On Validity of the Gharânîq Hadîth: Examining the Religious Reason of Exegesis Literatures

It is interesting to re-discuss the controversy about something claimed as a prophetic tradition (al-Hadîth), especially when it is related to its explanatory-doctrinal function to al-Qur’ân and to its implication for essential Islamic doctrines. The account of Gharâniq claimed by some experts as a prophetic tradition is one of the models of old cases, but it remains to produce a religious discourse colored with pros and cons. Some experts believe in the existence and validity of the account of Gharâniq, some others reject it partly or with “notes”, and the others reject it totally. This article tries to analyze critically the account of Gharâniq by exploring literatures on exegesis and traditions in order to discuss and treat this topic more proportionally.