Sayyid Kazim Tabatabaee Ph.D
Shorta al-Khamis and Its Hadith Analytical Value
From the time that Nasr bn Muzahim Munqari (d. 212 A.H/ 827) wrote Waqat Siffin and Ibn Sa`d (d. 230 A.H/ 845) wrote al-Tabaqat on up to the present, authors of historical, rijal and hadith works have mentioned the name of a group of Imam Ali's companions in the era of his caliphate as Shorta al-Khamis. However none of those sources gave us a clear picture of this group and their activities. Thus, the author of the present paper tries to find answers for some questions in this regard while making a comparison between existing documents and evidences. The questions are as follows: what kind of organization is the Shorta al-Khamis? What is its mission? Why are they called Shorta al-Khamis? How many of them are hadith reporters? How effective is the analysis of the indications of this term in hadith studies? The author finally concludes that in spite of efforts made by rijali experts to utilize this term in authentication and justification of hadith reporters (mass description of companions under this title) has no remarkable and practicable effect in hadith studies.
Key Words: Ali bn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, Shurta al-Khamis, Knowledge of Rijal, General Authentication.
Sayyid Ali Akbar Rabi` Nattaj Ph.D
Halima Yadollahi Korsikola
Hadiths of al-Mizan: A Document Criticism
In spite of his rational style in al-Mizan, the author pays a special attention to hadith reports. Thus he dedicates a separate section under the verses to hadith reports. Due to the important status of hadiths in interpretation of the Quran and Allama's concern for this issue and the importance of hadith criticism, the author of the present paper mentions Allama's views concerning exegetical hadiths and comes up with Allama's approach to chain of documents and methods of hadith criticism. Though science of rijal is of high importance in criticism of hadith, it is seen at times that Allama assumes a hadith as weak or correct without any investigation of its chain of documents. Investigating the chain of documents of these hadiths, the author of this paper tries to evaluate his claim.
Key Words: Allama Tabatabaee, Hadith, Chain of Documents, Criticism, Knowledge of Rijal.
Ahmad Reza Sharafi
Hadith School of Neyshabur:
From the First to the Seventh Century A.H.
Hadith school of Neyshabur is one of the most important and active and effective hadith centers of the Islamic world especially in the field of suuni hadith. It was on peak from the second half of the third century up to the end of sixth century A.H.
