Methodology of Textual Critique of Hadiths of Virtues in Al-Ghadir

Today, the only way to access tradition is through narrations. But many obstacles have made it difficult to walk this path. One of these obstacles is fake hadiths. Some of these hadiths have been made in order to create virtue for some people. Such hadiths cause those who do not deserve to be followed to be followed, and in return, those who are worthy to be followed are left out. Therefore, it is very important to criticize these hadiths and separate the correct hadiths from the weak ones. So far, many scholars have reviewed and criticized the hadiths of virtues, but none of them has provided a practical model for criticizing these hadiths. Therefore, in this article, we want to study the performance of Allama Amini in the critique of the text of the hadiths in which virtues for Abu Bakr are mentioned in Al-Ghadir book. The aim is to identify, extract and classify the basics and methods of critique of this category of hadiths. Amini has used different criteria in criticizing the text of these narrations. He has shown that some of the alleged virtues for Abu Bakr are not a privilege for him at all. Although some other virtues are a privilege for him, they cannot be proved due to various problems such as opposition to the Qur’an, reason, definite science, Islamic jurisprudence, human conscience, experience, and so on.