Faculty of Theology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad A ḥmad b. Ḥusayn b. ‘Abd Allah al-Ghaḍā’irī, known as Ibn al-Ghaḍā’rī (d. in the first half of fifth/twelfth century), has authored Al-ḍu‘afā’ wa al-Madhmūmīn known as "Rijāl-i Ibn al-Ghaḍā’irī " in order to introduce the suspected, disreputable, and lacking in authority rijāls and narrators in the realm of Shī‘a traditions. Since the seventh/fourteen century – after the appearance of this book – the Shī‘a authorities and rijāl experts have brought up different viewpoints concerning Ibn al-Ghaḍā’irī and his book Al-ḍu‘afā’. Contemporary scholars, Shaykh Aqā Buzurg-i Tehrānī and Ayatollah Khū’ī, have not approved the attribution of Al-ḍu‘afā’ to Ibn al-Ghaḍā’irī, as per his authenticity and eminence of dignity, ruling out the possibility that Ibn al-Ghaḍā’irī might have written a book in which a great number of Shī’a rijāls and narrators have been debilitated. The writer has – in view of the opinions of the experts – first introduced different aspects of the two scholars' outlooks and then has made a critical review of them. In the end, he has found and expressed the reasons for the contradiction of the above viewpoint in Ayatollah Khū’ī's words and approach.
Jalālī,, .. M. (2005). An Enquiry into the Attribution of the Book "Al-Ḍu‘afā’" to Ibn al-Ghaḍā’irī. Fiqh and Usul, 37(2), 11-44. doi: 10.22067/jfiqh.2020.60940.0
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. Mahdī Jalālī,. "An Enquiry into the Attribution of the Book "Al-Ḍu‘afā’" to Ibn al-Ghaḍā’irī". Fiqh and Usul, 37, 2, 2005, 11-44. doi: 10.22067/jfiqh.2020.60940.0
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Jalālī,, .. M. (2005). 'An Enquiry into the Attribution of the Book "Al-Ḍu‘afā’" to Ibn al-Ghaḍā’irī', Fiqh and Usul, 37(2), pp. 11-44. doi: 10.22067/jfiqh.2020.60940.0
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Jalālī,, .. M. An Enquiry into the Attribution of the Book "Al-Ḍu‘afā’" to Ibn al-Ghaḍā’irī. Fiqh and Usul, 2005; 37(2): 11-44. doi: 10.22067/jfiqh.2020.60940.0
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