Content Analysis of the Qom Hadith Schools to Identify Validation Criteria of Hadiths and Compare them with Indicators of Resources Validation in Scientometrics

The objective of the present study was to compare the validation criteria of the Qom Hadith Schools with indicators of resources validation in Scientometrics from the viewpoints of Hadith and Scientometrics’ experts.

The research is basic in terms of purpose and survey-descriptive in terms of method. It has also used the method of qualitative content analysis. The population consisted of  all resources written in Qom Hadith school; and 60 experts in Scientometrics and. The data were collected using Derayat Al Noor software, Hadith works by Sheikh Saduq, and a researcher-made checklist based on the Lawshe technique.

The findings showed that the most important validation criteria for Hadith in Qom Hadith school included validation through comparing Hadith with other credits and documents, the authenticity of the document, citation to the prominent critics’ views on evaluating the narrators and their narrations, narrations in the famous books, trust in the famous writings of companions, the preference of some methods of collecting Hadith, the validation of Hadith implications, careful treatment of some narrators’ works due to their lack of explicit approval, verbal beliefs, the multiplicity of Hadith, attention to the narrator's citation and the content analysis of Hadith.

Conclustion: 

An agreement between Scientometrics and Hadith’ experts in terms of the conformity of the indicators of resource validation in Scientometrics and validation criteria for Hadith shows a close relationship between these two areas, Therefore, the root of the citation can be found in the Hadith sciences.