Abulmufḍḍal al-Shaybāni's Approach to Hadith
Subject Areas :mohammad taghi zakeri 1 , nemat allah safari froshani 2
1 - PhD student in the history of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS), Higher Education Complex of History, Islamic Tradition and Civilization, Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran.
2 - Professor in History, al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran.
Keywords: Abulmufḍal al-Shaybāni, Ghadiriyeh Seremon, Ibn Rustam al-Ṭabarī, Mohammad Ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī, Abbasid Shiism,
Abstract :
Abulmufḍal Sheibāni (d. 387 AH) is an Imami narrator whose numerous narrations have remained in various sources, but his method of gaining Hadith has been less explored so far. Despite all the efforts made by Abulmufḍal to receive and transmit the Hadith heritage, the early Shiite and Muslim narrators and translators have accused him of various forms of forgery and theft in the Hadith. We know that he has made many efforts in transmitting the Hadith heritage of the Imams and Zaydis, and many important Shiite works and narrations have been narrated through him. The importance of his legacy has even caused the popular Muslim narrators not to ignore his narrations. Accordingly, it is necessary to study the approach of Abulmufḍal Sheibāni to narrate Hadiths. This study is done for the same purpose. By studying the evidence from the narrations of Abulmufḍal, we want to find out whether it is possible to make a judgment based on the narrations of Abulmufḍal,himself about the accusation leveled against him by the narrators. Also, we want to know what kind and to what extent his possible additions in the narrations, and what was the reason for these possible insertions; Was he possibly influenced by the currents of thought of the Qulāts that were active during his lifetime, or was he influenced by other factors? The hypothesis of this study is that Abulmufḍal,, aware of the interference and insertions of rival sects in the narration of Hadiths, has sometimes done such changes in Hadith as a retaliation.
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