Typology of Interpretation and Explanation of Narratives in the Amali of Sayyed Murtada

This article is concerned with the Fiqh al-Hadith method of Sayyed Murtada for the interpretation of narratives, in his book, Amali. Sayyed Murtada makes explicit in his book if the Khabar is the kind of Wahed that does not lead to knowledge and its apparent meaning is at odds with what we know, we should interpret its apparent meaning in a way that makes it compatible with what is right. Otherwise, we should reject this Khabar. It is necessary to take this Khabar as incorrect and reject it. Sayyed Murtada has used various methods to interpret narratives, including: regarding a Hadith as having a meaning contrary to its appearent meaning—e.g. taking it to have a metaphorical meaningand the like—by appealing to its attached and detached contexts; taking the term to have its literal meaning and not its religious meaning; and taking the narrator to have made a mistake. He has established principles for understanding Hadiths by employing intellectual methods and literal information.