Validation of the Primary Narrators of Al-Ghaibah Na'māni Hadiths

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Research for the Studies of the Ahl al-Bayt

Kazem Ostadi ¹ (Researcher of Quranic Sciences and Hadith, University of Qurʾan and Hadith, Qom, Iran)

Received: 2023-12-21 Accepted : 2024-09-17 Published : 2024-09-17

Keywords: Al-Ghaibah Na'māni, Mahdavi Hadiths, Occultation, Wᾱqifīyyah.,

Abstract :

The book al-Ghaibah Nu'māni (360 AH) is the oldest available book about the occultation of Imam Zamān (as), in which there are more than 130 primary narrators. A small number of them have allocated the largest amount of Mahdavi hadiths to themselves. Now the question is raised, why are most of the occult and Mahdist hadiths from these narrators? And does this situation have anything to do with the religion of these early narrators? And on the other hand, are the early narrators of the Book al-Ghaibah well-known, trusted narrators? Therefore, in this research, we have investigated and validated the general narratives of the book al-Ghaibah by focusing on 11 narrators with many narratives, using the library research method. The results of this research show that according to the weakness or menial problems of these 11 narrators of the book al-Ghaibah, who are mostly Wᾱqifis, at least 157 (33%) of the 478 narratives of al-Ghaibah Nu’manī are weak and probably fake.