Jeverghāni and Al-abātilva Al-manākirva Al-Sehāhva Al-mashāhir

Abu AbdollāhHosein bin IbrāhimJeverghāni, the sixth century scholar, in his book Al-abātilva Al-manākirva Al-Sehāhva Al-mashāhir has tried to identify the false hadith via mentioning the famous and authentic ones. In the following paper, the writer, first of all, provides a short account of the author’s life, his students, and religion. Then, he goes on to discuss the scholars’ opinions regarding Jeverghāni. Following this, he introduces the book, and explains about its structural and content features. Finally, he talks about the references which Jeverghāni has used in writing the book, different copies of the book, scholars’ ideas about this book, its influence on the works written afterwards, and Jeverghāni’s problems in examining the hadiths.