Al-Burhan

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Who is the Grand-Father of Jafar al Sadiq?   Al Irbili (who is a Shia scholar) reproduces the lineage of Jafar al Sadiq in Kashf al Ghummah:   قال محمد بن طلحة: أما نسبه أبا وأما فأبوه أبو جعفر محمد الباقر، وأمه أم فروة بنت القاسم بن محمد بن أبي بكر. وقال الحافظ عبدالعزيز: أمه(ع) أم فروة بنت القاسم بن محمد بن أبي […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Secondly, The Viewpoint of The Shia on the Sahabah of the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam ‘Abdul Hussain claims their view regarding the Sahabah is the most moderate one. He writes on page 200:   ونحن الإمامية لنا في الصحابة رأي هو أوسط الآراء عقدنا لبيانه في أجوبة موسى جار الله فصلا مخصوصا وعقدنا لتأييده فصلا آخر فليراجعها من أراد التحقيق من […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   ‘Abdul Hussain’s Criticism of the Morality of the Sahabah As for his claim that there exists no evidence to prove the morality of the Sahabah, which he claims in statements such as this:   This is our opinion regarding the narrators of hadith irrespective of whether they were Sahabah or not. The Qur’an and Sunnah have echoed this opinion. The majority have exceeded […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Burayd ibn Muawiyah al ‘Ijli Al ‘Amili has said regarding him in al Wasaʼil:   وجه من وجوه أصحابنا ، ثقة فقيه، له محل عند الأئمة قاله العلامة ونحوه النجاشي وعده الكشي من أصحاب الاجماع كما مر، وروى له مدحا جليلا ، وفيه بعض الذم يأتي الوجه في مثله في زرارة  . A facet of our companions, a reliable faqih. He has a […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Zurarah ibn A’yan   The Shia are in consensus upon declaring this individual as reliable and ruling his narrations to be authentic despite him being cursed by the Imams of the Ahlul Bayt, as has been elucidated by al Tusi in his al Fihrist[1]. In spite of this, ‘Abdul Hussain still praised him in his al Muraja’at, which he fabricated in the name […]