Methodological Compatibility in Curtailment Chains of Transmission Between the Two Sheikhs, Al-Kulayni(d329h) and Muslim Al Naysaburi(d261h)

Abstract

The research aims to uncover the dust the most important methods adopted in amendment the chains of transmission and agreed upon by the elites of narration in the Muslim schools of thought, represented by the two sheikhs, Al-Kulayni and Muslim Al-Naysaburi. After examining the narrations of Al-Kafi and Al-Sahih, the extent of the two sheikhs’ skill in the techniques of citing chains of transmission, dividing and organizing them, and their professional formulating and abbreviation in a good manner without mistakes. Which adds a touch of talent to the elaboration of the chain of transmission, raising the uniqueness and multiplying the methods, which combining comprehensiveness and brevity in a single chain of transmission. Both hadith scholars used a number of mechanisms, the most significant and most present of which is known as the theory of “Constructing Chains of Transmission,” in addition to the methodology of changing ways with the support of sheikhs. The inclusion of a group of narrators with the phrase (a number of our companions) or (a group of our companions) all of this is a justification for avoiding wordiness, and the important benefits of these approaches are not hidden. Several hadith scholars have been criticized for some of their narrations because of lack of knowledge of the methods and approaches of their owners, such as the method of abbreviated chain of transmission, which is the essential factor behind the significance of this research The accuracy and depth of that methodology