Exploring the book “minhaj” by Mir Hamid Hussein in criticism of frequency of citation for hadiths in the book Abaghat al Anvar

Without an iota of doubt, the book “Abaghat al Anvar” by the renowned scholar Mir Hamid Hossein is a priceless token for scholars of rhetoric and Imamate. This book is a strong answer in crtiticism of the chapter on Imamate in the book “Tohfet al-Ithna Asharia”. Mir Hamed’s Book contains valuable contents that exploring them and the systems and line of reasoning that govern them is a torch that guides scholars and think tanks in the domain of Imamate studies. Frequency of citation of a hadith yields an indisputable and definitive result used as a criteron in measuring the authenticity of Hadiths. This paper aims to explore the methods and motivations of those who doubted the authenticity of a hadith or its frequency of citation and how Mir Hamid attempted to answer these doubts and uncertainties. Mir hamid defined the qualities based on which one can label a hadith as frequently cited one. Mir Hamid also outlined the qualities that prove frequency of citation for a hadith in his invaluable book “Abaghat al-anvar”