Hadith Writings in Shia Imams Traditions and Role of Ali ibn Mahziyar in their Preservation and Transferring

Writing is one of the ways for receiving hadith. In this way, narrator writes to Imam directly or writes to who transfers Imam’s speech to people, and asks for Imam’s judgment in a religious question or ask for a hadith. In Shia ahadith, asking and receiving answers from Imam is done by writing usually transferred by messenger. Some narrators believe that writings are not as valid as directly heard hadith. But investigations and evidences show their validity is strong enough. In this kind hadith, there is no change in Imams’ words. One of the important advantages in “hadith writings” is not-changing Imams’ words while transferring the concept. In each period some of Imams’ friends were responsible to transfer  Shias questions to Imam and take his written answers. Abdolmalek Ebn Ayon writings to Imam Sadegh is one of these samples. Ali Ebn Mahziar from Ahwaz was a thoughtful and farsighted scholar in hadith who gathered and keep and transferred several writings to next generations. Besides, he has developed the range of “hadith writings” in Shia documentations by writing to Imam Javad and Imam Kazem.