Muhammad ibn Sanan and her role in transmitting the hadith of Zaydiyya to Imamiyya

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Giti  mohamadbeigi ¹ (Department of History, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad. University, Najafabad, Iran.)
alireza  abtahi ² (azad)
Mohammad ali  Chelongar ³ (Department of history, University of Isfahan)

Received: 2020-04-08 Accepted : 2020-07-27 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: Muhammad ibn Sanan, Imami narrators, Zaydiyya, Zaydi elders,

Abstract :

In the subject of the history of hadith, the narrators of hadith have an important place. The first hadiths, which are referred to as "books", "originals" or "manuscripts", were transmitted by certain classes and individuals after the second century AH.One of the most important narrators and narrators of the Imam, who was the link between the sources and hadiths of the second and third centuries, is Muhammad ibn Sinan (d. 220 AH).What is the position of Muhammad ibn Sinan among the Imami narrators in terms of credibility or weakness? What was his role in transmitting Zaidi narrations to the Imams?To what extent do the narrations mentioned by him influence the Imams? The subject of this article is to try to study the historical method and descriptive-analytical method based on available sourcesDespite the fact that Muhammad ibn Sinan has been considered an outsider due to his association with people such as Mufaddal ibn Umar and the narration of his narrations, and his weakening among the narrators and the rejection of his narrations, the books and narrations narrated from him became popular.The narrations of two famous Zaidi narrators, Abu al-Jarud (d. 150 AH) and Talha ibn Zayd (d. 150 AH) have been reported. It seems that Muhammad ibn Sinan played an important role in transmitting Zaidi hadiths to Imami.