9 – It has been narrated to us by Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al-No’man...

9 – It has been narrated to us by Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al-No’man, from his father, from Shuayb, from Abu Hamza, who has said: Abu Ja’far -asws has said: ‘The Earth is never empty except that in it will be a man -asws from us -asws , who recognises the truth. If the people have exceeded in something, he -asws says: ‘They have exceeded’, and if they are deficient from it, he -asws says: ‘They are deficient’. (Ref.

Ahadith 1-9: BASAAIR AL-DARAJAAT FI FAZAIL ALAY MUHAMMAD -asws , Part Seven, Chapter 10) Appendix II: The ‘Kutab-e-Arabah’ (the usual referred ‘four Shia’ books): The formation of ‘Usooli’ sect, after the occurrence of the Grand Occultation (329 AH), the principles of religions were devised, e.g., Usool-e-Deen and Faroo-e-Deen which were gradually implemented, as doubts were cast on the Ahadith by dividing Ahadith into many categories (over 50 kinds from strong to unreliable!), the selection of ‘main’ four shia books come from that era when two books from Sheikh Al-Tusi [17] ( Tahdhib al-Ahkam and al-Istibsar ) were selected as main shia books – the other two were Al-Kafi from Yaqoob Kulani and Man la Yahdhuruhu’l Faqih of Shaikh Saduoq.

A number of books, which were compiled during the life times of Masomeen -asws were completely ignored. The reason, was simple, to support the use of ‘Qias’ (analogy) and the man-made principles of Ijtihad and Taqleed.