Abstract:
Related to the seventh verse of the Chambers chapter, there is a narration received from two transmission paths, one by Kulaynī in the book Al-Kāfī and the other one in the commentary attributed to ‘Alī b. Ibrāhīm Qumī. In this narration, the word “faith” is introduced as Imām ‘Alī (a), and the words unbelief, wickedness, and rebellion are claimed to be the three first caliphs. Suchlike narrations that regard the inward and esoteric meanings of the qur’ānic verses need to be treated very carefully so that no incorrect narration is attributed to the Infallibles (a) or no narration certainly issued by an Infallible (a) is discarded due to the lack of the necessary attention and investigation. Therefore, in this article we aim at showing that along the textual criticism, the criticism of the chain of transmission of suchlike narrations can be effective in identifying the sound narrations from the unsound ones. Thus, after determining the chain of transmission of the narration, we have explored the transmitters of the chain of transmission, and have shown that the chain of transmission of this narration is weak due to the existence of some famous extremists in it. Then, the content and implication of the narration is examined using the content analysis criteria, and it is found that the content of this narration seriously contradicts the content of some other narrations and the practice of Ahl al-Bayt (a).
Machine summary:
The Status of Criticizing the Chain of Transmission and Text of the Narrations on the Qur’ān Inward: The Case Study of the Narrations Related to the Seventh Verse of the Chambers Chapter Muḥammad Mawlawī Associate Professor, Department of the Qur’ān and Ḥadīth Sciences, Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Researches, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran Received: May 17, 2020 ; Revised: June 4, 2020 ; Accepted: July 12, 2020 © University of Tehran Abstract Related to the seventh verse of the Chambers chapter, there is a narration received from two transmission paths, one by Kulaynī in the book Al-Kāfī and the other one in the commentary attributed to ‘Alī b.
One of these is a narration related to the seventh verse of the Chambers chapter, transmitted through two chains of transmission, in which the word “faith” is introduced as Imām ‘Alī (a), and the words unbelief, wickedness, and rebellion are claimed to be the three first caliphs.
Being mentioned in the chains of transmission of the narrations of Qumī and Shaykh Ṭūsī commentaries does not validate him either, because Najāshī and other Rijāl scholars have deemed him as a weak transmitter (Khu’ī, 1992, vol.
However, Ibn Ghaḍā’irī has defended him, has trusted his transmitted narrations, and has taken the source of extremism accusations against him to be the book Tafsīr al-Qur’ān that has been attributed some issues that have not been issued by him (Ibn Ghaḍā’irī, 2001, vol.