Document Type : Research
Authors
1 Ph.D. Student of Quran and Hadith Studies, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
2 Responsible Author, Ph.D. Student of Jurisprudence and Principles of Law, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
3 Associate Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Abstract
Due to the hadith "Man-Balagh", traditionalists narrate some moral hadiths without any chain. This matter causes some mistakes about the validity and accuracy of hadiths like the hadith of "al-Shaikh among his people is similar to a prophet in his nation". Therefore, it may be considered that elders are superior to the young human and have superintendence. Looking at this hadith, what comes to the mind is how the Hadith chain is, what is the meaning of the al-Shaikh, and whether its similarity with the prophet is correct and whether it conforms to other verses and narratives. In the present study, the descriptive, analytical and library methods are answered to the above questions. With reviews done, it is found that the hadith has not been included in authentic Hadith sources (not Shia neither Sunnis), and have not present an authentic chain for it. In Sunnis sources, its text has been narrated with four different phrases, so that we can say one narration of the hadith, explaining other one and three others are intending to expand the activities of "al-Shaikh", from home, afterward family and relatives, and then crowd. Also the word "al-Shaikh" refers to the adult, head of the family, scholar, scholar of religious knowledge, expert, and honorable, and the term "Ahl" refers to the wife, family, followers, and followers of the person. The hadith commentators have taken the meaning "the adult scholar" for it. With the duties that the Qur'an calls for the prophets, it can't be true except the old scholar. If the hadith implies adherence, from the viewpoint of the Holy Quran and Hadith, the adherence without expertise is rejected.
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