Examining the Authenticity of the Chain of Transmission and the Indication of the Hadith "Having Less Family is one of the Two Comforts"

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Mahdi Akbarnejad ¹
• Mahdi Mahmoudi ²

¹ Professor of Ilam University

² Ph.D. student, Ilam University

10.22067/jquran.2023.80756.1460

Abstract

Validation of hadiths is one of the fields of hadith science that examines the status of hadiths in terms of the chain of transmission and the indication. One of the hadiths that has been narrated in reliable Shiite sources and some Sunni sources and there have always been debates about its validity, especially in terms of indication, is the hadith "having less family is one of the two comforts". The importance of examining this hadith is highlighted if we consider that incomplete understandings of this hadith have caused it to seem as if it conflicts with some other religious teachings and supports the view of controlling population in today's society. The main purpose of this article is to examine the authenticity of the chain of transmission and the indication of this hadith, and the question is that how valid it is and how relevant it is to the doubts which are raised. In order to answer this question, we will analyze this hadith with a descriptive analytical method. Despite the reliability of the sources of the hadith transmission, in terms of indication, it does not imply controlling population and is not inconsistent with other narrations and verses, rather, it simply expresses a kind of comfort in human life.

Keywords

• validation in terms of transmission
• having less family
• removing doubts
• controlling population
• having children

Main Subjects

• Quran and Hadith Studies

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