Quran and Hadith Studies
Review and Analysis of the Narratives of Origin Nickname “Abu Traub”
Authors
1 Associate professor, in Quran and Hadith Sciences, the University of Imam Sadegh.
2 Phd Student, in Quran and Hadith Sciences, the University of Imam Sadegh.
Abstract
One of the Nicknames of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (as), is "Abu Traub," which according to the related traditions, he was addressed with this nickname at first, by the holy prophet Muhammad (pbuh). There are some conflicting reports in traditional and historical sources about the origin of this nickname. Some of these reports strongly blemish the sacred and divine authority of Fatima Zahra (s.a) and Imam Ali (a.s). Unfortunately, some of these reports have pierced in Shia hadith sources and have been treated with them with to lerance.
In this article, these reports were evaluated and it was found that many of these reports are fabricated by hadith for geries. Then, an analysis about prevalence of thes enarratives was expressed. Finally, this paper has proved that the nickname “AbuTraub” was a medal that Ali (a.s) received it from Prophet (pbuh) because of his piety and his worships; but his opponents tried to convert this virtue in to an tivalue.
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