Rijal Kashi Volume 6 Page

Volume 6 is particularly vital for researchers because it documents the "Golden Age" of Hadith codification. This section often covers:

— “She transmitted thirty-two hadith on inheritance from Imam al-Kazim (AS). All are mutawatir in substance, but she was a woman, and worse — she refused to marry the governor’s son. Her narrations were reassigned to a male narrator who never existed: ‘Abu Khalid al-Mukhtari.’ He is a ghost. She is the truth.”

: A significant portion features reports on the "Four Deputies" ( al-Su-fara’ al-Arba‘a rijal kashi volume 6

Unlike later books ( Rijal al-Najashi ), al-Kashi is highly political. Volume 6 discusses the companions who wavered during the Mihna (Inquisition) of the Abbasid caliphs. Al-Kashi reports that an associate of Imam al-Hadi (AS) fled to Baghdad and compromised his faith. These reports are pivotal for historians studying the Shia-Abbasid relationship.

You can find digital versions and further study materials on platforms like the Internet Archive Al-Islam.org Internet Archive specific narrators mentioned in this volume, or are you looking for a PDF download Volume 6 is particularly vital for researchers because

— “He will be paralyzed from the waist down. In a basement in Qom, he will upload a hadith that the Imam of the Age (AJ) whispered to him in a dream. The clerics will debate: ‘Can a dream be a chain?’ The answer will split the seminary in two.”

Al-Najashi (d. 1058 CE) is considered the gold standard for Tawthiqat (declarations of trustworthiness). If Rijal al-Kashi Volume 6 says a narrator is a Waqifi (deviant), but al-Najashi says he is Thiqa (trustworthy), the rule of Ta'adul wa Tarajih (balance and preference) often favors al-Najashi unless al-Kashi has a direct statement from an Imam. Her narrations were reassigned to a male narrator

Al-Kashi does not just list them; he presents the narrations where Imam al-Askari (AS) and Imam al-Mahdi (AS) themselves authenticate these men. A famous report in volume 6 quotes the Imam saying: "The affairs of the Earth and the Heaven are in the hands of Uthman ibn Sa’id." This is a cornerstone for the doctrine of Ghaybah .

Volume 6 contains the primary source material for:

— “He will record a podcast arguing against God. But in his final episode, he will transmit, unknowingly, a saying of Imam Ali (AS) about mercy. His listeners will convert. He will not. Yet his narration will be mu’tabar (reliable) because truth does not require a believer’s tongue.”