A Study and Critique of Unique Ashura Narrations and Statements in the Book "Asrar al-Shahadah" by Mullah Agha Fazel Darbandi

The book Asrar al-Shahadah by Mullah Agha Fazel Darbandi is one of the works that has had a great impact on the reporting of Karbala incident since its writing and has attracted a lot of attention due to its author, special expression and virtuous content. The issue of the present research, which has been carried out with a critical analytical approach, is the study and critique of the approaches, distortions and outstanding narrative reports by Darbandi, which arose from his book for the first time and became the basis of quoting narrations for Shiite scholars in the last century. The way Darbandi deals with Ashura narrations and his tremendous impact on the understanding of writers and especially preachers of Ashura, doubles the importance of reviewing his work. Based on the findings, the narrations of Asrar al-Shahadah, as well as its justifications and additions are sometimes inconsistent with tradition, reason, custom, certain events or other historical narrations, and hence they cause the dignity of the infallible Imam (AS) or his family to be tarnished in such a way that the vulgarity of the text makes  Darbandi's reports unfounded.