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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Sciences of Hadith Chapter 6 : Meeting 5 Causes For Weak Ahadith in the Books of Shi'a Meeting 5: Causes for Weak Ahadith in the books of Shi'a Abstract Different versions Some of the problems of the Ahadith are due to different versions of the manuscripts of the books. In the old days the publication of a book was by writing many copies from the original manuscript.

The books were either dictated to a calligrapher or he would copy the contexts of the book. It would be quite natural to make mistakes in either mishearing a word or misspelling it. For instance, we mentioned a Hadith earlier from Imam Baqir (a.s) concerning al-Jame'a in which the Imam (a.s) was answering the questions of Hakam Ibn Oyayna.

In one of the manuscripts of 'al-Najashi' it is written that the Imam (a.s) answered him 'MOKREMAN' (respectfully), whereas in the other manuscript it is written 'MOKREHAN' (without any interest). As you can see the change of a letter (H or M) changes the meaning significantly. Perversions Another reason for weak Ahadith is the deliberate perversions occurred in their books of Hadith. Such perversions would usually occur at the time of duplication of the secondary copies.

The book of Solaim Ibn Qays is an example of this type of perversion. Political pressure Although the law of Hadith prohibition was removed from the second century, the followers of Ahlul-Bayt (a.s) had no freedom to narrate or compile their books of Hadith. Listening to a Hadith from the Imams of Ahlu-Bait (a.s) was sometimes so hard that often they had to attend the house of the Imam (a.s) as a fruit seller or the like. Keeping books of Hadith for many Shi'a was an offence.

Some Shi'a narrators had hidden their books all their life until they died. Others lost their books naturally during their imprisonment such as Ibn Abi Omair. Sectarianism Tyrants have always been ruling people by dividing them into small groups and creating disputes amongst them. The Abbasid rulers caused some divisions amongst the Shi'a. Sects such as Kisaniyyah, Fatahiyyah, Ismaeiliyyah, Zaidiyyah, Gholat [^47] and the like were created to divide and pervert the path of Ahlul-Bayt (a.s).

The followers of such groups often fabricated some Hadith to justify their sects. Sometimes naive Shi'a narrated from them assuming that they are Shi'a. for instance, Ammar Ibn Musa al-Saabaati was one of the companions of Imam Sadiq (a.s) and Imam Kadhem (a.s).