چکیده:
Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi was one of the narrators of the Tabi'un era and a contemporary of Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq, peace be upon them. Early, late, and contemporary Shia scholars of Ilm al-Rijal (biographical evaluation) differ regarding his reliability or lack thereof. The primary source of their disagreement is the existence of numerous and diverse narrations attributed to Jabir; some of these narrations refer to Jabir's honesty and his knowledge of the secrets of the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them. On the other hand, there are narrations that indicate Jabir's confusion (ikhtilat) and weakness. Al-Najashi and his teacher, Sheikh Mufid, who are early biographical scholars, emphasize his personal confusion. However, those who support Jabir's reliability do not consider his weakness to be personal, but rather attribute it to his narrators, most of whom are considered weak or notorious narrators. Supporters of his reliability are mainly very late and some contemporary Shia scholars, whereas most early and late biographical scholars believe in Jabir's weakness. Among the contemporary scholars are Ayatollah Khoei and Allamah Shushtari, who believe in his reliability and have defended him by citing narrations where either the narrator is Jabir himself, the chain of transmission is weak, or there are unreliable documents or conflicting narrations. They have justified the criticisms leveled against Jabir and the conflicting narrations through arguments that contradict their apparent meaning and constitute a preference without a preponderant evidence (tarjih bila murajjih). Accordingly, it seems that the arguments for the reliability of Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi are incomplete.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Hadith Studies Scientific Semiannual Journal Year 12, Spring and Summer 1399, Number 23 Scientific-Research Article Pages: 35–52 A Critical Analysis of the Concept of the Reliability of Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi Abdolhadi Faghihizadeh 1 Majid Bashiri 2 Abstract Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi was one of the narrators of the Tabi'un era and a contemporary of Imam al-Baqir and Imam al-Sadiq( .
Among the contemporary Rijal scholars are Ayatollah Khoei and Allamah Shushtari, who believe in his reliability and have cited narrations in his defense; however, these narrations either have Jabir himself as the narrator, or their chains of transmission are weak, or they have unreliable documentation or conflicting narrations.
Also, al-Najashi refers to the letter of Imam al-Baqir( to the people of Basra(رسالة أبی جعفر إلی أهل البصرة) and some other hadiths and books, and believes that all of these are fabricated and have been attributed to Jabir ibn Yazid.
Opinions of the Rijal scholars Another reason for those who support the reliability of Jabir ibn Yazid is an authentication that has only been narrated from Ibn Ghada'iri.
" In the view of these two Rijal scholars, Jabir's reliability does not conflict with the criticism of al-Najashi, who said he was 'mukhtalit' (confused/mixed), nor with the criticism of Sheikh Mufid, who recited poems indicating his confusion; because even if we accept Jabir's loss of intellect, and this loss of intellect was not due to his being possessed—as al-Kulayni explicitly stated in Kitab al-Kafi—(See: Kulayni, 1407 AH, Vol. 1, p.
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