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In debates with Sunnis, Shias will often cite a very well-known narration, known as ḥadīth Al Thaqalayn, from Sunni literature to justify their absolute reliance on Ahlulbait. In this context, many often forget a fundamental concept in ḥadīth authentication: though a report may... Read More →

Skeptical Shias that read through our articles will find that the majority of the Ghadir narrations are weak according to hadith standards. Some many come to the incorrect conclusion that this is due to Sunni biases. Al-Amini’s list includes 110 Companions for the... Read More →

Asma’ bint Umais: No chain Is provided for the hadith of Asma’ bint Umais. A’isha bint Abi Bakr: The narration of A’isha solely comes through the path of Ibn Uqda who narrates it with a chain that includes Al-Sari bin Isma’eel. Al-Sari was accused of lying by Yahya Al-Qattan. He... Read More →

Abu Umama Suday bin Ajlan Al-Bahili: The narration of Abi Umama is quoted solely by Ibn Uqda. It comes through a disconnected chain and it very problematic due to the inclusion of Ali bin Yazeed who has been weakened by many scholars including Ahmad, Yahya, Ya’qoub bin Shaybah,... Read More →

Ya’la bin Murra: The narration of Ya’la bin Murra comes through one chain which comes through the path of his grandson Omar bin Abdullah bin Ya’la bin Murra who has been weakened by Ahmad, Yahya, Abu Hatim, Al-Nasa’ee, Abu Zur’ah, Al-Bukhari, Al-Daraqutni, Al-Saji, and Al-Uqaili.... Read More →

Wahshi bin Harb: The narration of Wahshi bin Harb comes solely through the path of Ibn Uqda. It also includes Al-Shushi who is unknown in status.   Wahb bin Hamza: The narration of Wahb bin Hamza is narrated by his student Dukain who is unknown in status which makes it... Read More →

Najiyah bin Amr: The hadith of Najiyah bin Amr comes in the narration of Ya’ala bin Amr which will be examined in his section.   Nu’man bin Ajlan Al-Ansari: The hadith of Al-Nu’man comes solely through the path of Al-Asbagh bin Nubata in which Nu’man is one of those that... Read More →

Malik bin Al-Huwairith: The narration of Malik bin Huwairith comes through the path of his grandson Malik bin Al-Hasan bin Malik who has been weakened by Ibn Adi. Furthermore, the narrator from him is Imran bin Abaan who was weakened by Yahya bin Ma’een, Al-Nasa’ee, Abu Hatim,... Read More →

Hashim bin Utba bin Abi Waqqas: No chain is provided for the narration of Hashim bin Utba. Read More →

Ka’ab bin Ujra: There are no chains for the hadith of Ka’ab bin Ujra. Read More →