Rijal Al Kashi Report 176

Rijal Al-Kashi Report 176 " refers to a specific narration found within Ikhtiyār maʿrifat al-rijāl (commonly known as Rijāl al-Kashshī

Example (hypothetical reconstruction)

  • Entry 176 (example): “Muḥammad ibn X, kunya Abū Y; from Kūfa; narrated from A and to B; described by al‑Kāshī as majhūl — other sources (Najjāshī: taʿdīl; al‑Tūsi: weak); no extant works; died circa 200 AH.”
    Use: If this person appears in a chain, a researcher would note conflicting evaluations and search for corroborating chains, text-critical indicators, and external historical data to decide on the hadith’s standing.

"Rijal Al Kashi Report 176" originates from the Ikhtiyar ma'rifat al-rijal Rijal Al Kashi Report 176

Is Rijal Al Kashi Report 176 the "Lost Judgment Day" of hadith studies? Or is it a brilliant psycho-spiritual hoax, designed to make us question how we know what we know? Rijal Al-Kashi Report 176 " refers to a

Related resources and fields of study

  • Ilm al‑rijāl (science of narrators) methodology and terminology (taʿdīl, jarḥ, ʿadālah, ḍaʿf).
  • Major rijāl works: al‑Najjāshī, Ṭabarī summaries, Shaykh al‑Tūsi’s lists, Allāmah Majlisī’s biographical collections, and modern critical studies.
  • Contemporary scholarship: journal articles, theses on Shīʿī rijāl methodology, and digital databases of narrators.
  • Manuscript studies and critical editions: to resolve variant readings and entry-number discrepancies.

“Muhammad ibn Mas‘ud narrated to me: ‘I heard ‘Ali ibn Hasan ibn Faddal say: I asked my father (Hasan ibn Faddal) about Yunus ibn Abd al-Rahman. He said: He was the leader of the sect (sahib al-ta’ifa). He was the foremost among the companions in jurisprudence (fiqh) and theology (kalam). I said: Then why do you not narrate from him? He said: Because he used to narrate from those whom I do not trust (ghayr al-thiqa).’” Entry 176 (example): “Muḥammad ibn X, kunya Abū

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