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  1. Publications
  2. Al-Qalam
  3. Volume 2
  4. Vol. 2, No. 2

Al-Qalam Journal of Advanced Islamic Research

Vol. 2, No. 2

Largely given over to al-Kulaynī and the sources of al-Kāfī, with four articles, two research notes on the authentication of ziyāra texts, and two reviews.

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Contents

Articles

  • 13–36

    Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Khālid al-Barqī in the Mirror of al-Maḥāsin

    Majid Maarif and Reza Qorbani Zarrin

  • 37–72

    Kitāb Akhbār al-Qāʾim by ʿAllān al-Kulaynī al-Rāzī: A Source for Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī in Compiling al-Kāfī

    Hamid Bagheri

  • 73–110

    Al-Kulaynī: Insights into His Life and Methodology

    Ammaar Muslim al-Dodomi

  • 111–151

    Tawassul, Istighātha and Shafāʿa in Twelver Shīʿī Islam: A Qurʾānic, Ḥadīth and Historical Analysis of Their Compatibility with Tawḥīd

    Aly al-Mahdi Karim

Research Notes

  • 155–159

    On the Authenticity of Ziyārat ʿĀshūrāʾ: A Text-Critical Approach

    Hassan Ansari

  • 161–165

    On the Validity of the Chain of Narration for Ziyārat al-Arbaʿīn

    Sayyid Muḥammad Riḍā al-Sīstānī

Reviews

  • 169–174

    The Language of Tears: My Journey into the World of Shiʿi Muslim Women

    Fatima Chakroun

  • 175–195

    A Critical Review of Ṣafūra's Personality in Women in the Qurʾan, Traditions and Interpretations by Barbara Stowasser

    Batool S. Arastu

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