AhlulBayt News Agency: The narrators of the Hadiths, Muhaddith1 from Prophet
Muhammad (S.A.W.) and the Infallible Imams (A.S.) bear a great right on
the neck of the Islamic nation; and if it was not for their serious
efforts, the Islamic teachings would not have reached us. The great
Prophet (S.A.W.) used to encourage his companions to listen to and
narrate Hadiths, and said: "May Allah enlighten anyone who listens to our Hadiths and preaches them"2. Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (A.S.) has said in this regards: "If
you learn a Hadith about Halal (Permissible) and Haram (Prohibited)
from an honest person, it is better than the entire world and all the
gold and silver in it"3.
Amongst the narrators of Hadith, we come across several virtuous women
who have recorded their names as Muhaddiths, the most prominent of which
are the women of the family of the Prophet (A.S.).
Lady Masouma (A.S.) is one of those virtuous women, who has narrated Hadiths, with their chain of narrators,4
from Lady Fatimah Zahra (A.S.), and due to her significance, both
Shiites and Sunnis have paid attention to such Hadiths. One of those
Hadiths is as follows:
Hafiz Shams al-Din Jazari (died 833 AH), one of the Sunni scholars, has
authored a valuable book named "Asna al-Matalib fi Manaqib Sayyidina Ali
ibn Abi Talib (A.S.)". While mentioning some Hadiths about the event of
Ghadir, he narrates a Hadith from Hadrat Fatimah (A.S.) which Lady
Masumah (A.S.) is in its chain of narrators. In this Hadith, Lady
Fatimah
Masouma (A.S.) narrates that: "Have you forgotten the saying of the
messenger of Allah on the day of Ghadir in which he said: 'Whosoever I am his/her Master (Mawla), Ali is his/her Master (Mawla)' and also said: 'You are to me as Aaron was to Moses."5
This Hadith has also been narrated by other Sunni Muhaddiths, such as
Amritsari and Shoukani, in the same words and the same chain of
narrators from Lady Masumah (A.S.). As for the Shia references, scholars
such as Mir Hamed Hussain and Allamah Amini have narrated this Hadith
from the same source.
According to this statement, Lady Masouma (A.S.) has been recognized as a
Muhaddith lady in both Shia and Sunni sources, and several Hadiths have
been narrated from her, one example of which is the aforementioned one.
We, Muslims, are proud that the Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) and
the Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.) have been conveyed and reached us through such
virtuous people, and it is on us to contribute to our share in
protecting and passing on these subjects.
* Selection taken from: "The Generous Lady of the Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.)", by Ali Akbar Mahdipour
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1- Muhaddith is an Islamic title, referring to one who
profoundly knows and narrates hadiths, the chains of their narration
(Sanad), and the original and famous narrators
2- Sunan Ibn Majah, vol. 1, p. 85- Al-Ghadir by Allamah Amini , vol. 8, p. 154
3- Wasa'il al-Shia, vol. 27, p. 98
4- The chain of narrators mean the set of persons who have narrated a certain Hadith from one to another.
5- Asna al Matalib, pp. 49 & 50
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