The ways of the Righteous provideds inspirational anecdotes and insights into the lives of the recent and contemporary scholars. In addition to deriving laws of jurisprudence, the scholar is to act as a role model for the society and demonstrate the spirituality and leadership emboided by the Prophets of Allah and the noble Saints (sa). Shaykh Jaffer Ladak has collected and traslated stories from the lives of the greatest scholars from Shi'ite scholl of thought, many of which have previously been unpublished.