Al-Burhan

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Scrutiny of Shia Narrators   The difficulty Jafar al Sadiq rahimahu Llah faced, as recorded in the books of the Shia as well, was that a number of ignoramuses would sit in his company and then proceed to narrate on his authority. They would say that “Jafar ibn Muhammad has narrated to us” and proceed to relate lies, deceit, and fabrications, totally contrary […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Exaggeration of Shia narrators   Aban ibn Taghlib The well-known Shia scholar, Abu al ‘Abbas al Najashi, who is regarded as an expert in the field of scrutiny of narrators, reports in his famous book Rijal al Najashi that Aban ibn Taghlib narrated thirty thousand ahadith from Imam Jafar.[1] In fact, the author himself (‘Abdul Hussain) narrates this in his fabricated book in […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Section one The Allegations Made by ‘Abdul Hussain Sharf al Din al Musawi   He writes in the introduction of his book, Abu Hurairah (pg. 5):   This is a treatise on the life of the Sahabi who narrated from the Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and narrated so excessively that he exceeded all the limits. His narrations have been […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Clearing the Doubts Raised by the Deviants Against Abu Hurairah and His Narrations   This is the Abu Hurairah radiya Llahu ‘anhu we know before and after embracing Islam, we know of his hijrah and his companionship of the Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. He was a trustworthy Companion of the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and a dedicated […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter One The Life of Abu Hurairah   Name and Lineage The name of Abu Hurairah radiya Llahu ‘anhu was ‘Abdur Rahman ibn Sakhr. He was of the progeny of Tha’labah ibn Sulaim ibn Fahm ibn Ghanam ibn Daws al Yamani. He is Dawsi, on account of his relation to Daws ibn ‘Adnan ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Zahran ibn Ka’b ibn Harith ibn Ka’b […]