Section Three – Unknown Narrators in the Books of the Rawafid

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Section Three

Unknown Narrators in the Books of the Rawafid

 

1. ‘From a Person, From…’

Do you know that the books of the Twelver Imami Shia are replete with this type of unknown transmitter? The number of narrations which have in their chains ‘from a man, from’ is 1508 narrations in the books which we list below. And in al Kafi alone there are 209 narrations.

Hereunder is the list of these books:

1) Al Kafi 2) Tahdhib al Ahkam 3) al Istibsar 4) Man la Yahduruhu al Faqih 5) Bihar al Anwar 6) Wasa’il al Shia 7) Mustadrak al Wasa’il 8) Ma’ani al Akhbar 9) al Manaqib 10) al Mahasin 11) Kamal al Din 12) Mustatrafat al Sara’ir 13) Kamil al Ziyarat

14) ‘Ilal al Shara’i’ 15) Waq’ah Siffin 16) al Mazar 17) al Ghaybah of al No’mani 18) Sifat al Shia 19) Fada’il al Ashhur 20) Falah al Sa’il. 21) ‘Uddah al Da’i 22) al Zuhd 23) al Qisas of al Rawandi 24) Farhah al Garri 25) Shawahid al Tanzil

26) Al Khisal 27) Jamal al Usbu’ 28) Basa’ir al Darajat 29) al Tawhid of al Saduq 30) Tafsir al Qummi 31) Ta’wil al Ayat 32) Tafsir al ‘Ayyashi 33) Thawab al A’mal 34) Rijal al Kashshi 35) Rijal al Najashi 36) Rijal al ‘Allamah 37) Rijal al Tusi

 

2. ‘From he who mentioned it, from’

Do you know that the books of the Twelver Imamiyyah are replete with this type of unknown narrator as well?

The amount of narrations whose chains contain ‘from he who mentioned it, from’ is 1464. And al Kafi alone there are 255 narrations of this nature.

Hereunder is the list of books which contain this type of an unknown narrator:

1) Al Kafi 2) Tahdhib al Ahkam 3) Wasa’il al Shia 4) Mustadrak al Wasa’il 5) Bihar al Anwar

6) Tafsir al ‘Ayyashi 7) Al Khisal 8) ‘Ilal al Shara’i’ 9) Al Qisas of al Rawandi 10) Kamil al Ziyarat

11) Al Mahashin 12) Ma’ani al Akhbar 13) Al Muqni’ah 14) Nuzhat al Nazir 15) Mustatrafat al Sara’ir

 

3. ‘From various men’

Do you know that the books of the Imamiyyah contain chains which have various unknown men?

The number of these narrations are 11:

1) Al Kafi 2) Wasa’il al Shia

3) Bihar al Anwar 4) Al Sirat al Mustaqim

5) ‘Ilal al Shara’i’ 6) Al Mahashin

 

4. ‘A group informed’

Do you know that the books of Twelvers take their Din from a group of unknown narrators?

The amount of these narrations is 343. And these books are:

1) Mustadrak al Wasa’il 2) Bihar al Anwar 3) Al Amali of al Tusi 4) Jamal al Usbu’ 5) Al Khara’ij

6) Rijal al Najashi 7) Al Ghaybah of al Tusi 8) Fath al Abwab 9) Al Fihrist of al Tusi 10) Kitab Sulaim ibn Qais

11) Masa’il ‘Ali ibn Jafar 12) Misbah al Tahajjud 13) Makarim al Akhlaq

 

5. ‘From some of them, from’

Do you know that the books of the Imamiyyah take their Din from unknown people?

The number of these narrations are 26. And these books:

1) Al Kafi 2) Al Tahdhib 3) Al Istibsar

4) Wasa’il al Shia 5) Bihar al Anwar

6) Farhah al Garri 7) Al Mahasin

 

6. Those intended by ‘A group of our companions’

On page no. 48 of Usul al Kafi the following note appears:

1. In the book al Kafi wherever ‘a group of our companions from Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa’ appears, then it refers to:

• Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Yahya al ‘Attar al Qummi.
• ‘Ali ibn Musa ibn Jafar al Kamandani.
• Abu Sulaiman Dawood ibn Kurah al Qummi.
• Abu ‘Ali Ahmed ibn Idris ibn Ahmed al Ash’ari al Qummi.
• Abu al Hassan ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim al Qummi.

 

2. Wherever ‘a group of our companions from Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid al Barqi’ appears, then it refers to:

• Abu al Hassan ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim al Qummi.
• Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Udhaynah.
• Ahmed ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Umayyah.
• ‘Ali ibn al Hussain al Sa’d Abadi.

 

3. Where ever ‘a group of our companions from Sahl ibn Ziyad’ appears then it refers to:

• Abu al Hassan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Aban al Razi, who was known as ‘Allan al Kulayni.
• Abu al Hussain Muhammad ibn Abi ‘Abdullah Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Awn al Asadi al Kufi, the inhabitant of Ray.
• Muhammad ibn al Hassan ibn Farrukh al Saffar al Qummi.
• Muhammad ibn ‘Uqayl al Kulayni.

 

4. Wherever ‘a group of our companions from Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn al Hassan ibn ‘Ali ibn Fadal’ appears, then that refers to:

• Abu ‘Abdullah al Hussain ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Imran ibn Abi Bakr al Ash’ari al Qummi.

 

My comment upon this:

Firstly: This note, is it from the researcher and annotator of the book ‘Ali Akbar al Ghifari, or is it from the one who took up the project of the book Muhammad al Akhwandi?

Secondly: This note comes independently between the first page of the inside cover of al Kafi and the last page of the samples of the pages of the manuscript, but completely separated from the page before it and the page after it.

Thirdly: The person who added this note did not cite a source for this assumption of his, nor did he state from where he got it and who is the actual person who first advanced it. This is in spite of the fact that he claims in the introduction of the book, which he deems to be in the writing of Professor Hussain ‘Ali Mahfuz, that he will mention symbols to indicate toward his sources. And he specifically made mention of al Tabataba’i, but he did not that.

Fourthly: He has not explained many other similar cases. For example:

• Some of our companions from ‘Ali ibn Asbat.
• Some of our companions from ‘Abdullah al Bazzaz.
• Some of our companions from Ibn Sinan.
• Some of our companions from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdullah.
• Some of our companions from Abi Jafar Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Babawayh.
• Some of our companions from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdul Hamid, and many others.

 

7. ‘From some of his companions, from’

You will find in the middle of the chains ‘from some of companions’ who are unknown.

And the number of these narrations in the books of the Twelver Imamiyyah has reached 1310 narrations. And in al Kafi there are 330 narrations.

 

8. ‘From more than one person, from’

You will also find in the middle of some chains ‘from more than one person’ who are all unknown.

The number of narrations with such chains in the books of the Twelver Imamiyyah has reached 457. And in al Kafi alone there are 117.

 

9. ‘From who informed him, from’

You will also find in the chains: ‘from who informed him’ who are unknown.

And the number of such narrations in the books of the Twelver Imamiyyah has reached 350. And al Kafi there appears 56 narrations.

 

Conclusion

The statuses of the Shia transmitters and their contradiction suggest the corruption of the transmitters; and the corruption of the transmitters suggests the corruption of the narrators; and the corruption of the narrations suggest the corruption of all the books of the Shia which contain them; and the corruption of all the books suggest the reality, which is that the Din of the Shia is bogus just like its lying, sinful, accursed, and unknown transmitters. These are the true attributes of the Rafidah. Hence, their outer garment is humiliation, their inner garment is hypocrisy and Taqiyyah, and their capital is lying and taking false oaths. They lie excessively against Jafar al Sadiq and against others, who, coupled with his forefathers, were the most truthful of people and the greatest of them in faith, and whose Din was based on Taqwa, piety, and not Taqiyyah.

And may the salutations greetings and blessings of Allah be upon our master Muhammad salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.