A number of our companions...

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Abu Ismail Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Azdy, from Abu Usman Al Abady, (It has been narrated) from Ja’far -asws , from his -asws forefathers -asws , from Amir Al-Momineen ‑asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘There is no word except with the deed, and there is neither a word nor a deed except with an intention, and there is neither a word nor a deed nor an intention except with attaining the Sunnah’.

[4] How does one find Authentic Ahadith? The next question that arises; how does one find authentic Ahadith so that one can act according to the Sunnah and interpret Quranic Verses? One criterion is presented from both Shia and non-Shia sources: an authentic Hadith must be in accordance with the Quran.

Muhamad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazan, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Al Hakam and someone else, from: Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The prophet -saww addressed (the people) at Mina, so he -saww said: ‘O you people! Whatever comes to you all from me -saww which is in accordance with the Book of Allah -azwj , so I -saww have said it, and whatever comes to you opposing the Book of Allah -azwj , so I -saww did not say it’’.

[5] Another criterion to establish the authenticity of Ahadith is presented in the same chapter of Al-Kafi and immediately following the above Hadith; that is to verify a Hadith with other Ahadith (words of Rasool Allah -saww ). This Hadith is also found in other Shia Ahadith books [6] (e.g., Al-Mahasin). These Ahadith are presented below.