Forty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twelfth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Chapter 50

16 Aḥadīth
The Fiftieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Sixteenth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Chapter 51

15 Aḥadīth
The Fifty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the [Nineteenth] of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Chapter 52

13 Aḥadīth
The Fifty-Second Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Twenty-Third of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Chapter 53

13 Aḥadīth
The Fifty-Third Assembly, which is Friday, the Twenty-Sixth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

Chapter 54

26 Aḥadīth
The Fifty-Forth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the First of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 55

7 Aḥadīth
The Fifty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 56

9 Aḥadīth
The Fifty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the 8th of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 57

14 Aḥadīth
The Fifty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eleventh of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 58

18 Aḥadīth
The Fifty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Halfway through the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 59

1 Ḥadīth
The Fifty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eighteenth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 60

11 Aḥadīth
The Sixtieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Second of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 61

19 Aḥadīth
The Sixty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Fifth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 62

18 Aḥadīth
The Sixty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Last of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

Chapter 63

13 Aḥadīth
The Sixty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Third of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 64

16 Aḥadīth
The Sixty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Sixth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 65

19 Aḥadīth
The Sixty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Ninth from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 66

1 Ḥadīth
The Sixty-Sixth Assembly: The Assembly of Tuesday, the Thirteenth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 67

2 Aḥadīth
The Sixty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Sixteenth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 68

9 Aḥadīth
The Sixty-Eighth Assembly, which is the Assembly of Tuesday, Ten Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 69

3 Aḥadīth
The Sixty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirty-Second of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 70

10 Aḥadīth
The Seventieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Seventh of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 71

11 Aḥadīth
The Seventy-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

Chapter 72

27 Aḥadīth
The Seventy-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fifth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

Chapter 73

18 Aḥadīth
The Seventy-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eighth from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

Chapter 74

16 Aḥadīth
The Seventy-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twelfth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

Chapter 75

18 Aḥadīth
The Seventy-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Middle of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

Chapter 76

8 Aḥadīth
The Seventy-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Nineteenth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

Chapter 77

11 Aḥadīth
The Seventy-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Eight Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

Chapter 78

1 Ḥadīth
The Seventy-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Four Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

Chapter 79

1 Ḥadīth
The Seventy-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

Chapter 80

7 Aḥadīth
The Eightieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Four Nights into Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 81

22 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Seven Nights into Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 82

17 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eleventh of Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 83

6 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourteenth of Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 84

3 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eighteenth of Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 85

29 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Second of Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 86

19 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Five Days Remaining in Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 87

6 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Eighth of Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 88

16 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-Eighth Assembly, Saturday, the Last Day of Rajab, 368 AH.

Chapter 89

13 Aḥadīth
The Eighty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Sunday, the First of Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the House of al-Sayyid Abi Muhammad Yahya b. Muhammad al-`Alawi (r.a)

Chapter 90

7 Aḥadīth
The Ninetieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Third of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

Chapter 91

10 Aḥadīth
The Ninety-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Six Nights into Sha`ban, 368 AH.

Chapter 92

7 Aḥadīth
The Ninety-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Tenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

Chapter 93

42 Aḥadīth
The Ninety-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirteenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

Chapter 94

17 Aḥadīth
The Ninety-Fourth Assembly, Dictated on Tuesday, the Seventeenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH in Holy Mashhad (Peace Be Upon its Inhabitant), When He Went to Houses Beyond the River

Chapter 95

14 Aḥadīth
The Ninety-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Wednesday, Twelve Nights Remain From Sha`ban, 368 AH. Dictated in the Mashhad of Imam al-Rida (s).

Chapter 96

8 Aḥadīth
The Ninety-Sixth Assembly, Another Assembly of Wednesday, Twelve Nights Remain from Sha`ban, 368 AH, at `Asr Time

Chapter 97

2 Aḥadīth
The Ninety-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Thursday, Eleven Nights Remain From Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the Mashhad of Our Master Abi'l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (a.s)