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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>
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>


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>
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>
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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>
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>


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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