Out of the many thousands of Prophetic ḥadīths that are known to have circulated in early Islam, there were 3 or 4 critical ḥadīths that were said to capture the essence of what Islam is all about. One of these critical ḥadīths is narrated by ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn directly from the Prophet (i.e. without naming his intermediary). His Hadith says: "“From the perfection of a person’s Islam is his abandonment of that which does not concern him”.

Ziyarat Ashura is the most famous Shi’i devotional visitation text, recited in remembrance of Imam al-Husayn and the martyrs of Karbala. Many scholars have drawn theological points from this Ziyara and serve it as decisive proof for tabarra (disassociation) of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) from their enemies. In it exists curses sent upon the likes of Mu’awiyah, Ale Marwan and most famously, the curse upon the first couple Sunni caliphs. In this article, we will be reviewing its authe

The most common argument against Shi’a Hadith Science is a singular mursal report transmitted in Kitab al-Kafi which says the following: It is narrated that the Commander of the Faithful (A) said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) was once spoken to by a donkey, which said: “May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! My father told me, from his father, from his grandfather, from his father, that he was with Prophet Noah in the Ark...

There is a report recorded in al-Kafi that has caused some controversy regarding Shaykh al-Kulayni (RH), where our opponents will claim that he tampered with the report to protect his narrative. The report concerns Imam Musa al-Kadhim (AS) and Isma'il (RA)...

When examining historical works and narratives, it is common to find that many reports are not authentic in terms of their chains of transmission. Yet, scholars have traditionally accepted these accounts without requiring a single rigorously authentic chain. In recent times, however, many individuals have neglected this important principle, applying the strict standards of Hadith authentication to historical sources.To ensure an accurate and balanced historical analysis in ou

Ahmad b. Hanbal is a major and prominent scholars from Ahlus Sunnah. He is arguably one of their most important narrators with a major contribution to the hadith corpus completed with his Musnad. In this article, we will demonstrate clear censorship and tampering of Hadiths committed by Ahmad b. Hanbal because of his bias beliefs, placing a clear doubt on his credibility and reliability for as a Hadith author. Below we have mentioned 9 cases of clear tampering by Ahmad.

Oftentimes when the narrations of Imam Ali’s merits are quoted, other schools in Islam will often cite the words of scholars who would weaken the narrations in terms of their matn (content) or sanad (chain of transmission). One of the most infamous examples of this is al-Dhahabi, who weakened many of the merits of Ali transmitted by al-Hakim al-Neyshaburi in his Mustadrak. How reliable are the gradings of al-Dhahabi?

Sufyan b. Sa’eed b. Masruq al-Thawri was a famous Tabi’i jurist of the 2nd century. He narrates many hadiths, tafsir and had his own...

When we compare the Shi'a corpus of Hadith to the Sunni corpus, a common objection is raised, claiming that it lacks narrations from the...

One of the most discussed issues between Shia and Sunni Muslims today is the reliability of their respective collections of hadith. A...

The study of narrators (ilm al-Rijal) is a very important science when it comes to the preservation of Islamic shari'ah...

One of the big issues in the Muslim world is the dangerous mentality of Arab superiority. Many people go as far as discriminating other...

A popular report often cited by opponents of the Shi’a and proponents of tahrif claims that the Qur’an was originally revealed with....

In the science of rijal, Ahlul Sunnah often assert that their evaluations of narrators are the most impartial and fair. They claim this...