ULUM-I-HADITH
Year:2008 | Volume:13 | Issue:1 (47)|Papers Count:9

In this paper, first the hadith schools of the time of Ali bn Ibrahim is dealt with and then his teachers, students, and his tafsir (Tafsir al-Qomi) are introduced. It is said that the whole book is not written by Ali bn Ibrahim and already half of it has been compile by one of his students. The author of the present paper tries to prove it by presenting some documents.

This paper deals with a hadith, from the holy Prophet, about loneliness of Islam. The author first mentions those hadith which are concerned with the issue of loneliness and then renders a definition of ghurbat (loneliness) while classifying them into four kinds. He also talks about accepted loneliness and unaccepted one.

This paper is concerned with a section of a Zyyarat to the holy Prophet which it's meaning is understood by referring to other ziyarats and hadiths.The author of the present paper tries to prove that sometimes one should refer to origins of ziyarat [viz. the holy Qur'an and hadith] to get their true meaning.

This paper is concerned with Ibn Shi`ar Musili and his book Qalaid al-Jam`an. After giving a brief account of the book, the writer of the present paper comes up with the author of the book and his religious doctrine. He studies the biographies of the Shiite presented in the book in general and deals with 43 of them in particular. He also points to some of their religious poems.

Kuniya (agnomen) is one of the phenomena specific to Arabic and is found in literary textsand also hdiths and rijal. Kuniya and its related issues, due to its high importance in comprehension of hadith texts and proper analysis of chain of authorities, demands an extended discussion. Here the author views it from three perspectives: literature, Arabic culture, and Islamic culture.

Kufa is the first city in wich Shia and Shiite hadith took place. However formation of Shiite hadith school of thought does not date back to the arrival of the Commander of the Faithful at Kufa.In this paper, the author first deals with the formation of the principles of Shiite hadith and then the disciplines of the first Shiite hadith school of thought are verified.

Ahl al-Sunna have frequently mentioned the virtue of the household of the holy Prophet in their books. We can dare say that no group neither the three caliphs nor the four Imams of Ahl al-Sunna have books on their virtues as many as the household of the Prophet. Without any doubt, this approach demands their high regards to the Infallible Imams hadithsand also their transmission and criticism of hadiths of Ahl al-bayt. In this paper, the athor has studied the most important hadith books of Ahl al-Sunnah and has extracted the number of hadiths ascribed to any Imam of Ahl al-Bayt. He finaly concludes that the people of Sunnah hve not paid as much attention as it deserves to Ahl al-Bayt's hadiths.

Transmission and writing hadith is one of the controversial issues in the history of hadith. Some forbid it and some others have a different view. This article deals with these debates and discrepancies.

Al-Wafi, containing fifty thousand hadiths along with explanations and commentaries which have been written by its great compiler, the late Fayz Kashani following the hadiths, is reckoned as one of the great sources of hadith. But this book is not regarded as it deserves. Thus the author of the present paper views it from different perspectives and gives a detailed account of this valuable book.The following issues are discussed in this paper: privileges of the book, the author's motive for writing the book, date of its writing, its status in the eyes of Islamic scholars, its manuscript and printed copies, interpretations, annotations and supplements, etc.