The Status and Function of Hadiths in Interpretation of the Quran, Based on Allamah Tabatabaii's View

The hadiths and works of contemporaries of the Quran’s revelation constitute a part of reality of Quranic commentary and researchers of the Quran have always paid particular to these hadiths. This is while Allamah Tabatabaii proposes the way of interpreting the Quran by Quran and independence form interpretive hadiths in his work, Al-Mizan Commentary. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the present paper seeks to study the basis of Allamah Tabatabaii’s view about the status of interpretive hadiths and the quantity and quality of their application in Al-Mizan Commentary. Allamah Tabatabaii asserts that interpreters should refer to Holy Prophet’s interpretation in order to interpret some ambiguous phrases in Quranic verses or some difficult verses. On the other hand, he believes that it is necessary to use hadiths in possible cases when he explains the correct way of interpretation. In addition to these principles, Allamah Tabatabaii has used interpretive hadiths in different ways in the postscript of many verses in his commentary.