176 !exclusive! | Rijal Al Kashi Report

Informs classical debates regarding the limits of political compromise under coercive rule. Evaluation in Classical Ilm al-Rijal

Report 176 centers on the condemnation of specific individuals who attempted to elevate the Imams to divine or semi-divine status. The core narrative elements of the report reveal: Rijal Al Kashi Report 176

In contemporary seminary ( Hawza ) circles and Western academic discourses, Report 176 is a subject of ongoing methodology debates: Informs classical debates regarding the limits of political

The report is then immediately followed by a comparative statement from another source: The report is found in the section dedicated to Thabit ibn Dinar, Abu Hamza al-Thumali (Hadith 353). Al-Kashshi uses this story to illuminate the characters of the narrators involved. Al-Kashshi uses this story to illuminate the characters

But the esoteric camp—led by the late Dr. Faisal al-Muqri—argues it refers to the "176 sins of the narrator." In Report 176, Al-Kashi does not merely judge if a narrator lied. He judges if the narrator saw the truth and remained silent .

, originally compiled as Ma’rifat al- ناقلين عن الأئمة الصادقين by the 10th-century Twelver Shia scholar Muhammad ibn Umar al-Kashshi (c. 854–951 CE), stands as one of the most critical foundational pillars of Islamic biographical evaluation ( ʿilm al-rijāl ). Later abridged by the towering scholar Shaykh Tusi under the title Ikhtiyār maʿrifat al-rijāl , this text serves as a core academic instrument used by Islamic jurisprudents to establish the historical trustworthiness ( wathāqah ) of individual transmitters of Hadith.

Later in the report, the Imam clarifies the gravity of this status, essentially stating that just because a person narrates frequently does not mean they are to be followed.