Allameh Tabataba'i's Fiqh-al-Hadith Approach towards al-Kafi Narratives in Tafsir al-Mizan

One of the important topics of the book Tafsir Al-Mizan is Fiqh-al-Hadith examination of narratives handed down from Fariqain sources. The purpose of the present article, which has been carried out via a descriptive-analytical method and with library tools, is to examine the Fiqh-al-Hadith approach of the author of al-Mizan towards al-Kafi's narratives authored by Koleyni. To evaluate the narrations of this book, Allameh has used several Fiqh-al-Hadith components, especially the presentation of narratives based on the Qur'an and authentic narratives, evaluating the narratives with reason, taking into account the criteria of history, etc. and with these principles, in many cases, has dealt with confirming and using al-Kafi narratives, explaining and interpreting the hadiths of that book, discovering and expressing the meaning of the Fourteen Infallibles, distinguishing interpretive narratives from others, resolving conflicts and removing doubts from the statements of the Fourteen Infallibles, criticizing al-Kafi narratives etc. The most important factor for the author of al-Mizan in understanding and criticizing narratives is the factor of presenting narratives on the Qur'an, which was derived from the special foundations of his interpretation method in al-Mizan. For this reason, he has conducted most of his Fiqh al-Hadith studies based on this factor.