(3) One would expect such a renowned scholar to prove how...

(3) One would expect such a renowned scholar to prove how the Shi’as “were concerned with inventing” traditions to support their theses, but nowhere does Goldziher provide any evidence.

After citing at-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa’i in the footnote as the source for the hadith of Ghadir Khumm, he says, “Al-Nasa’i had, as is well known, pro-‘Ali inclinations, and also at-Tirmidhi included in his collection tendentious traditions favouring of Imam Ali, e.g., the Tayr tradition.” (4) This is again the same old classical response of the Sunni polemicists-discredit the transmitters as unreliable or adamantly accuses the Shi’as of inventing the traditions.

Another example is the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Islam (1911-1938) which has a short entry under “Ghadir Khumm” by F. Bhul, a Danish Orientalist who wrote a biography of the Prophet.

Bhul writes, “The place has become famous through a tradition which had its origin among the Shi’is but is also found among Sunnis, viz., the Prophet on a journey back from Hudaibiya (according to others from the farewell pilgrimage) here said of Imam Ali: Whomsoever I am the lord of, his lord is ‘Ali also!”(5) Bhul makes sure to emphasize that the hadith of Ghadir has “its origin among the Shi’is!” Continue in the next article: ( http://Ghadir Khumm and the Orientalists 3 ) NOTES: ___________________________________ 1.

Ibn Khaldun, the Muqaddimah, tr. Franz Rosenthal, vol. 1 (New York: Pantheon Books, 1958) p. 403. In original Arabic, see vol. 1 (Beirut: Maktabatul Madrasah, 1961) p. 348. 2. EI2, p. 993 under “Ghadir Khumm”. 3. Goldziher, Muslim Studies, tr. Barber and Stern, vol. 2 (Chicago: Aldine Inc., 1971) pp. 112-113. 4. Ibid. 5. EI1, p. 134-135 under “Ghadir Khumm”. Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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