Validation of Narrations Transmitted from Ahl al-Bayt (AS) in Narrative Exegeses Regarding the Manner of Marriage of Adam's (AS) Children

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Assistant Professor of Qur'an and Hadith Department, Faculty of Humanities, Higher Education Center of Aqlid, Aqlid, Iran.

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The manner of marriage of Adam's (AS) children and how the human race spread through them is one of the most challenging issues discussed and examined by religious scholars in Islamic texts. After the Quran and the Prophet (PBUH), the narrations of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) are referred to by scholars in this regard. Among these, narrative exegeses under the relevant verses contain a significant portion of these narrations. The present study, using a library research method and analyzing documents and data, aims to answer ‘How Adam's children married based on the narrations reported in these exegeses?’ The results indicated that two categories of narrations are observed in this regard: "One category deals with marriage among Adam's children, and the other, while rejecting this view, deals with the marriage of Adam's sons with others (Houris/Jinn)." Although the number of narrations in the second category is greater, and its proponents consider marriage among Adam's children impossible, validation shows that the narrations in the first category are more acceptable due to their agreement with the Quran, reason, the necessity of spreading the human race given the limited number of individuals to Adam's children at that time, and the declarative nature of such a ruling.

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Hadith Studies and Researches
Volume 2, Issue 2
April 2025
Pages 185-220

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  • Receive Date: 01 March 2025
  • Revise Date: 23 April 2025
  • Accept Date: 05 May 2025
  • First Publish Date: 05 May 2025
  • Publish Date: 21 April 2025

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