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Jabir bin Samura: The narration comes through one path only. Al-Amini provides another path from Kanz Al-Umaal, however, upon returning to the original source of the quote, which is Musanaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, we found that this is a mistake and it is a quote from Jabir bin Abdullah... Read More →

Al-Baraa’ bin ‘Azib: There are three paths to the hadith of Al-Baraa’ bin ‘Azib. The first and most oft-quoted path is the narration of Ali bin Zaid bin Jud’aan who was weakened by many scholars including Yahya bin Sa’eed, Sufyan bin Uyayna, Ibn Sa’ad, Imam Ahmad, Yahya b... Read More →

Usama bin Zaid: No chain is provided and therefore the narration is baseless.   Ubai bin Ka’ab: No chain is provided and therefore the narration is baseless.   As’ad bin Zurarah: Ibn Uqda narrates through a chain of unknown narrators through A’sad bin Zurarah.... Read More →

The following project is a complete grading of all the chains of hadith Al-Ghadir. The list is based on Al-Amini’s list which consists of 110 Companions. We have also looked into the additional paths that are provided by Abdul Aziz Al-Tabtaba’ee in order to make sure that not a... Read More →

Introduction Al-Ghadir is the topic of much of the controversy between Sunnis and Shias ever since the first centuries of Islam. Unlike the logical and linguistic approach that many take when discussing the intricacies of these events, we have chosen to provide readers with a... Read More →