Salafism and the Hadith of Ghadir (study and analysis)
Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 A doctoral student in theology at Qom University and a researcher at the Dar Al-Ilam Foundation
2 Associate Professor, University of Religions and Denominations
10.22081/ihc.2024.69085.1053
Abstract
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The hadith of al-Ghadir is considered one of the hadiths accepted by the Salafists, but they seek in various ways to prove that the hadith of al-Ghadir has no relation to the issue of imamate and guardianship. The most important problems of Salafism regarding the subject of the hadith of al-Ghadir can be divided into two parts: semantic problems, and other Sindhi problems. As for the semantic problems, they criticized the content of Hadith al-Ghadir with several problems, such as: Hadith al-Ghadir’s emphasis on attention to the Qur’an and Sunnah, the lack of connection between Hadith al-Ghadir with the issue of imamate, and that the original meaning of guardianship in the hadith is love. As for the Sindhi side, although it is not possible to deny the origin of this incident due to its fame and frequency, they tried to refute the Shiite reasoning for this hadith by cutting up the hadith and saying that the parts of it that refer to the imamate are fabricated. The fact that the presence of this hadith in authentic hadith books accepted by Salafists clearly contradicts this claim. In this research, we attempt to provide appropriate answers to the problems raised in this regard, based on the descriptive and analytical approach.Keywords: Al-Ghadir, Salafism, Ibn Taymiyyah, Imamate, guardianship
The hadith of al-Ghadir is considered one of the hadiths accepted by the Salafists, but they seek in various ways to prove that the hadith of al-Ghadir has no relation to the issue of imamate and guardianship. The most important problems of Salafism regarding the subject of the hadith of al-Ghadir can be divided into two parts: semantic problems, and other Sindhi problems. As for the semantic problems, they criticized the content of Hadith al-Ghadir with several problems, such as: Hadith al-Ghadir’s emphasis on attention to the Qur’an and Sunnah, the lack of connection between Hadith al-Ghadir with the issue of imamate, and that the original meaning of guardianship in the hadith is love. As for the Sindhi side, although it is not possible to deny the origin of this incident due to its fame and frequency, they tried to refute the Shiite reasoning for this hadith by cutting up the hadith and saying that the parts of it that refer to the imamate are fabricated. The fact that the presence of this hadith in authentic hadith books accepted by Salafists clearly contradicts this claim. In this research, we attempt to provide appropriate answers to the problems raised in this regard, based on the descriptive and analytical approach.Keywords: Al-Ghadir, Salafism, Ibn Taymiyyah, Imamate, guardianship
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Volume 3, Issue 6
May 2024Pages 135-151
- Receive Date: 05 September 2023
- Revise Date: 15 May 2024
- Accept Date: 06 December 2024