Validation of Hadiths without Sources in Bihar al-Anwar (Oceans of Lights)

Bihar al-Anwar (Oceans of Lights) is the most detailed collection of Shia Hadiths and an encyclopedia of Shia teachings and one of the works of Allama Majlisi. In this book, most of the Hadiths are quoted from other sources and the names of the sources are also mentioned; and some unknown sources have been found, and an unknown source means a source or a book that has become unknown and unrecognized, and Hadiths of an unknown source are said to be narrated from unknown and unrecognized sources. In this article, the document and content of the unknown narrations of Bihar al-Anwar (Oceans of Lights) are discussed with an emphasis on the pilgrimage (Ziarat) narrations. The present research aims to use the words of the Infallible Figures and to evaluate Bihar al-Anwar (Oceans of Lights) book and validate the document and the content of Hadiths, especially the weak ones. The narrations of the unknown sources of Bihar al-Anwar (Oceans of Lights) can be divided according to topics, and the narrations of pilgrimage include topics such as the reward of visiting the Infallible Figures’ graves, the reward of welcoming the pilgrims, and the pilgrimage of Hazrat Masoumeh. In this article, which is done with an analytical and descriptive method, these narrations have been examined based on components such as narrative reputation, comparison with verses, comparison with other narrations, etc and Allama Majlisi’s rule of tolerance and easily acceptance of narrations concerning the Sunan. Also, despite the weakness of the document, the above-mentioned Hadiths are admissible in terms of content and cannot be rejected; Because, due to their conformity with the Quran, definite history, narrative fame, and by comparing different narrations, and based on the rule of tolerance and easily acceptance of narrations concerning the Sunan, etc., they can be accepted.