Considering the Ambiguities about the Historical Existence of Rajab Bursī, the Shiite Theologian and Mystic of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries

Ḥāfiẓ Rajab Bursī is the author of books such as Mashriq Anwār al-Yaqīn, Mashriq al-Amān, al-Dur al-Thamīn, al-Fayn, and several others. He is best known for his specific Imamological ideas based on mentioning the virtues and ontological stations of the Ahl al-Bayt (P.B.U.T.). We have little information about his life. He is considered one of the scholars of the eighth and ninth centuries. Kafʿamī first mentioned Bursī decades after his death. His name entered the works of biographers such as Afandī and Shaykh Ḥurr thirty hundred years after his lifetime. All those who have written about Bursī have taken his historical existence for granted. The main question of this research is whether the ambiguities about his historical existence can be removed? The purpose of this study is to address these ambiguities and evaluate them. According to the findings, there are no names of his shykhs and tutors, students, co-debaters and children. No contemporary has mentioned him or written a rebuttal to him. Bursī has not directly narrated from anyone. The research method is descriptive-analytical using a library research method. The result is that the ambiguities about his historical existence are so great that they can be taken into consideration.