Criteria for Identifying the Narrations of Revelation Occasions Transmitted from the Sunnis to the Shiite Exegeses

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student in Teaching Islamic Education, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

2 Full Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith, University of Qom, Qom, Iran,

3 Associate Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith, Hazrat Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran,

Abstract

Some of the narrations of revelation occasions in Shiite exegeses do not have a Shiite source and have been transferred from Sunni sources to Shiite commentaries. Considering the position and role of the narrations of revelation occasions, as separate evidences in understanding the Quranic verses, it is necessary to carefully examine the criteria for identifying them, because knowing the authenticity and criteria for identifying these narrations has a serious effect on their acceptance, denial and critique. The present article, by inducing and analyzing interpretive and narrative sources and reflecting on the content of some narrations of revelation occasions transmitted to the Shiite exegeses, finally discovers four criteria for recognizing these narrations, with each of which the transmission of such narrations from Sunnis to Shiite interpretations is possible. These criteria are as follows: the acknowledgment of some exegetes quoting a narration from Sunni sources, historical precedence of a narration in the first Sunni sources, existence of specific Sunni narrators in the chain of transmission, and the content compatibility of a narration with the specific beliefs of the Sunnis.

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