How did unidentified narrators make their way into Shia books? How is it possible for fabricated hadiths from unknown narrators to be included in Shia books despite the scarce but true followers of the Imams?
How did unidentified narrators make their way into Shia books? How is it possible for fabricated hadiths from unknown narrators to be included in Shia books despite the scarce but true followers of the Imams?
Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answered 1 year ago
Just because a hadith has an unknown narrator does not mean for certain it was fabricated. Possibly the narrator was known in the past, but we do not know them now because we have lost books and information. Also, possibly the information in the hadith is correctly transmitted even if we don't know the transmitter. It is better to say that hadith with unknown narrators lack verification.