![]() ![]() These traditions are mostly considered as weak or interpreted as referring to non-Qur’anic revelation. ![]() The only book which is completely immune from any mistake is the Qur’an. The Shi’ah do not believe in the immunity of any writer, commentator or narrator from mistakes, and, therefore, they do not take any collection of hadith to be completely valid and correct. Q: But what about those traditions that say a number of revealed verses are no longer part of the Qur’an? In this case as well, the part in italics is certainly not part of the Qur’anic text, however the Companion Ibn Mas’ud used to recite it in this way to explain the context of its revelation. “Ibn Mas’ud said: In the days of the Prophet (s) we used to recite, ‘O our Messenger (Muhammad) deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord that ‘Ali is the master of the believers if you do not, then you have not delivered His message.’ (Qur’an Chapter 5, Verse 67).Ka’b used to read ‘… then as to those whom you profit by for an appointed period give them their dowries as appointed…’ (Qur’an Chapter 4, Verse 24) and this was also the recitation of Ibn ‘Abbas.” Ī footnote in Ibn Kathir’s Tafsir explains that the additional words indicated above, which are not part of the Qur’an, were recited by these Companions of the Prophet (s) only by way of tafsir and explanation. Consider the following two examples, both from famous Sunni commentaries of the Qur’an: This happens in both Shi’ah and Sunni sources. There are some instances where extra words are indicated only by way of explanation, they do not imply that the original Qur’anic text is being distorted. Q: But are there not traditions in Shi’ah collections that mention verses of the Qur’an containing extra words than what we have today? It is not a part of Qur’an and has nothing to do with Allah’s commandments or legal rulings. The Qur’an is a Mushaf (book), but any book is not necessarily the Qur’an! There is no Qur’an of Fatimah! Mushaf Fatimah was a book written or dictated by Fatimah (a) after the Prophet’s (s) death. Q: Don’t the Shi’ah believe in Mushaf Fatimah which is three times the size of the Qur’an? None of these Sunni scholars would have praised him for his knowledge of the Qur’an if they thought he believed in a different Qur’an!!!Īnd ‘Ubaydullah was considered so trustworthy, despite being a Shi’ah, that the famous Sunni traditionists al-Bukhari and Muslim as well as many others narrated scores of traditions from him in their hadith collections! he was an imam in fiqh and hadith and Qur’an characterized by piety and righteousness, but he was one of the chiefs of the Shi’ah.” al-’Ijli said that he was an authority on the Qur’an.” Ma’in, Abu Hatim said he was reliable, trustworthy. a pious person, one of the important Shi’ah scholars. Now let’s see what some Sunni scholars have to say about him: Musa al-’Absi (120-213 AH), a devoted Shi’ah scholar whose narrations from the Imams can be found in the famous Shi’ah hadith collections such as al-Tahdhib and al-Istibsar. Not at all! Consider the example of ‘Ubaydullah b. Q: But what about the Shi’ah before these scholars, didn’t they all believe in tahrif? This, of course, is not an exhaustive list. Sayyid Muhammad Rida al-Gulpaygani (d.1414 AH).Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Kashif al-Ghita’ (d.Shi’ah scholars of this century who have reiterated the belief that the Qur’an is completely protected and unchanged include such famous names as: This belief has continued uninterrupted up to the present time. 273-4, and al-’Asfa fi Tafsir al-Qur’an, p. Muhammad Muhsin al-Fayd al-Kashani (d.Some of the later scholars who spelt out the same views include: Some famous early Shi’ah scholars who have clearly stated this belief in their books include: All great Twelver Shi’ah scholars from the earliest period to the present century have believed in the complete preservation of the Holy Qur’an. ![]()
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