Examining the Validity of the Oldest Known Unavailable Version of Sulaym's Books

Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Kazem Ostadi Moghaddam

MA graduate, University of Quran and Hadith, Qom, Iran

10.22067/jquran.2023.79780.1419

Abstract

For a long time, there have been disputes over the authenticity and validity of hadiths in books attributed to Sulaym, which are narrative texts with historical and theological topics. It is necessary to conduct research on the manuscripts of this book, whether Sulaym's current books are fake or even Salim's person has no historical identity. With a new survey conducted in 1399 HS, 49 physical copies of books attributed to Sulaym have been identified and their bibliographic information has been provided. The age of the manuscripts of Sulaym's books can be considered from two aspects: a. the oldest existing manuscript of the book; b. the version introduced as the oldest one, which of course does not exist. Now, the version of Majlis library (No. 15638) has been introduced as the oldest copy of the oldest known version of Sulaym's books, but it is necessary to conduct research on the date of its writing. This article examines these questions: 1. how valid is the alleged date in the copy of the old version in Majlis library? 2. who has mentioned this date and this ancient version? 3. is there any evidence for or against this date? The result is that the date 309 AH for the version of Katib al-Rammānī (the main version of Majlis) is fake, and the date 609 AH for the copying is not provable either.

Keywords

• manuscripts
• Shia history
• Shia theology
• Abu Muḥammad al- Rammānī
• Majlis library

Main Subjects

• Quran and Hadith Studies

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