Detachment from the World- An Annotated Translation of Kitab al-Zuhd

Detachment: Wisdom from Kitab al-Zuhd

This book, Kitab al-Zuhd, was written by al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī, a companion of the Infallible Imams who lived in the 3rd century AH. Al-Ahwāzī lived during the time of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Imams and narrated traditions from them all. He is considered a reliable transmitter of ḥadīth and has many treatises on various subjects.

In this work, he has compiled two hundred and ninety traditions on twenty different ethical su…