Grand Ayatollah Shirazi Affirms Authenticity of Hadith al-Kisa

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi Affirms Authenticity of Hadith al-Kisa
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq Husayni Shirazi confirmed the reliability of the Hadith al-Kisa (Tradition of the Cloak) during his daily scholarly session held on Monday, the 13th of Rabi’ al-Thani, 1447 AH. As with previous sessions, the Supreme Marja responded to jurisprudential questions (fiqhi) from attendees.

Addressing questions regarding the Hadith al-Kisa’s credibility, His Eminence firmly stated: “The Hadith al-Kisa is an authentic and reliable tradition, and there is no flaw in it, even though some have objected to it; those objections are not correct.”

The Supreme Religious Authority further explained that the omission of the Hadith al-Kisa by some scholars does not constitute evidence of its weak chain of narration (sanad).

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi concluded by underscoring his personal research on the matter, stating: “I myself have written an authentic chain of narration regarding the Hadith al-Kisa, which has also been published.”