Descriptions About the Issue of Traditions In al-KÌfi

The lingual meaning of the words "means", "issue", "utterance", and "case" are very important in a study of the sayings, traditions, and practices of the holy prophet and infallible Imams of Islam. The means or condition of issue of a tradition is important and influential in studying or understanding it. The words and traditions of the holy and infallible leaders have been issued in different times and occasions, and with special intentions. Yet, at the time of writing down and/or compiling of the traditions, for different reasons, many of those "means" and reasons of issue are forgotton, dropped, and neglected. As knowing the reason and condition of the relevation of the Quranic verses help to have a better understanding of them; in the same way, knowing the reason and means of issue of traditions are useful and helpful. All the rules and procedures which are logical means of better understanding of the Quranic verses, are again applicable and necessary.In this article, the validity of issue of the traditions with regards to the following aspects are discussed.- Chain of the narrators of the tradition;- If the tradition is informative or imperative; - Resolution of conflict(s) in cases of issue of the traditions.By considering the above clarification,the traditions collected in KÌfi are classified in 2 groups, and reviewed; i.e., traditions without specifying their surrounding conditions of issue; and traditions that their conditions, the reason or cause of issue... are specifically explained.Then the main reasons and factors for omission and not mentioning the surrounding information of the traditions are classified and described in two main categories, as - general reasons and factors- specific reasons and factors in every stage.The topics indicating the causes and reasons of issue of the traditions collected in KÌfi are classified as discussions, requests, claims, and new informations. Then those topics are explained, and for every case some sample traditions are provided.