A look at Al-Akhbar al-Dakhila مقالة

ملخص الجهاز:

For example, the late Mohammad Taqi Majlisi, after referring to the correction of errors and distortions present in some reports, wrote: In hadith books, many errors and oversights had occurred. The late Shushtari described the contents of Al-Akhbar al-Dakhila as great benefits, precious authentic gems, and honorable research and refined investigations presented regarding corrupted hadiths and fabricated reports. What the late Shushtari has said, contrary to his claim in the introduction of Al-Akhbar al-Dakhila, is a point that Shiite scholars such as Fayd Kashani, Sheikh Hurr al-Amili, and Allameh Majlisi had noted before him, and they have proposed various aspects in response to this apparent issue. Therefore, first, the current form of the hadith in Al-Kafi can be justified through a correct interpretation; second, it is possible that "from my progeny" is a miswriting (tashif) of "from my Ahl al-Bayt"; third, it is probable that "twelve" is a miswriting of "eleven"; and fourth, before the late Shushtari, individuals such as Majlisi and Sheikh Hurr had raised this issue, with the difference being that these scholars attempted to justify the text of the hadith rather than judging it to be corrupted. 52 Shushtari continues by reminding that the content of this report has been narrated through six other ways in the books of Al-Kafi by Kulayni, Al-Ghayba by Nu'mani, Kamal al-Din, Al-Uyun and Al-Khisal by Sheikh Saduq, none of which contain the above phrases—which caused the objection.