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The story of Shaqq al-Ṣadr has appeared in various forms in many books of biography (Sīrah), history, hadith, and exegesis (Tafsīr). | The story of Shaqq al-Ṣadr has appeared in various forms in many books of biography (Sīrah), history, hadith, and exegesis (Tafsīr).<ref>Sayyid ʿAlawī, '' Naqd Ārāʾ Sīrah-Nawīsān dar Dāstān-i Shaqq al-Ṣadr'', p. 12; Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam bi-Riwāyat al-Muʾarrikhīn, al-Muḥaddithīn wa-al-Mufassirīn '', p. 154, 155.</ref> | ||
From the collection of these hadiths, it appears that the event of Shaqq al-Ṣadr occurred several times at different ages for the Prophet(s).<ref>Sayyid ʿAlawī, '' Naqd Ārāʾ Sīrah-Nawīsān dar Dāstān-i Shaqq al-Ṣadr '', p. 14. ,,, Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Sargudhasht-i Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī az Pandār tā Ḥaqīqat, '', p. 114.</ref> | |||
The narrators have counted this story among the virtues and miracles of the Prophet.<ref>Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Shaqq al-Ṣadr wa ʿIṣmat al-Nabī (ṣ) '', p. 10.</ref> | |||
The | The main purpose of these narrations has been understood to express the purity, sanctity, and infallibility of the Prophet.<ref>Sayyid ʿAlawī, '' Naqd Ārāʾ Sīrah-Nawīsān dar Dāstān-i Shaqq al-Ṣadr '' , p. 17.</ref> | ||
The | The contradictions present in the text of the narrations have led Muslim scholars to offer various opinions regarding the authenticity of this story.<ref>Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam bi-Riwāyat al-Muʾarrikhīn, al-Muḥaddithīn wa-al-Mufassirīn '', p. 172.</ref> | ||
Researchers have stated that most Sunni scholars have accepted the story of Shaqq al-Ṣadr and counted it among the perfections of the Prophet, while the majority of Shia scholars consider this story to be fabricated and derived from Isra’iliyyat (Judeo-Christian legends).<ref>Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Sargudhasht-i Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī az Pandār tā Ḥaqīqat, '', p. 115. | |||
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It has also been said that some scholars have interpreted the occurrence of this event as symbolic or allegorical and have sought to provide a rational explanation for it.<ref>Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Sargudhasht-i Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī az Pandār tā Ḥaqīqat, '', p. 116.</ref> | |||
Some Shia scholars, such as Allameh Majlisi, have also accepted this story.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-Anwār '', vol. 15, p. 356–357.</ref> | |||
Some Shia scholars, such as Allameh Majlisi, have also accepted this story. | |||
==Critique of the Narrations== | ==Critique of the Narrations== | ||
Researchers have offered many critiques of the narrations of Shaqq al-Ṣadr; among other things, they have stated that these narrations have weak chains of transmission, and some of the narrators of these hadiths are weak or unknown. | Researchers have offered many critiques of the narrations of Shaqq al-Ṣadr; among other things, they have stated that these narrations have weak chains of transmission, and some of the narrators of these hadiths are weak or unknown.<ref>Sayyid ʿAlawī, '' Naqd Ārāʾ Sīrah-Nawīsān dar Dāstān-i Shaqq al-Ṣadr '' , p. 15; Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Sargudhasht-i Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī az Pandār tā Ḥaqīqat '' , p. 120; Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' ,Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam bi-Riwāyat al-Muʾarrikhīn, al-Muḥaddithīn wa-al-Mufassirīn '' , p. 158.</ref> | ||
Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' ,Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam bi-Riwāyat al-Muʾarrikhīn, al-Muḥaddithīn wa-al-Mufassirīn '' , p. 158. | |||
It has also been stated that the text of this narration is weak, and there are contradictions among the contents of these narrations.<ref>Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Sargudhasht ‘Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī’ az Pandār tā Ḥaqīqat '' , p. 120.</ref> | |||
Some have also spoken of the contradiction of these narrations with the infallibility of the Prophet, the Qur’an, and reason.<ref>Mūsavī, *Zāreʿī, ''Taḥlīl-i Intiqādī Rivāyātī az Kitāb al-Īmān Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim'', p. 39–40.</ref> | |||
( | Some believe that these narrations were influenced by ancient or pre-Islamic (Jahili) stories.<ref>Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam bi-Riwāyat al-Muʾarrikhīn, al-Muḥaddithīn wa-al-Mufassirīn'', p. 176; Sayyid ʿAlawī, ''Naqd Ārāʾ Sīrah-Nawīsān dar Dāstān-i Shaqq al-Ṣadr, '', p. 18–19; ʿĀmilī, ''Al-Ṣaḥīḥ min Sīrat al-Nabī al-Aʿẓam (ṣ) '', vol. 2, p. 171. </ref> | ||
And they have identified elements of these stories within the narrations of this miracle.<ref>Sayyid ʿAlawī, '' Naqd Ārāʾ Sīrah-Nawīsān dar Dāstān-i Shaqq al-Ṣadr'' , p. 19.</ref> | |||
The significant differences and contradictions in the text of the hadiths are among the criticisms directed at these narrations; although some have considered these differences to result from the repetition of this event at different times.<ref>Sayyid ʿAlawī, '' Naqd Ārāʾ Sīrah-Nawīsān dar Dāstān-i Shaqq al-Ṣadr '' , p. 15. ; Karbalāʾī Pāzūkī, '' Shaqq Ṣadr al-Nabī ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam bi-Riwāyat al-Muʾarrikhīn, al-Muḥaddithīn wa-al-Mufassirīn'' , p. 160–166.</ref> | |||
Some, such as Allameh Tabataba’i, have stated that this event belongs to the category of intermediary (barzakh) visions and have rejected any other interpretation.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, '' Al-Mīzān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 13, p. 23. / vol. 20, p. 317.</ref> | |||
Other commentators have also said that this story is symbolic of divine assistance in a spiritual sense, strengthening the resolve and will of the Prophet, and purifying him from all moral defects and satanic temptations.<ref>Makārem Shīrāzī, '' Tafsīr-i Namūnah '', vol. 27, p. 123.</ref> | |||
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==Reference== | |||
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• Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir b. Muḥammad Taqī. Biḥār al-Anwār. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1403 AH. | • Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir b. Muḥammad Taqī. Biḥār al-Anwār. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1403 AH. | ||