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BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   3.5 The position of al Hilli and al Khu’i regarding narrators wanting in ‘adalah   Previously, I mentioned the position of both al Hilli and al Khu’i regarding the sects that oppose the Imamiyyah. In reality, the narrators in these sects are, according to them, wanting in ‘adalah since they disagree with the philosophy of Imamah. This section is specific to narrators who […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter Four The position of al Hilli and al Khu’i and the scholars of the Imamiyyah on the Sahabah   Statements of the Ahlus Sunnah scholars regarding the Sahabah The position of the Imamiyyah regarding the Sahabah The position of the Imamiyyah regarding the virtues of the Sahabah and its impact on their narrations A comparative analysis between the position of the Imamiyyah […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   4.2 The position of the Imamiyyah regarding the Sahabah   The Imamiyyah enjoined the theory of “nass (textual evidence) on the Caliphate of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib.” In other words, they state that he was appointed as the Khalifah after the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam—without intermission—through direct textual evidence from the Qur’an and the Sunnah. They made this theory the greatest […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   4.3 The position of the Imamiyyah on the virtues of the Sahabah and the impact of that on their narrations   After the Imamiyyah ruled all of the Sahabah to be apostates save a few, it is these few that became, in their view, the actual Sahabah. Whoever apostatized are not from the Sahabah, and they represented the vast majority of the Ummah […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents 4.4 A comparative analysis between the position of the Imamiyyah on the Sahabah and their own reliable narrators from the Imamiyyah   4.4.1 Al Khu’i and the Imami scholars justifying mistakes committed by their reliable narrators The position of the Imamiyyah regarding the Sahabah and how they judge them to be apostates (except a few among them), belie them in their virtues, and turn […]