Recognition of Abū Daḥdāh in interpretative traditions of Surat al-Layl (Q 92)

According to the Sunni consensus Surat al-Layl (Q 22) was revealed on the occasion of Abu Bakr's expenditure for charity (infāq). However, the traditions of the Shi'a exegeses mention the event of Abū Daḥdaḥ's infāq in Medina under the verse of this surah. In this opportunity, after analyzing the narrations of revelation order and the characteristics of the Meccan and Medinan surahs, the uncertainty of Surah 92 being revealed in Mecca is reported. By scrutiny in the Rijal-oriented and historical sources we find out that Abū Daḥdāḥ is different from Thābit ibn Daḥdāḥ. Considering the poetic instances like the poem of Sufyan ibn Muṣ`ab al-Thawrī, one of the true disciples of Imam Sadiq (`a.s.), as well as the literal meaning of Abū  Daḥdāh, the context of other verses of this surah, also the verses of infāq in the Qur'an and the background falsely attributing the virtues and excellences of Imam `Ali (`a.s.) to other personalities, Abū Daḥdāh can be the very same Imam `Ali (`a.s.)