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MysticSoumeya
Salam to all of you!
Please, I need your advice. I've been reading Tabari's chronicles and found them quite interesting. But, a friend of mine has just told me that Tabari's stories are not legitimate and that I shouldn't believe his stories. Can you give me further explanations?
Waalikum Assalaam
I've read Chronicles by Tabari as well as Al-Bidayah wan Nihayah by Imam Ibn Kathir.Whenever we read a history book(especially an Islamic one),we can't take it as a truth in its entirety.
Both of them used a combination of daif and sahih ahadith to tell a story and when they couldn't connect the chain,they used traditions from Israelite(something that is unreliable but doesn't necessarily means to be false).
I personally find Ibn Kathir's book more authentic because of his stature and how several ahadiths are narrated and/or collected by him.He also mentions gradation of hadith where he feels suitable.
There is no harm in reading them but always take them with a grain of salt,not as an article of faith.
Hope it helps.