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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Critical Assessment of Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim Part 2: An evaluation of Sahih Muslim Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Sa'adi and Sahih Muslim It is said that Muslim Bin Hajjaj Naishaburi used to question the credibility of reliable Sunni reporters without having any sound reason. From among such reporters, is Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Sa'adi.

Commenting on Ibrahim Bin Abdullah, Dahabi says that he was truthful reporting traditions from Yazid Bin Harown and others. According to Abu Abdullah Hakim, Ibrahim used to belittle Muslim and that was the reason why Muslim criticizes him without having any sound reason.[^1] It goes without saying that such an action by Muslim undermines his justice, causing one not to rely on the traditions he has reported in his book.

It is due to this that Ibn Jawzi says: It is a mistake that traditionists, under the influence of Satan, criticize each other on revenge basis and this is what that paves the ground for not considering them as the basis of Jarh and Ta'adi (criticizing and praising), a methodology used by previous scholars to defend Islamic laws.[^2] Abu Zar'ah Razi and Sahih Muslim It is well-known among great scholars that Imam Abu Zar'ah Razi was critical of Sahih by Muslim Bin Hajjaj.

Commenting on Ahmad Bin Isa Misri, he in his Tahdib Al-Tahdib and Mizan Al-Itidal says: Sa'aeed Bard'ai says: Once I saw that somebody mentioned the name of Sahih Muslim in the presence of Abu Zar'a, but Abu Zar'ah said: They are the people who started an unwelcomed competition.

To reach some commercial ends they embarked on writing such books [as Sahih Muslim].[^3] In his Al-Amta'a, Abu Al-Fazl Adfavi says: Abu Zar'ah used to sharply criticize Sahih Bukhari saying that how one could consider it as authentic while it contained unauthentic traditions….

Fabricated traditions in Sahih Bukhari Now that we got acquainted with some of the causes why scholars, including Abu Zar'ah were critical of Muslim Bin Hajjaj Naishaburi, it is time to deal with some of the fabricated traditions he has narrated in his book. A fabricated tradition on Abu Talib One of the fabricated traditions reported by Bukhari is the tradition that specifies 'Zahzah[^4]' as a place where Abu Talib will dwell.