‘Ilm al-Hadith (or the Science of Hadith) is not about the...
‘Ilm al-Hadith (or the Science of Hadith) is not about the narrations or traditions themselves’ And so the qualified people come out of the Hawzas being totally unaware of what the Messenger of Allahsaww has said. Neither are they aware of what any of the Holy Imamsasws have said either. Don’t believe me?
Well, you have seen for yourself that I have been writing a series of papers on questions that arise on various matters, including this one, and so far no Priest has been able to refute any of the arguments contained therein. This is because they have studied all the subjects that have nothing to do with the Holy Infalliblesasws, and what they have not learnt is what they should have learnt in the first place.
They know more about the people who narrated the Hadeeth from the Holy Imamsasws, than they do about the Hadeeth itself. This is like admiring the design and artwork surrounding a copy of the Holy Quran, and the quality of its paper, and the ink and the fonts used, whilst not bothering to read the Holy Quran itself. What kind of expertise is that and what kind of expert would you end up as, after this? AL KAFI – H 207, Ch.
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Allahazwj Tells them to look into the report, and they end up looking into the reporters instead! The narrator has already been classified as an evil-doer, so what is the point of looking into him? Talk about flying off on a tangent.