The Authenticity of ʼUbayd Allah al-Ḥalabi's Book

One of the most well-known traditional Shiite’s books on hadith claimed to be written at the time of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (PBUH) is the book by Ubayd Allah Ḥalabi. To some, Ḥalabi is known as the first Shiite author. This research was an attempt to evaluate Ḥalabi’s work. Reports on Ubayd Allah and his family and friends, and narrated traditions about him were collected through traditional resources, and by meticulous content and documentary analysis were carefully evaluated against conceptual evidence. Unmistakably, ascribing such a book to Ubayd Allah Ḥalabi is a serious mistake and the idea is totally rejected. In other words, the study revealed that a book based on the provisions of the Islamic jurisprudence, containing Ubayd Allah Ḥalabi‘s narrations and even narrations from other apostles and disciples is compiled and ascribed to him, and in order to validate the idea, it is even claimed that Ḥalabi presented this book to Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (PBUH) and he had endorsed it, but the claim actually proves to be ill-founded.