چکیده:
One of the biographical (Rijal) issues that has long attracted the attention of Rijal scholars is the issue of the existence or non-existence of a person named 'Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali,' a person to whom one of the oldest Shia narrative books is attributed, and whose fame is largely due to this attribution. Rijal scholars and experts have two different views on this matter: one view considers Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali not only a real personality but also a very prominent and noteworthy figure, describing him with attributes such as 'exalted,' 'one of the allies of the Commander of the Faithful (AS),' etc. Another view considers Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali to be a name without a referent, fabricated and imaginary, having never had a real existence, or considers it a pseudonym used by the Shiites of Kufa through Taqiyya. In the opinion of this article's author, each of the two aforementioned views is subject to criticism. Perhaps a third view can be proposed that is closer to reality. Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali was neither a prominent historical figure nor an imaginary and fabricated character, but rather a purely narrative character that must be studied in its appropriate context. The appropriate context for studying a narrative character—contrary to what some imagine—is not historical sources, but rather Rijal and Hadith sources. Research and investigation in these sources clearly shows that Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilali existed as a confirmed narrator and the potential author of the book attributed to him.
خلاصه ماشینی:
As the late Agha Bozorg (may God have mercy on him) says after a detailed investigation of this matter: "From what we have said, it becomes clear that what Sayyid Ali ibn Ahmad Aqiqi and his followers, such as Ibn al-Nadim and others, meant by the fact that no one other than Aban narrated from Sulaym, is merely the hand-to-hand transmission of his book.
327 AH), a great Sunni biographer, also mentions Sulaym ibn Qays with this same title in the book al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil and, according to the narration of Aban ibn Abi Ayyash, explicitly states ____________________________________ [1] .
After counting Sulaym among the narrators of Imam al-Sadiq (as), Imam Hasan, Imam Husayn, and Imam al-Sajjad (as), he says: "Some of our companions used to say: Sulaym was not known and has not been mentioned in any report, but I have found mention of him in places independent of his book and the narration of Aban ibn Abi Ayyash" (ibid.
However – as previously mentioned – it seems that the misspelling of Sulaym as Salama should not be limited to this case, just as in the Amali of Shaykh al-Saduq, a long hadith regarding the virtues of Ali (a) is narrated through Salama ibn Qays, which has provoked doubt among book correctors[1] (Sayyid Hashim, 2/325).
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