Kitab al-Zahi
كتاب الزاهي
al-Mas'udi's book on the imamate — cited with his Safwa and Istibsar among the works where he treated the dispute over Ali's Islam between designation and election 1.
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"Kitab al-Zahi" (The Book of the Radiant), a book by al-Mas'udi on the imamate. He mentions it, along with "Al-Safwa" and "Al-Istibsar", among the books in which he discussed the acceptance of Islam by Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him). 2
These books set out the dispute among the Shi'a between the view that there is an explicit designation (nass) and the view that the community chooses. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 574
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.574
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