Comparative and analytical Study of "Ḥubb" in Traditions of al-Kāfī and Bukhārī's al-Saḥīḥ, by Content Analysis Method

al-Kāfī and Bukhārī's al-Saḥīḥ are the authoritative sources of Shiite and Sunni Hadith that the followers of these two schools refer to them in many principles and sub-principles of Islam. One of the important teachings about which traditions are mentioned in these two books is "Ḥubb" (love). The present article has analyzed the content of the word love and its derivatives in these two books in order to comparatively study al-Kāfī and Bukhārī's al-Saḥīḥ in the subject of love. The words and topics extracted from the analysis of the content of the traditions show that love in al-Kāfī is closely related to the key concepts of intellect, faith, religion, attributes of God, obedience, piety, knowledge and Ahl al-Bayt (pbuh) and has several semantic layers such as love of God, love of Prophet, love of humans and believers and love of Prophet's family. Most of the traditions of al-Kāfī refer to the avoid the love of the world, which is ignorance and Helplessness and powerlessness. But in Bukhārī's al-Saḥīḥ, love is related only to faith and beneficence, and most of the traditions deal with the semantic layers of love, which include love between the slave and the god, love for the Messenger of God and human beings; But there is no mention of the love of the Ahl al-Bayt (pbuh).