Masail Books in Hadith Transcriptions

Masail books are collections of questions and answers which are generally of fiqh (jurisprudence) origin. These questions has been asked from Infallible Imams, peace be upon them by the author of the book or sometimes by another narrator and recorded in these collections. In the present article, the author mentions the names of a few narrators who have written Masail books. Ali bn Jafar's Masail book is one of them. Author of the present article also renders a brief biographical account of Ali bn Jafar and then investigates the characteristics of his book.