using historical reports of Ibrahim’s Sacrifice in the Abrahamic religions, based on his understanding of the religions and the importance of ancestral race in all faiths. He regards Prophet Isaac (a.s) as the intended sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity and early Shia, and (as he himself believes) considers Prophet Ismail (a.s) as the intended sacrifice in the Sunni and modern Shia. He also significant ideas and theories in this regard that accepting them is tantamount to the unreliability of the Shia beliefs. He finally concludes the resemblance between Shia and Christianity and that between Sunni and Judaism from foundation of the pure monotheism by Sunnis and its continuance by the Shia. In this study, the author cites some obvious features of the article. Using Muslim scholars’ commentaries and interpretations of the verses and hadiths, he demonstrates that there is no difference in determining the Prophet Ibrahim’s sacrifice among the early and late Shia, though both traditions are seen in Shia sources. He has extracted weak and inaccurate ideas and theories of the article and criticized and rejected them since they were incorrect attributed sayings, infirm expressions, misconception of Shia traditions, inaccurate data, and accusing Shia of hadith innovation. These are suggesting the stability of the Shia faith, resulting from adherence to the infallible Imams (a.s).

Key Words: Abraham’s Sacrifice, Ishmael, Isaac, Shia Hadith, Sunni Tradition.

Comparison between the Principles of Denying Tradition in Judaism and Islam

Reza Gandomi Nasrabadi

There is a tendency between Jewish and Muslim thinkers to focus on the sufficiency of the Bible and the Quran and deny the tradition as a whole or as a reliable and holy reference. The deniers of tradition in Judaism are called Qariun (Karaites) and the deniers of tradition in Islam are called Quraniun (Quranites). The author of the present paper expresses the similarities and differences of this view in Judaism and Islam, in addition to examining the causes and context of the view. Given the definition of tradition, one can find real or apparent similarities or differences by the main issue or concern, in other words, knowledge penetration, principles or assumptions, arguments, approach and how they approach the issue. It seems that there is undeniable similarities between deniers oftradition in Judaism and Islam and even if they have different concerns and principles, the theoretical and practical implications will be the same.

Key Words: Judaism, Islam, the Bible, the Quran, Qaryvn, Quranists and Tradition