Abu Mohammed al-Hasan bin Ali bin al-Husain ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani also known as Ibn Shu’bah is one of the Shia scholars who lived in the fourth century of Hijrah.
[3] The author expounds that his aim of writing this book is to enable access to teachings of Muhammad and Imams about morality, spirituality, and wisdom, which had not received due attention by other Shia scholars.
[4] Tuhaf al-Uqul contains many hadiths of prophets and messengers of Islam and Shia Imams except Muhammad al-Mahdi.
[4] Some of the topics that came in the book are: Tuhaf al-Uqul and Ibn Shu'bah have been commended by another Shia scholars.
Muhammad Baqir Majlesi[5][6] and Sheikh Abdul Hosein Amini[7] are some of the scholars that commend this book and its author in their works.