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The correct procedure of validating the traditions of Bihar al'anvar from the viewpoint of Ayatullah Muhammad Asif Mohseni in the book “Mashraat Bihar al'anvar”

Sayyed Ahmad Hosseini hanif

Ali Tavasoli

Abstract

The discussion about the validity of the traditions of the Book Bihar al'anvar is one of the controversial issues among the scholars. Sheikh Haydar Hubbullah has written the book named "Al'mutabar from Bihar al'anvar" in order to introduce the traditions authentic in terms of document, and has attributed to the viewpoint of Ayatullah Muhammad Asif Mohseni mentioned in the book Mashraat BIhar al’anvar. But the explicit statements of the writer of Mashraat Bihar al’anvar indicates that, besides validation, he has accepted other methods of validating traditions; He has remarked in many cases in his book that although some traditions are not valid in terms of document, but their credibility can be proved by means of other validation procedures other than document. The present research tries to prove the validity of many traditions that the author of the book Al'mutabar believed to be inadvertent in regard to Ayatollah Mohseni's opinion. This process has been implemented by quoting the views and examples of non-documental validation from the viewpoint of the author of Mashraat Bihar al'anvar.

Key words: Al'mutabar from Bihar al'anvar, Mashraat Bihar al’anvar, Haydar Hubbullah, Muhammad Asif Mohseni, documental validation, non-documental validation, the criteria of validation.