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Controversies surrounding Zurarah bin Ayaan

Controversies surrounding his Trustworthiness The simple reason why Zurarah is still accepted by the Shiah as the most prolific and reliable authority for the ahadith is because, we have report where Zurarah have been critized and we also have a report for the reason why he was critizied. Although all the report crtizing him is unauthentic and has been considered weak by al-Khoei. Sayyed al-Khoei talk in detail about those hadeeth in his book Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith, Volume 8 page 245 . Now let us see the reason why he was critized The reason why Imam criticized Zurarah bin Ayaan  حدثني حمدويه بن نصير قال حدثنا محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد قال حدثني يونس بن عبد الرحمن عن عبد الله بن زرارة. و محمد بن قولويه و الحسين بن الحسن قالا حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال حدثني هارون بن الحسن بن محبوب عن محمد بن عبد الله بن زرارة و ابنيه الحسن و الحسين عن عبد الله بن زرارة قال قال لي أبو عبد الله (ع) اقرأ مني على والدك السلام و قل له إني إنما أعيبك دفاعا مني عنك  Narrated to me Hamdawayh bin

Sheikhayn (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman) in the eyes of Aimmah(as)

We often hear from our opponent saying that, Why do you condemn Sheikhayn when your Imam never offended or condemned them. So let us see, Are our opponent really true?, Were Aimmah pleased with Sheikhayn?. In order to reply to these question, I have collected some Authentic hadeeth from Shia Books to show them the real view of Aimmah (as) about Sheikhayn. In Shia Hadeeth Books two fulan ( فلان وفلان ) ie so and so is commonly referred to Abu Bakr & Umar. I have avoided hadeeth narrated by Sudayr as-Sayraf, due to much confusion and contradiction about his Trustworthiness and his Narrations. Hadeeth #1: علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن محبوب، عن عبد الله بن سنان قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول: كانت امرأة من الأنصار تودنا أهل البيت وتكثر التعاهد لنا وإن عمر بن الخطاب لقيها ذات يوم وهي تريدنا فقال لها: أين تذهبين يا عجوز الأنصار؟ فقالت: أذهب إلى آل محمد أسلم عليهم وأجدد بهم عهدا وأقضي حقهم، فقال لها عمر: ويلك ليس لهم اليوم حق عليك ولا علينا إنما كان لهم حق على عه