Is Sulaym bin Qays\' book authentic and reliable according to Shiite scholars?

Sulaym bin Qays Helali Koofi is known for the book he has left behind, a book which has given rise to different controversies over the centuries with a great many scholars talking for and against it. Generally, the viewpoints about Sulaym's book can be categorized into three groups: 1- First group including most of Shiite scholars and hadith narrators consider Sulaym's book as an authentic and well-documented source whose pioneer is Muhaddeth Nu'mani (early fourth century) who maintains that Sulaym's book is among the authentic sources. 2- Some have rejected this book and some have denied its attribution to Sulaym saying it is in fact a forged book while some others accept that it is the work of Sulaym bin Qays yet they consider its traditions and hadith as unreliable. 3- A third theory tries to find a middle way. It acknowledges Sulaym's book and its authenticity and rejects evidences and reason concerning its forgery. However, this theory believes that copies of the book in the following centuries have been subject to alteration and interpolation. Therefore, all of its narrations should be evaluated like other narrations and only then it should be judged whether they are true or false. This detailed analysis reconciles two viewpoints and in our opinion, gives us more confidence to accept or reject traditions and hadiths of the book. .

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