History of Hadith in the Province of Khuzestan and the Role of Hadith Scholars in Its Development

Khuzestan as the gateway of Islam is considered one of the influential regions in Iran from two perspectives: history and hadith studies. In this article history of tradition in Khuzestan from the time of the Prophet (pbuh) until the end of the Safavid period has been studied in three periods: the early period (first five centuries), middle (sixth century to the ninth century) and later generation (Safavid period). Most of these narrators belong to the early period in which the number of Sunni narrators has been reported more. In the middle period, number of narrators especially Shia has declined. In the modern period, with the advent of the Sadat Moshashaei at Khuzestan followed by Safavids in Iran, hadith studies flourished again. The narrators (mostly Shia hadith scholars from two schools of thought: Akhbari and Usuli) have written precious works on various topics such as hadith, hadith collections, rijal, fiqh al-hadith (hadith scholarship), traditional exegesis, etc.