Grand Ayatollah Shirazi Details Chain of Narration for the Hadith al-Kisa’ From His Eminence to Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon her

During a scholarly gathering on Thursday, May 15, at the honourable House of the Grand Religious Authority in Qom, Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Hosseini Shirazi (may Allah prolong his life) elucidated the chain of narration ( سند – sanad) for the esteemed Hadith al-Kisa’ (حدیث شریف کساء), tracing it from himself through a continuous sequence of prominent scholars and narrators of hadith back to Lady Fatima al-Zahra (peace be upon her).

Responding to a question about the authenticity of the hadith’s chain of transmission posed by an attendee, Ayatollah Shirazi meticulously explained the unbroken lineage. He stated that he narrates it through his revered father, the late Grand Ayatollah Sayed Mirza Mehdi Shirazi (may his soul be sanctified), who narrated it from Sheikh Abbas Qumi, who narrated it from Mirza Hussein Noori, who narrated it from Sheikh Murtaza Ansari, who narrated it from Mulla Ahmad Naraqi, who narrated it from Sayed Bahr al-Uloom, ultimately reaching Jabir ibn Abdullah Ansari, who narrated it directly from Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra (peace be upon her).

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi emphasized that this unbroken chain of narration has been documented in various sources and books. He noted that he is among the living narrators of the Hadith al-Kisa’, a position that grants him a significant role in the continued reliable transmission of this revered tradition.