A Critical Study of Critical Reports on Yunos ibn Abd al-Rahman

Abstract

In this study, the literature on personality of Yunos ibn Abd al-Rahman, a prolific narrator and sage at the time of the Imams, have been reviewed and the charges against him, concerning his scholarly and religious personality have been evaluated. After a brief biography of this narrator and reference to his status before the Imams (AS), the charges against him such as the qumis’ allegations, hadiths against him, existence of a sect named after him and his being a Fatahi, not Imami, Shia, have all been evaluated leading to his being absolve of all the accusation

Keywords

• yunos ibn abd al-rahman
• critical reports
• the companion of imam reza (as)
• ghulat (extrimistis)