Shaykh Saduq

Shaykh Saduq

Shaykh al-Ṣadūq was one of the most outstanding Shi’ā hadith scholars of the 4th/10th century and the most prominent hadith scholar and faqih of the hadith school of Qom. Al-Ṣadūq is famously known to have been born as a result of a supplication by Imam Al-Mahdi (aj) upon the request of his father, another prominent scholar, Ali b. Bābawayh al-Qomī during the minor occultation.

Al-Ṣadūq is known to have authored some of the most important books in Shia Islam, many of which continue to be studied to this day. These include Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh (one of the 4 most important books of Hadith in Shi’a literature), Kamāl al-Din, al-I`tiqadāt al-Imamiyya, Kitāb al-Tawhīd, Maʿānī l-akbār, ʿIlal al-sharāyiʿ, ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā, al-Khisāl, Thawab al-A`māl, and over 300 others.

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