Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

A Distortion in Thaqalain Tradition

Author: Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Husaini Milani
Publisher: www.al-islam.org
Category:

• Thaqalain Tradition
• Note
• Preface
• Foreword
• Part 1: The Narrators of Thaqalain Tradition and Their Traditions
• An inquiry into the narrators of Thaqalain tradition and their Traditions
• The Tradition of Malik bin Anas
• The Tradition of Ibn Hisham
• Hakim’s Tradition
• Bayhaqi’s Tradition
• First Chain
• Second Chain
• Ibn Abd al-Barr’s Tradition
• First Chain
• Second Chain
• Qazi Ayad’a Tradition
• Suyuti’s Tradition
• The Tradition of Muttaqi Hindi
• Notes
• Part 2: An assessment of the chains of this tradition
• A Glance at the Chain of this Tradition
• The Chain of this Tradition in al-Muwatta
• 1. An evaluation of al-Muwatta
• 2. A glance at Malik’s biography
• A. Malik was a member of Khawarij (a notorious group in early Islam)
• B. Malik was a Mudallis
• D. Playing musical instruments
• E. Scholars on Malik
• 3. An evaluation of the chain of tradition of Malik
• The chain of this tradition in Ibn Hisham’s al-Sira al-Nabawiyya
• The chain of this tradition in al-Mustadrak
• 1. through Ibn Abbas
• 2. through Abu Huraira
• The chain of this tradition in Bayhaqi's al-Sunan al-Kubra
• The chain of this tradition in al-Tamheed
• The chain of tradition in al-Ilma'a
• The chain of this tradition in al-Ja'mi'a al-Saghir
• The chain of this tradition in Kanz al-Ummal
• Notes
• Part 3: A reflection on the text of this tradition and its meaning
• Fabricated Tradition
• The motive and goal of the inventor
• The real ‘Thaqalain’ tradition
• Thaqalain Tradition and its Narrators
• Thaqalain Tradition and its Signification
• A mere probability
• Note
• Bibliography