Alavi's Written Heritage

After the holy Prophet passed away, compiling and transmitting the Prophetic tradition faced with many problems. Imam Ali, peace be upon him, emphasized on writing, transmitting, and reporting the Prophetic tradition, but after the holy Prophet the situation changed. In this article, the author at first presents some speeches from Imam Ali on the necessity of writing, recording, compiling, and disseminating hadith and then tries to report the Alavi's written heritage which has been written in order to record and safeguard the holy Prophet's heritage.