"Qurb al-Isnād" in Imami Writings

In the list of Imamiyya writings, there is a type of narrative (traditional) writing in which the basis of the author's work is not the organization and thematic arrangement of traditions; Rather, the author's effort is to arrange the narrative effect with the focus on documents. The criterion of the authors of these works is to present traditions in the shortest way to the source of the tradition. This type of writing, which is called "Qorb al-esnad", has been mentioned in the works of some familiar narrators. The author of Qorb al-esnad tries to reduce human errors in narration by reducing his intermediaries to the Infallibles, in order to increasing the validity of his savings. In the present article, the efforts of Imami narrators in writing Qorb al-Esnad have been examined, relying on the only remaining book of this style.