Key Words: Sources of Al-Kafi, Investigation of Documents, Weakness in Chain of Authorities, Kulaynis Teachers, Teachers Who Give Ijaza.

Hishams Sahiha and Number of Verses of the Holy Quran

Mohammad Ehsanifar Langaroodi

There is dispute among those who are expert in the number of the holy Quran over its extent. They all consent that number of the holy Quran is less than 6240 verses while Hishams Sahiha says that it contains seventeen thousand verses. In spite of its rare appearance, this hadith has brought about many problems and misunderstandings. To solve these problems, the author of the present paper studies the content of this hadith and presents his findings in two chapters. Chapter one deals with Hishams Sahiha while chapter two surveys the solution to Hishams hadith. Key Words: Number of Verses of the Holy Quran, Hishams Sahiha, Misrepresenting the Holy Quran, Interpretation of Hishams Hadith, Unreliability of the Rare Hadith.

Jesus in al-Kafi and the Bible: A Comparative Study

Mohammad Kazem Shaker

The Holy Quran speaks of Jesus as a great prophet of God and emphasizes on confirming him by the Holy Spirit and plainly calls him word and spirit of God. In Islamic hadiths he is also regarded as the Spirit of Allah. However Jesus in the holy Quran is a humble servant on whom God has bestowed a special gift. In hadith books, Christianity is called Nasraniyyat and Christians are called Nasara. More information is found in hadith books about life and personality of Jesus. Christians accept only some of these hadiths and reject the others. In fact Christian theology has depicted a fully exceptional picture of Jesus and even has changed the picture of theology from God-centeredness to Jesus-centeredness. Christians regard Islamic hadiths as mystical reports which are deprived of reality. Reporting the most important passages of al-Kafi about Jesus, peace be upon him, and comparing them with Christian current views, the author rejects the above mentioned claims and concludes that Islamic discourse is