Al-Sharif al-Radi

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name = Seyyed Razi
birth = 359 AH (970 AD) in Baghdad [http://www.irib.ir/worldservice/nahj-english/index.htm In the Name of Allah ] ]
death = 406 AH (1015 AD)
school_tradition = Shi'a Twelver
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Al-Sharif al-Radi, known in Persian as Seyyed Razi, the son of Abu Ahmad al-Naqib, a decent of Prophet Muhammad was born in 970 AD in Baghdad. He was a Muslim scholar who compiled Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib sayings, the Nahj al-Balaghah, which is considered one of the famous classical texts of Islam. The book is a collection of aphorisms, political experiences, religious sermons, and letters.

When he was young, his mother sent him and his brother, al-Sharif al-Murtada, to study with Shaykh al-Mufid.

Works

*Peak of Eloquence (Arabic: "Nahj al-Balaghah")

ee also

*Islamic scholars

References

External links

* [http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Seyyed_Razi www.reference.com]
* [http://www.al-islam.org/nahj/default.asp?url=3.htm www.al-islam.org]