Analysis of Hadith Controversies with Imams in the Category of "Community Building"

Al-Mutawakkil (232-247 AH), only two years after gaining the seat of the Caliphate, emerged from the thought of the Mu'tazilites and turned to the Hadith. Then, he left all the religious affairs of the caliphate to the Ahl al-Hadith and expelled the Mu'tazilites. With this event, while the thought of the Ahl al-Hadith became state-owned and their domination over religious thought, a kind of intellectual-political exchange was formed between the Caliph and the Ahl al-Hadith. Under these circumstances, the Imams, who had faced the transfer of the Imamate Center to Samarra, saw in front of them a network of narrators who, while forming a new religious community, believed in Shiite teachings. This study sought to answer how this happened and to re-examine it in the terms: "socialization". The findings indicated that by expanding the intellectual activities of the Hadith movement and trying to nourish society, they designed a set of political, social, cultural and even military strategies in the form of hadith. Imamiyya also used the two elements of hadith and reason to campaign for this cultural event. This research explored the interaction of Hadith and Imamiyya.