چکیده:
The trend of 'written composition' among Shias is a subject that has been investigated and explored in the book 'The Written Heritage of Shia' written by Dr. Sayyid Hossein Modarresi. The present writing aims to introduce and review the contents of the aforementioned book and present new and newly discovered points, which have been organized into three sections. In the first section, while introducing the author of the book and stating his ability and competence in this field, the content, method of organization, and characteristics of the book are described. In the second section, attention is paid to the views and perspectives of the author, who has critically examined the narrations along with their historical backgrounds; then, the natural growth and development of narrations over time—which is emphasized by the author—is shown on a case-by-case basis. Religious topics, disputes, and their effects on the structure of narrations are among the issues that have not escaped the author's keen eye throughout the book and have had extraordinary importance in the author's analyses. In this section, under three headings—types of writing, fabricated reports, and the rooting of errors—the scattered contents of the book are organized and accessible. Finally, in the third section, some criticisms of the book are presented.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The high volume of these reports has inclined some later writers to the hypothesis that in the early centuries, there must have existed a notebook of hadiths attributed to Asbagh, similar to the book Irth al-A'war, containing his narrations from Imam Ali (peace be upon him) or about him (p.
Also, the author says regarding a book titled Kitab al-Masail al-lati Akhbara biha Amir al-Mu'minin al-Yahudi, which is attributed to Harith al-A'war: This work is a sectarian missionary pamphlet, most likely from the Umayyad period, compiled in the form of a notebook containing the responses of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) to the questions posed by the leader of the Jewish community to him upon his return from the Battle of Nahrawan (p.
He believes that some of these writings are treatises compiled based on the teachings of the Imam but are attributed to them, as he holds such an opinion regarding the Nusayri works and says: A number of books, especially in the Ghulat Nusayri heritage, have been attributed to Mufaddal al-Ju'fi, most of which seem to pertain to the period after his death...
[He then states:] It should be noted that in the early centuries, there were texts written by Shiites regarding the virtues of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and the sayings and conduct of His Eminence, which in many cases were in the form of narration and transmission from him (p.
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