Sunnī-Shīʿī Interaction in the Early Period – The Transition of the Chains of Ahl al-Sunna to the Shīʿa –

Authors : Bekir KUZUDİŞLİ

Pages : 7-45

Doi:10.12730/13091719.2015.61.122

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Publication Date : 2016-02-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The objective of this study is to examine when and by whom Sunnī narrations insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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

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