The hadith with golden chainـquoted by Imam Rida (PBUH) on his historical entrance to Nishapurـhas been narrated by Shi’i sources under “husn” (fort) and is of paramount importance. In Sunni sources, however, this hadith has been sometimes quoted under “husn” and some other times under “iman” (faith) and this is a result of the Sunni’s look at the hadith with golden chain. Adopting a descriptiveـanalytic approach to chains of transmitters of this hadith in Sunni sources and their two different views to this hadith, the present writing tries to depict a realistic picture of Sunni’s look at this noble hadith. Also, criticizing the view according to which narration of hadiths is restricted to what that has been done by Aba Salt Hirawi and relying upon their sources and immediate quotations from such sources, the author tries to prove two hypotheses of frequency of the hadith and that it covers the entry “husn” according to Sunnis.
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