Fayd Kashani's Method of Commenting on Non-Jurisprudential Hadiths (Based on Al-Wafi)

Methodology is a necessary tool for hadith research. Al-Wafi, written by Faydh Kashani, is a Shiite hadith collection. In this book, he has annotated some hadiths. These annotations and his commentary are influenced by his thoughts. The other of this article introduces the Fayd’s approach to jurisprudential as moderate Akhbari. On the other hand while approaching non-jurisprudential hadith he tries to interpret them. In Shiite history, researchers have paid more attention to jurisprudential hadiths than other ones. Thus, in this article, the author deals with non-jurisprudential hadiths to demonstrate his way of thinking and its philosophical and mystical origin.