The tradition of the Tablet of Fatimah (‘a) has been narrated by many great scholars of tradition, including the following:

1. Thiqat al-Islam Shaykh Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni (d. 329 AH) in his authentic collection Usul al-Kafi (v.1, pp. 527-528) has narrated the tradition of the Tablet under the chapter heading Ma ja’a fi al- ithnay ‘asharah wa al-nass ‘alayhim ‘alayhim al-salam (On what has come about regarding the twelve [successors] and their explicit mention, peace be unto them).

2. Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn Husayn ibn ‘Ali al-Mas’udi (d. 346 AH) has narrated the tradition of the Tablet in his Ithbat al-Wasiyyah (p. 3).

3. Shaykh Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hasan ibn Babawayh al- Qummi, famously known as Shaykh al-Saduq (d. 381 AH) has narrated the tradition of the Lawh in chapter twenty-eight of his work Kamal al-din wa tamam al-ni‘mah (v.1, p. 308). He has also brought the tradition in his collection ‘Uyun akhbar al-Ridha’ (‘a) (v.1, pp. 42-45) under the chapter titled Bab al-nusus ‘ala al-Ridha’ (‘a) bi al-imamah fi jumlah al-a’immah al- ithnay ‘asharah (The chapter on explicit traditions establishing the divine leadership of Imam al-Ridha’ (‘a) among the twelve infallible leaders).

4. Ibn Abi Zaynab Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Nu‘mani, a scholar of the fourth century, has narrated the tradition of the Lawh in his Kitab al- ghaybah (the Book of Occultation) (p. 62).

5. Shaykh Abu ‘Abdillah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Nu‘man al- Harithi al-‘Ukbari, well-known as Shaykh al-Mufid (d. 413) has brought the tradition of the Lawh in his hadith collection al-Ikhtisas (p. 205).

6. Shaykh Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Hasan (d. 460), well-known as Shaykh al-Ta’ifah, has narrated the tradition of the Lawh in his Kitab al- ghaybah (the Book of Occultation) (p. 9).

7. Shaykh Abu ‘Ali Ahmad ibn ‘Ali al-Tabrasi (d. 620 AH) has narrated the hadith al-Lawh in his well-known masterpiece al-Ihtijaj ‘ala ahl al-lijaj (v.1, p. 67) under the chapter Dhikr ta‘yin al-a’immah al-tahirah ba‘d al- nabiyy wa ihtijaj Allah ta‘ala bimakanihim ‘ala kaffat al-khalq (A mention of the explicit selection of the pure divine leaders after the Prophet (S) and Allah’s evidence about their station above the entire creation).

8. Shaykh Abu al-Fadl ibn Hasan al-Tabrasi (d. 548 AH) well-known as Amin al-Islam, has narrated the tradition of the Tablet from Shaykh al- Saduq in his I‘lam al-wara (p. 392).

9. ‘Allamah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi al-Majlisi (d. 1111 AH) has narrated the tradition of the Lawh in his magnum opus Bihar al- Anwar (v.36, p. 197) from Shaykh al-Saduq, Shaykh al-Mufid, Shaykh al- Tusi, Shaykh al-Tabrasi, and Shaykh al-Nu‘mani.

10. Shaykh ‘Abdullah Bahrani Isfahani has brought the tradition of the Lawh in his book ‘Awalim al-‘ulum wa al-ma‘arif wa al-ahwal (v.3, ch. 3, pp. 66-73).

It is also important to note that the tradition of the Tablet has different versions with slight variations. The main reasons behind these differences pertains to the problems of the narration of the tradition. In this treatise, we have adopted the version depicted in the authoritative text of Usul al-Kafi of Thiqat al-Islam al-Kulayni.