Shia Hadith Database — Search 32,000+ Narrations of the Ahlul Bayt in Arabic and English

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A searchable database of Shia hadith — 32,519 narrations of the Prophet and the Ahlul Bayt, in the original Arabic with English translation, drawn from Primary Collections.

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The Hadith Database Project (HDP) team at the Academy for Learning Islam (A.L.I.) has collected Shi`i Islamic Hadith from available translations online and in print from renown primary sources. The objective of the HDP is to provide easy to search Shi'i Islamic Hadith online. A.L.I. is not responsible for the contents and translations of these hadith.
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