ULUM-I-HADITH
Year:2007 | Volume:11 | Issue:4 (42)|Papers Count:11

The author (editor - in - chief) of the present paper gives an account of measures done during the 12 years of publishing the scientific research Journal of Ulum Haith (Hadith Sciences).Pointing to the number of volumes, published during this period and number of their pages, he comes up with the authors of the published papers and classifies their articles into different issues.

There is a unanimous agreement at the existence of batin (inner meaning) of the Holy Quran and it is verified by many narrations. But there are some disagreements at its nature. Scholars have rendered many different definitions of it. Analyzing the definitions rendered by the past and modem scholars, the author of the present paper gives a new definition and concludes that there is a batin for all the verses of the Holy Quran.He also argues that there are two types of connotation for the verses of the Holy Quran. First type are those verses which their meanings are compatible with their indications and are understood by everyone. Second type is those verses which their meanings are not compatible with their indications and are understood by the Prophet and Infallible Imams, peace be upon them.

In his Qur'anic Studies, John Wansbrough tried to show for the first time that the so-called Tafsīr Ibn 'Abbās or Tanwīr al-Miqbās min Tafsīr Ibn 'Abbās did not go back to the original interpretations of Ibn Abbās; nor has it been compiled by al-Fīrūzabadī (d. 817 A.H.). Dating the text around the end of 2nd century, he considered it as Tafsīr of al-Kalbī (d. 146 A.H.). Nearly two decade later, his pupil Andrew Rippin through analyzing its available manuscripts, concluded that this work was nothing but Tafsīr al-Wādih written by Diniwari at the end of the third, or early forth century. However, he also confesses for some relations between al- Wādih and Tafsīr of al-Kalbī.The present article firstly seeks to estimate Rippin's method in dating the Tafsīr and his identifying its author by ignoring the isnāds and simply relying on literary element of the text. Secondly the author shows that contrary to Rippin, the real compiler of al- Wadih or Tafsīr Ibn 'Abbās is not 'Abdullāh ibn Muhammad ibn Wahb al- Dīniwarī (d. 308 A.H.), but 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak al-Dīniwarī However, he accepts Rippin's dating of the text itself and ascribing it to around late third Islamic century

Numani's commentary on the Holy Quran is a treatise, written in the field of Quranic sciences, from a Shiite stand point, which dates back to the early centuries of Islam. Some ascribe it to Imam Ali, peace be upon him. In this treatise, the author deals with nearly 60 issues. Such as nasikh and mansukh (abrogating and abrogated verses), Muhkam and Mutashaba (explicit and implicit verses) and some other issues as to rejecting Ditheists and Sadducees as well as determmists and paralogists This treatise have many things in common with introduction of Ali bn Ibrahim Qumi's tafsir and a treatise written by Sa'd bn Abdullah Ash'ri, some parts of it is found in Bihar al-Anwar by Allama Majlisi. Some ambiguous aspects of this treatise such as the author's identity and its sources are investigated by the present paper.

The present paper deals with the qaylula sleep. It aims at determining the time of qaylula sleep from hadith perspective.While investigating the related traditions on the qaylula sleep, the author of this paper comes up with its religious preferences and benefits using cultural and lexical evidences.

The great and well-known Kumayl supplication is one of the most prominent supplications of the existing famous Shiite supplications. It contains some parts of Imam Ali's spiritual supplications which is told by that Imam and written by Kumayl bn Zyad Nakha'i.Meanwhile this supplication has gone through the general process of relating hadith and left behind many ups and downs. It has not been immune from some impairment and is regarded in some way as a mu'allal hadith. Investigating a part of the above mentioned supplication. The author of the present paper tries to locate the existing weaknesses in it and finally gives a solution to the related problems.

To verify the reliability of a hadith, there are several approaches: 1) rational necessity 2) pure submission 3) methods used by rationalists 4) submissive expansion of methods. Since other approaches are applicable there is no room for rational necessity approach. But unyielding and firm indication were established for two of these approaches (i.e. rational necessity pure submission).Some based their methods completely on one of these two approaches. But since there were some theoretical problems in the way of faqihs Uurisprudents) and traditionists while handling different classes of hadith, it was necessary to reengineer and research for a new approach to verification of hadith reliability. The author of this article tries to prove the theory of Submissive Expansion of Methods Used by Rationalists Concerning Hadith Authenticity. To do this he discuss these issues: a) positive reasons b) domain of submissive expansion of methods c) great benefits and results of this theory in the field of usul science and fiqh d) the rational and systematic status of submissive To verify the reliability of a hadith, there are several approaches: 1) rational necessity 2) pure submission 3) methods used by rationalists 4) submissive expansion of methods. Since other approaches are applicable there is no room for rational necessity approach. But unyielding and firm indication were established for two of these approaches (i.e. rational necessity pure submission). Some based their methods completely on one of these two approaches. But since there were some theoretical problems in the way of faqihs Uurisprudents) and traditionists while handling different classes of hadith, it was necessary to reengineer and research for a new approach to verification of hadith reliability.The author of this article tries to prove the theory of Submissive Expansion of Methods Used by Rationalists Concerning Hadith Authenticity. To do this he discuss these issues: a) positive reasons b) domain of submissive expansion of methods c) great benefits and results of this theory in the field of usul science and fiqh d) the rational and systematic status of submissive

During the second half of 11th century, since a drastic approach to saying several descriptions were written on Kafi. Evaluation their scientific position and determining understanding and bringing out underlying roles of hadith, was needed for investigation that stabilized our steps to follow this way. "The methodology of exposition of Mullah-Saleh-Mazandarani on Osoul & Rozea of Kafi" is amonl); them.The main principle of its credibility in this description that is mainly principled hadiths is hadith's context. An exact look on hadithsand literal consideration is of important characteristics.It has rational - narrative description on hadiths that it is rational aspect is well clarified, and has completed his description, and has made it an especial and rave description of Kafi.

Various methods used in hadith books are the result of hard work and genius of many scholars and traditionists in the past centuries.Variety of methods has paved the way for researchers to deal with them. Many innovators in order to serve researchers and even public readers have innovated new methods different from previous writings.The author of the present parer studies the rise and fall of methods of writing haith in two field of hadith scholarship (i.e. Shiite and Sunni hadith school) separately during the past centuries

Uyun al-Mu'jizat is of the works which have been written in early fifth century by some Imamate authors to prove the spiritual leadership of Imams by way of miracles. Due to some reasons such as contents of its narrations and the personality of its unknown author, this book was not regarded as an important work by Imamite community till the twelfth century. But in this century, with the development of traditionism, this book quickly find its way through traditionists Majami' and it is seen in books such as Allama Majlisi's Bahar a-Anwar, Sheikh Hur Amili's Ithbat al-Hudat and Sayyid Hashim Bahrani's Madia al- Maajiz. No longer this book became well-know and its author was regarded as a great faqih (jurisprudent).The author of the present paper argues that studying this book will help us to know more about the common beliefs in the fifth century regarding the Infallible Imams and some Imamite movements in regions far away from Shiite centers. Having investigated the sources and documents of this book not finding any trace of works written by the great scholars of Qom's hadith school like Shaykh Saduq and Baghdad's hadith school like Shaykh Mufid, the author concludes that in this book a new hadith school is found wl1ichis different from that of Qom's traditionist hadith school and Baghdad's rationalis one.