- Ilahiyat Studies
- Vol: 6 Issue: 1
- Sunnī-Shīʿī Interaction in the Early Period – The Transition of the Chains of Ahl al-Sunna to the Sh...
Sunnī-Shīʿī Interaction in the Early Period – The Transition of the Chains of Ahl al-Sunna to the Shīʿa –
Authors : Bekir Kuzudişli
Pages : 7-45
Doi:10.12730/13091719.2015.61.122
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Publication Date : 2016-02-20
Article Type : Research
Abstract :The objective of this study is to examine when and by whom Sunnī narrations (isnāds) such as "companion > successor…” were incorporated within the Shīʿī ḥadīth canons, even though these references are rarely seen in the Shīʿī tradition. This study does not merely reveal how the mentioned chains/isnāds passed from Ahl al-sunna to the Shīʿa but also provides significant ideas with regard to the historical journey of the Shīʿī ḥadīth narrative (riwāya). Thus, I hope to obtain clues about the origins of certain narratives that the Shīʿa consider critical of Ahl al-sunna but that cannot be proven by Sunnī sources. To remain loyal to the limits of this study, I will compare the chapters "Thawāb al-aʿmāl wa-ʿiqāb al-aʿmāl” within Kitāb al-maḥāsin by al-Barqī, who treats the era of the eleventh imām and al-Ghayba al-ṣughrā (The Lesser Occultation), and Thawāb al-aʿmāl wa-ʿiqāb al-aʿmāl by al-Sheikh al-Ṣadūq, who conducted his scholarly life during al-Ghayba al-kubrā (The Greater Occultation) period, with regard to the use of Sunnī chains. These two works are especially important because they reflect tendencies both before and after the Greater Occultation.Keywords : Al-Barqī, Thawāb al-aʿmāl, Shīʿa, Shīʿī ḥadīth, Sunnī ḥadīth, Al-Barqī, Thawāb al-aʿmāl, Shīʿa, Shīʿī ḥadīth, Sunnī ḥadīth