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A Critique of the “Rahan al-Tayr” Hadith
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Ali Mohammad Aqaei   , Bashir Salimi 1, Eslam Zohrabi Asl , Mohsen Raf’at |
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| In Islamic jurisprudential narrations, winning or losing is permitted only in camel riding, horse racing and shooting. Wahab bin Wahab Abu al-Bakhtari, who is one of the general narrators and, of course, a contemporary of Imam Sadeq (a.s.), has narrated a narration according to which winning or losing with a bird is permissible, as well. This hadith is in conflict with the rules of Islamic jurisprudence, and, as stated by the Shiite and Sunni hadith books, it has been forged because the character of its narrator is distorted and he is accused of hadith fabrication. The present research has two claims: the first is that Wahab did not fabricate the afore-mentioned narration, and the second is that he heard it from Imam Sadeq (a.s.), as well. The most important evidence confirming these two claims is the existence of sound narrations from Imam Sadeq (a.s.) on the same subject in Shiite hadith collections. The solution to resolve the conflict between this narration and other narrations is to accept that the hadith narrated from Imam Sadeq (a.s.) had been stated under the condition of precautionary concealing of faith and agree with Wahab’s narration. Using an analytical-critical approach, this article tries to critique the above-mentioned hadith in narration sources and attempts to analyze it by exploring other sources and finding its frequency and narrational and historical variants. |
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| Keywords: Wahab bin Wahab Abu al-Bakhtari, winning or losing with a bird, taqiyyah, hadith criticism. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2021/10/26 | Accepted: 2021/11/1 | Published: 2021/11/1
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