The Previous Worlds Theories in Kufa and Qom (Dhar, Azella and Arwah)

The issue of "previous worlds" is one of the important issues in the Islamic knowledge, especially in the beliefs knowledge. The examination of historical course of the early centuries Muhaddiths' encounter with the narrations of the previous worlds is one of the necessities of studies in this realm. Thus, in this article, with the method of collecting data and their analysis, the historical course of narrating the narrations of the previous worlds and the compilations in this regard in the Kufa and Qom schools and the way of its feedback among the scholars and hadiths collections are examined. Although the way of the Muhaddiths' encounters with books entitled Al-Azellah (the Shadows) that were written in Kufa and its cause are obscure, finally one can say that many of the Shi'iMuhaddiths and scholars in both Kufa and Qom hadith cycles, that some of them were from amongst the Ashab al-Ijma', despite various trends, narrated these narrations. This way of treatment shows the acceptability of this issue in the Kufa and Qom schools.