In the event of correct news, one has to accept the news – even if it was originally being reported by a transgressor/unreliable person! This would eradicate the reliance of the above man-made criteria, i.e., ilm ad-diraya , `ilm ar-rijal – but why?
Let’s revisit the earlier (Second Hadith above): When it was asked from Imam -asws : ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about the differing in the Hadeeth, shall I report it from the one whom I trust it with, and among them were ones whom I do not trust with it ?’ So, he -asws said: ‘ When a Hadeeth is reported to you, and you find evidence for it from the Book of Allah -azwj , or from the words of Rasool-Allah -saww , then he who brought it to you is more deserving of it (so believe in him if authentic, or return it to him if it cannot be verified)’.
[11] Imam Al-Reza -asws Refuted false Ahadith from the Quran as well as from Ahadith Based on the criteria of the Hadith above (that a Hadith is to be compared with the Book or Words of Rasool Allah -saww ), Imam Ali Al-Reza -asws refuted several fabricated Ahadith, in the court of Al- Al-Ma’mum Al-Rashid, when a deliberate attempt was made to praise some unworthy companions of Rasool Allah -saww : الإحتجاج وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ الْمَأْمُونَ بَعْدَ مَا زَوَّجَ ابْنَتَهُ أُمَّ الْفَضْلِ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع كَانَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ وَ عِنْدَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَكْثَمَ وَ جَمَاعَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ (The book) ‘Al-Ihtijaj’ – ‘And it is reported that Al-Mamoun, after having got his daughter Umm Al-Fazl married to Abu Ja’far -asws , was in a gathering and in his presence were Abu Ja’far -asws , and Yahya Bin Aksam, and a large group.
What are you -asws saying regarding the Hadeeth which is being reported that Jibraeel -as had descended unto Rasool-Allah -saww and said: ‘O Muhammad -saww !