Tafseer- ul- Hasan Al- Askari’s Introduction, authenticity and Methodology: A Scholarly Study

Abstract

The Noble Quran is the fundamental source of Sharia and comprehensive and perfect code of life. For best understanding of teachings of the Quran, many Muslim scholars (Mufassireen) have been spent their lives in writing  books of Tafseer and Usool e Tafseer on its interpretations and explanation. Tafseer  al Hasan al Askari is a shia Hadith based exegesis of the Noble Quran from the 3^rd/ 9^th century. In this Tafseer some verses  interpreted from the beginning of the Quran to the 282^th verse of Quran ( Surat ul Baqara). The Tafseer starts with some hadiths about the merits of the Quran. Imam Hasan al Askari, according to the Shia school of thought, was the 11^th Imam of Twelve after his father Ali al Hadi. He is generally known as Al Askari. According to some Shia sources he was poisoned at the age of 28 on the orders of the Abbasid caliph Al Mutamid  and was buried in samara city . There are some Shia scholars, else Sunni scholars, who cast doubt on the authenticity of the book , while some others are the supporter of the authenticity of the book. They have tried to clear up the doubts about it authenticity. In the view of  arguments presented by Sunni and Shia scholars the aforementioned Tafseer is not authenticated.