In Shi’ite biographical Rijal sources, various transmitters are often identified as companions and students of the Imams. Multiple Twelver hadith compilers were thus said to be the students of several Imams. After a careful analysis, however, it became apparent that these [read more]
Throughout history, various Muslim schools (asides from the Twelver school) have claimed to be the inheritors of Ahlulbait’s legacy. Most classical Shi’ite schools, however, have perished, and only a few remain today. The few surviving schools, nevertheless, all claim to be representative of [read more]
This article partially is a response to the extended rant by Yasin T. al-Jibouri on Al-Islam.org: Abu Hurayrah and The Falsification of Traditions For over a millennium , Shi’ite scholarship has felt the need to attack and vilify various companions of [read more]
‘Ilm Al-Rijal is the discipline where the reliability and status of hadith transmitters is discerned and evaluated. It is the backbone of the hadith sciences, since the acceptance and rejection of historical reports hinges upon the reliability of their respective [read more]
Shi’ite apologists often claim that the Twelver faith is a manifestation of the true teachings of the Prophet’s household. After appealing to a series of unverified premises and weak reports, polemicists will often invite non-Shias to join the Twelver faith [read more]
Evaluating examples of instances where forgers were identified and caught red-handed indeed is a very interesting endeavor. In such examples, one is exposed to the epitome of textual criticism and the meticulousness of Sunni scholarship with regards to the transmission [read more]
By the end of the 5th century, it was evident that the number of circulated fabrications by the Shia regarding the virtues of ‘Ali had were in the hundreds of thousands. The great muhaddith, Abu Ya’la Al-Khalili (d. 446), quotes [read more]
A common claim often made by Shi’ites is that the Twelvers, unlike Sunnis, do not possess Sahih hadith collections.When presented with a report from Shi’ite sources, the Shi’i polemicist will often retort saying: “But we Shias don’t label our books [read more]
by Abu Al-‘Abbas Al-Shami Abu Al-Mufaddal, Muhammad b. ‘Abdillah Al-Shaybani (d. 387), was an infamous Shi’ite forger from the city of Baghdad who was criticized and condemned by Sunni and Shi’ite scholarship alike. Though this transmitter’s reliability and trustworthiness are [read more]
by Abu Al-Abbas Al-Shami After engaging in Sunni-Shia polemics for a while, one eventually recognizes that most of the disagreement ultimately stems from one main factor: the relative independence of Sunni and Shi’ite primary historical sources. These independent primary [read more]
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