Sources and Standards of EarlyShī‘a Tradition Compendiums

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Director of Tradition Scientific Panel

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Sources and standards of earlyShī‘a tradition compendiums, is the topic of discussion reflected in this writing. The first written heritage of traditions among the Shī‘as, commencement of writing the tradition compendiums among the Shī‘as, the method to assess the validity of traditions in tradition compendiums, the book of Salīm b.Qays Ḥilālī and the debates about it, reason for selecting the four books [al-Kāfī, Man lā Yahḍuruh al-Faqīh, Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām, Istibṣār] as Shī‘a tradition compendiums, and the ways for proving that the early tradition compendiums are attributed to their authors, are the most important questions discussed in this discussion, and were answered by expert professors.

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