Shaykh Tusi

Abu Ja'far al-Tusi
Abu Ja'far al-Tusi
Title	Shaykh al-Ta'ifah
Personal
Born	385 H/; 995 CE; Tous, Iran
Died	460 H/; 1067 CE; (aged 72); Najaf, Iraq
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Denomination	Shia
Jurisprudence	Ja'fari
Creed	Twelver
Main interest(s)	Kalam, Tafsir, Hadith, Ilm ar-Rijal, Usul and Fiqh
Notable idea(s)	Hawza of Najaf
Notable work(s)	Tahdhib al-Ahkam, Al-Istibsar, Al-Tibyan
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Shaykh Mufid, Sharif Murtada;

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Shaykh Tusi (Persian: شیخ طوسی), full name Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi (Arabic: ابو جعفر محمد بن الحسن الطوسي, romanized: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī), known as Shaykh al-Ta'ifah (Arabic: شيخ الطائفة, romanized: Shaykh al-Ṭāʾifah) was a prominent Persian^[1] scholar of the Twelver school of Shia Islam. He was known as the "sheikh of the sect (shaikh al-ta'ifah)", author of two of the four main Shi'i books of hadith, Tahdhib al-Ahkam and al-Istibsar, and is believed to have founded the hawza.^[2] He is also the founder of Shia jurisprudence.^[3]

^ Frye, R.N., ed. (1975). The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.
^ Haytham Mouzahem. "Iraqi Shiite clerics maintain humility, influence". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
^ Hamid Dabashi (1988). Shi'ism: Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality. SUNY Press. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-0-88706-689-4.

[1] Frye, R.N., ed. (1975). The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.

[2] Haytham Mouzahem. "Iraqi Shiite clerics maintain humility, influence". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

[3] Hamid Dabashi (1988). Shi'ism: Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality. SUNY Press. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-0-88706-689-4.

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