Tarikh Islam

An examination of historical and traditional sources and works shows that some fictitious historical traditions could not be fully propagated and spread at the time of their advent, but many later narrators, knowingly or unknowingly, used various ways to promote and spread them. On the other hand, there are several historical traditions in hadith and historical sources about the numerous divorces of Imam Hasan Mojtaba. Based on the review of many sources, these traditions were brief in the beginning, but later were extensively quoted in numerous sources through various methods and motives. It seems that by identifying the roots of these traditions and the ways of spreading them, a more accurate and clear critique of such fictitious traditions can be provided. Examining numerous traditions about the divorces of Imam Hasan, this study has identified the methods of spreading fictitious traditions in order to obtain a general model for identifying various methods of spreading fictitious traditions. Some of these methods are: adding to the statistics, virtuosity and adding to story details.