Draft:Khassa
Khassa is a term used to refer to the Shia in contrast to the term "'Amma" which refers to the Ahl al-Sunna.[1] According to Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin, the reason for naming the "Shia" as "Khassa" is that, firstly: the Shias consider themselves more worthy than others to be called by the name of Ahl al-Sunna, and secondly: the Shias are a special group among the general Muslim groups.[2]
In discussions related to the chain of transmitters of hadiths,[3] if the narrators of the hadith are Shia, the expression "Turuq Khassa" (Khassa paths) is used, and if the narrators of the hadith are from the Ahl al-Sunna, the phrase "Tariq 'Amma" ('Amma path) is used.[4]
The reason for naming the Ahl al-Sunna as 'Amma is also that during the lifetime of the Shi'a Imams (the first three lunar centuries) the Ahl al-Sunna were the rulers and all scientific, governmental, and judicial facilities were at their disposal.[5] The expression "'Amma" regarding the Ahl al-Sunna has also been used in the hadiths of the Shi'a Imams.[6] As an example, in the Maqbula of 'Umar b. Hanzala from Imam al-Sadiq (a), this expression has been used.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Muḥaddithī, Farhang-i Ghadīr, 1392 sh, p. 377.
- ↑ Amīn, Aʿyān al-Shīʿa, 1418 q, vol. 1, p. 24.
- ↑ For example, see: Sayyid al-Murtaḍā, Tanzīh al-anbiyāʾ, Nashr Sharīf Raḍī, p. 140; Al-Shaykh al-Ṭūsī, Talkhīṣ al-Shāfī, 1382 sh, vol. 2, p. 159; Al-ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī, Muntahā l-maṭlab, 1412 q, vol. 3, p. 51.
- ↑ Muḥaddithī, Farhang-i Ghadīr, 1392 sh, p. 378.
- ↑ Muḥaddithī, Farhang-i Ghadīr, 1392 sh, p. 377.
- ↑ Muḥaddithī, Farhang-i Ghadīr, 1392 sh, p. 377.
- ↑ Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, 1407 q, vol. 1, p. 68.
References
- Amīn, Sayyid Muḥsin. Aʿyān al-Shīʿa. Edited by Sayyid Ḥasan Amīn. Beirut, Dār al-Taʿāruf li-l-Maṭbūʿāt, 1418 q/1998 m.
- Sayyid al-Murtaḍā, ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn. Tanzīh al-anbiyāʾ. Qom, Nashr Sharīf Raḍī, n.d.
- Al-Shaykh al-Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. Ḥasan. Talkhīṣ al-Shāfī. Qom, Muḥibbīn, 1382 sh.
- Al-ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī, Ḥasan b. Yūsuf. Muntahā l-maṭlab fī taḥqīq al-madhhab. Mashhad, Majmaʿ al-Buḥūth al-Islāmiyya, 1412 q.
- Kulaynī, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb. al-Kāfī. Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1407 q.
- Muḥaddithī, Jawād. Farhang-i Ghadīr. Qom, Nashr-i Maʿrūf, 1392 sh.