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BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Conclusion   As the discussion reached this point, the flow of the pen ended with what it wrote regarding this historical excavation, analysis and clarification. Thus, we conclude with the praises of the Lord of the universe, for it is a blessed phrase which Allah subhanahu wa ta `ala—may his majesty be glorified—made the last proclamation of the people of Paradise and he […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Imami’s First al Usul al Rijaliyyah   The Imamiyyah call the books of Jarh and Ta’dil that deal with the narrators of the school, al Usul al Rijaliyyah, as they are the origins that the latter scholars relied upon when identifying narrators and their conditions. There are five Usul according to the popular view:   Rijal al Kashshi of Muhammad ibn ‘Umar […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   9. Problem of revealing the conditions of the senior narrators of the school   If we turn the pages of the books of Jarh and Ta’dil, specifically of this sect, forgetting the books of the Sunnis, we will notice that the senior narrators from the Imams, particularly from Jafar al Sadiq, are accused by the Imams of the Ahlul Bayt or the Imami […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   8. Disorder and confusion in the standards of Jarh and Ta’dil (hadith narrator criticism)   Their authentications and the weakening of narrators lack established and solid criterion that can be relied upon when judging narrators and distinguishing trustworthy ones from weak ones. The former Imamis and their latter ones did not agree on the ceiling of exaggeration and its meaning. Therefore, what some […]