An Approach towards the Effects of Theological Beliefs on the Evaluation of Texts and Documents Hadiths

On the one hand, as the second source for the Muslim intellectual origin after the Quran, yet as the only medium among Muslims and the infallible Imam’s tradition, Hadith has always played an important role among Muslims; on the other, as an interdisciplinary knowledge, Hadith is required to be studied along with the other related sciences. In this sense, it seems that Islamic Theology (Kalam) is deeply connected to the science of Hadith in that each of the narrators and the Hadith books’ authors have had a specific intellectual framework through which they try their best to study Hadith. In this respect, the theological beliefs play the important role in shaping people’s intellectual framework. Therefore, it is essential to study the effects of these beliefs on the field of the Hadith. In this sense, it helps us come up with a better understanding of the critique and the recognition of the science of Hadith. This paper examines the answer to the question whether or not theological beliefs have had any effect on the field of Hadith. If yes, whether this effect has been negative and/or positive. The results show that the theological beliefs have had various negative effects on the text and document of the Hadith. As a result, it is necessary to take the effects of these beliefs on the field of Hadith into consideration.