Explanation and Analysis of the Course of Scientific Communications between Scholars and Muhaddiths of Isfahan and Neishabur from the 3rd to the 7th Century AH

Academic interactions in Islamic civilization have provided the basis for the growth of scientific centers and various fields of science. As one of the important scientific centers of the Islamic world, Neyshabor has been successful in attracting scholars from Isfahan, especially in the field of hadith knowledge in a way that the number of Esfahani hadith scholars in Neishabur reached 70 people in the 4th and 5th centuries due to the conditions of Neishabur. A number of scholars from Neyshabur were also present in Isfahan. Some scholars and muhaddithists of Isfahan, especially those who had the Shafi'i religion, influenced the flow of hadiths in Neyshabur by traveling there. They became among the famous muhaddith scholars of Neyshabur. This article aimed to investigate the following question with a descriptive and analytical method How did the scholars of Isfahan leave the Hadith knowledge in Neishabur? The scholars of Isfahan traveled to Neishabur in the 4th and 5th centuries due to the prosperity of the Shafi'i religion in Neishabur and the privileges that were available to the followers of the Shafi'i religion. They engaged in scientific interactions with the scholars of Neishabur. Also, some muhaddiths of Isfahan, who were present in Neishabur, became among the elders and teachers of the great and famous Shafi'i muhaddiths there The result of this interaction was the noticeable presence of traditions of Isfahani muhaddiths among the famous Neishabori muhaddiths.