al-Jarh wa al-Ta’dil

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   1.4 Tawthiq of a narrator on account of Ibn al Walid including him from the book Nawadir al Hikmah and him deeming weak those who he excluded   Muhammad ibn Ahmed ibn Yahya ibn ‘Imran al Ash’ari al Qummi authored his work Nawadir al Hikmah. Al Najjashi states:   كان ثقة في الحديث، إلا أن أصحابنا قالوا كان يروي عن الضعفاء ويعتمد المراسيل […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Two Between al Hilli and al Khu’i: The Critics Whose Statements in al Jarh wa al Ta’dil Are Relied Upon   2.1 The critics of the Shia Imamiyyah whose statements are relied upon in al jarh wa al ta’dil 2.2 The non-Imami critics whose statements are relied upon in al jarh wa al ta’dil according to the Shia Imamiyyah 2.3 The methodology […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   2.2 The non-Imami critics whose statements are relied upon in al jarh wa al ta’dil according to the Shia Imamiyyah   2.2.1 Ibn ‘Uqdah (d. 332 AH) When commencing with the discussion on Ibn ‘Uqdah, it is necessary to firstly explain a number of issues so as to know who this person is, his mazhab, what has been said about him, and how […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   2.3 The Methodology of al Hilli and al Khu’i when the scholars’ statements of al jarh wa al ta’dil contradict   Contradictory statements in al jarh wa al ta’dil from the scholars’ is one of the more significant issues that the scholars of narrator criticism have dealt with. And because of the sheer number of contradictions in al jarh wa al ta’dil present […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   2.4 The position of al Khu’i in light of the scholars’ statements of tawthiq before him   Considering how late the era of al Khu’i is in relation to his predecessors, he found himself facing many of their opinions related to al jarh wa al ta’dil. Their statements can be divided in the following manner.   2.4.1 The position of al Khu’i on […]