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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Distortion in Thaqalain Tradition Part 2: An assessment of the chains of this tradition A Glance at the Chain of this Tradition In part one, we mentioned the most important chains of the forged Thaqalain tradition available in Sunnite sources. Before assessing the chains of this tradition, it is necessary to mention a few points. This tradition is one of those traditions that are disregarded by Bukhari and Muslim.

They have not mentioned it in their “Sahihain”. This is while Sunnites leave aside many correctly transmitted traditions just because these two Sheikhs have unanimously avoided mentioning them in their books. This tradition is mentioned in none of the other Sunnite sources called “Sihah” and thus the authors of al-Sihah al-Sit, have agreed to avoid mentioning it. This tradition has not appeared in anyone of the reliable Musnads like the Musnad of Ahmad Bin Hanbal.

Ahmad bin Hanbal is on the other hand, quoted as having said that the traditions that have not appeared in his Musnad are not correct. Most of the narrators of this tradition have said that it is a strange tradition. Commenting on this tradition, Hakim Nayshaburi says that the phrase “holding fast to tradition in this sermon” is very strange. Let us now assess the chains of this tradition in the above-mentioned books.

The Chain of this Tradition in al-Muwatta The position of this tradition is the same is that of the tradition of Malik Bin Anas in al-Muwatta. We will assess it from three angles. 1. An evaluation of al-Muwatta Commenting on this book, the author of Kash al-Dunoon, says: “As pointed out by al-Nukat al-Wafiyya, al-Muwatta is an old and blessed book.

His author wanted to include in it only the sahih (authentic) traditions but the traditions his book contains are sahih only from his point of view not from the viewpoint of people of tradition. This is because Malik considers marasil and balaghat [^1] (formats of tradition that are generally below the standards of an authentic tradition) as sahih.

[^2] Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, commenting on al-Muwatta, says: “Khatib Baghdadi and other scholars have mentioned that Al-Muwatta is [historically] prior to all Jawami’a and Masanid”. He then points out: “Al-Muwatta is thus historically after Hakim Nayshabruri‟s Sahih”.