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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Prohibition of Recording the Hadith, Causes and Effects The Ahl Al-Bayt’s Attitude To The Trend Of Ijtihad The aforesaid texts substantiate the fact that the terms of Ra’y (opinion) and Ta’wil (interpretation) occupied a large area in the words and deeds of the Sahabah; therefore, Imam `Ali, during the age of his caliphate, tried to treat and fill this gap after it had been opened largely against the Islamic jurisprudence, history, and religion.

He thus went on explicating the reasons for such inventions, classifying the peoples who disagree about the religious rulings, and proving the falseness of their course and arguments. Let us now exhibit some of such texts: In disparagement of the differences of view among the theologians, Imam `Ali says, “When a problem is put before anyone of them he passes judgment on it from his imagination. When exactly the same problem is placed before another of them he passes an opposite verdict.

Then these judges go to the chief who had appointed them and he confirms all the verdicts, although their Allah is One (and the same), their Prophet is one (and the same), their Book (the Qur'an) is one (and the same). Is it that Allah ordered them to differ and they obeyed Him? Or He prohibited them from it but they disobeyed Him? Or (is it that) Allah sent an incomplete Faith and sought their help to complete it?

Or they are His partners in the affairs, so that it is their share of duty to pronounce and He has to agree? Or is it that Allah the Glorified sent a perfect faith but the Prophet fell short of conveying it and handing it over (to the people)?

The fact is that Allah the Glorified says: ‘…We have not neglected anything in the Book (Qur'an)… (Holy Qur’an: 6:38)’ And says that one part of the Qur’an verifies another part and that there is no divergence in it as He says: ‘…And if it had been from any other than Allah, they would surely have found in it much discrepancy. (Holy Qur’an: 4:82)’ Certainly the outside of the Qur’an is wonderful and its inside is deep (in meaning).

Its wonders will never disappear, its amazements will never pass away and its intricacies cannot be cleared except through itself.”[^1] About those who sit for dispensation of justice among People but are not fit for it, Imam `Ali says, “Among all the people the most detested before Allah are two persons. One is he who is devoted to his self.