Re-Reading The Theory Of "The Implication Of Majority On Trustworthiness" (Based On The Narration Of Professor Seyed Mohammad Javad Shobeyri)

With the emergence of the approach of late scholars in validation, the division of hadiths into Sahih , Hasan, Muvaththaq (reliable) and Za’if (weak) occurred. Based on this approach, the authenticity of the narrators in the validity of the hadith plays a fundamental role; However, concerning a significant number of narrators mentioned in narration documents no clear information in expressing their narrative personality exist or if any, they are weakened. These two phenomena have led a group of researchers to go to the basics of general authentication to prove the authenticity of at least some of the narrators of these two groups. One of the most common examples of public authenticity is the rule of اکثار (majority). According to this rule, in the opinions of the rijals, the frequency of the narration of a trustworthy narrator from an unknown or weak master reveals the trustworthiness of the master in the eyes of the narrator. This article rereads this rule and the ambiguities surrounding it. This study believes that the rule of majority based on the narration under study, can not prove the credibility of the narrators.