Genealogy of the Short Traditions of Imam Ali (as) in "Tuhaf al-ʿuqūl"

The book Tuhaf al-ʿuqool by Hassan ibn Shuʿbah al-Harani is one of the Shiite moral sources. Due to existing the Losses tradition (Morsal traditions), it is not possible to review the biography (Rejal) aspect of traditions in this book. However, the text of these traditions can be found in Shiite and Sunni sources. Accordingly, the present article examines the author's narrative style by descriptive-analytical method with historical and narrative research of the short traditions of Imam Ali (as) in various sources of the two sects. And the article has identified the traditions of the book "The Tuhaf al-ʿuqool " in the earlier traditional sources. Also this article has analyzed the sources that Harrani used in the short traditions of Imam Ali (as) and has identified traditions that do not exist in previous sources. The achievements of this article indicate that out of a total of 158 traditions, twenty traditions are not available in earlier sources and the issuance of seven traditions by the Imam Ali (AS) is not proven. Also, most of the traditions appear for the first time in the sources of the fifth and sixth centuries.