Why Haven’T Sunnis Transmitted Hadiths From Ahlul Bayt
Please clear you misconception first. According to Quran, Ahle bayt are only wives of Prophet saw. Please see umer sb responses here for understanding. Discussion 28045 Quran is empty of concept of Imamat as defined by Shiites. Jafar Al Sadiq RA is respected in sunni circle. So it might not be a reliability issue at least for him. Now what ever some one say on this topic will be just conjecture. However, Irfan sb response here is quite reasonable. Discussion 100109 • Reply 100110 To understand prinicple difference between shia and sunni hadith Please see GHamidi sb comment here Discussion 46631
I’m aware that, according to Ghamidi Sahab’s perspective, Ahlul Bayt refers solely to the wives of the Prophet. That said, we all know there’s a clear difference of opinion between Sunni and Shia schools of thought on this matter. But that’s not really my question. What I’m curious about is, if Imam Jaffar is respected within Sunni circles, why don’t we see hadiths being quoted from him? It seems to me there are only two possibilities: either there’s a lack of trust in his narrations, or perhaps he aligns more with the Shia viewpoint than the Sunni one. What baffles me even more is why, regardless of whether they belong to the Sunni school of thought or other non-Shia ones, people often give strange explanations and justifications that, to be honest, don’t really make much sense.
Okay, but Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Jafar lived at the same time, so why didn’t Imam Abu Hanifa quote him? I’m sure he must have learned from him, or perhaps he didn’t because Imam Abu Hanifa might have thought that Imam Jafar wasn’t as learned as he was in Islamic knowledge and jurisprudence. What are your thoughts on this?