From among the books written by our Sunni brothers in this...

From among the books written by our Sunni brothers in this respect which will be made use only a few in my possession. I examined all of one after the other and how inquiringly I my task!

In most of them, the traditions have not been mentioned in the specific I collected a sufficient number of the traditions 1-A mutawatir tradition is a tradition where all climes of its narrators -right from the time of the Holy Prophet until now- are in such great number that one is bound to accept its authenticity.

On the other hind a 'Mustifiza' tradition is a tradition which even though does not possess the level of certainty and authenticity of a 'Mutawatir' tradition, yet it enjoys a high level of credibility. needed to serve our objective and arranged them under specific topics.

I wrote every tradition under the specific topics, which were related to them and with regard to those traditions, which comprise of many points; I have brought each one of those points under the same related topics and then mentioned the severance of the traditions.

Let it not remain unsaid that I have narrated the afore-mentioned traditions from the very books which I had (those traditions) in my possession and with regard to those particular books which were not in my possession, I have narrated them by relying on their respective honorable scholars. Furthermore, in narrating the traditions, I have confined myself only to those books, which have been printed in Sunni printing houses.

Moreover I have avoided narrating from those books which have been printed in Iran such as 'AL-BAYAN-FI-AKHBAR-SAHEB-E-ZAMAN','AL-FUSOOL-AL- MUHIMME-FI-MA'RIFAT-UL-A'IMMA' and 'TAZKERAT-UL-UMMAH- FI-AHWAAL-A'IMMA' - except for some points extracted from the book of 'TAZKERAT-UL-AIMMA'.

Similarly I have refrained myself from narrating traditions from our own great scholars and from what has been deposited in our own books and writings for the simple reason that perhaps it may become a cause of suspicion (i.e. they might think that the quoted tradition is false and fabricated).

However I have used some references from the book 'AL-DURAR-AL-MUSUWIA-FI-SHAR- AL-QA'ED-AL-JAFARIA' written by our Master Ayatullah Abi Muhammad Sayyid Hassan-al-Sadr Kazemi who has a great right and to whom we owe a lot. I have used his references not with the intention of reasoning and argumentation but only as a means of supporting the subject at hand.