a survey of the ashurayee narratives of the book muntahi al-amal(from imam hossein's (as) arrival in karbala to his martyrdom)

Among the books available to report on the events of ashura, one of the reference books is the book muntahi al-amal written by shaykh abbas qomi. in spite of the great efforts of its author who is a scholar, sometimes weak reports are also found. therefore, the present article, with a descriptiveanalytical approach, seeks to answer the following question: which of the ashura narratives of the book muntahi al-amal is weak and invalid? from what source has shaykh abbas qomi cited these weak reports? are these ashura reports acceptable? at the end, it was revealed that the some of the narratives quoted in this book are weak such as the use of ‘noureh1 ’ by imam hussain (pbuh) in the morning of ashura, the martyrdom of a person named wahab ibn abdullah, the martyrdom of a young man whose father was killed, the martyrdom of ali akbar (as) by an arrow in his throat, the famous report of how hazrat abbas (as) went to battle and fought, the crying of umm al-banin (as) and marwān ibn al-ḥakam on hazrat abbas (as), anointing ali asghar (as) with his throat blood, the number of wounds of imam hossein (pbuh), the entrance of imam hossein (pbuh) with his horse to the battlefield and complimenting the water to each other and reporting the second farewell of imam (pbuh), exaggeration in the number of those killed by imam hussain (pbuh), looting of the ring of imam (pbuh) as well as preventing umar ibn sa’ad from attacking his army to the tent.