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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Mushaf Fatimah (a.s) Reliability of the narrations regarding Mushaf Fatimah Perhaps the most important question about this Mushaf is the reliability of the narrations about it. The other issues can only be addressed after the determination of credibility of the narrations. Therefore, we must proceed with this questions first.

-Methods of determining the Soundness of Narrations Methods of determining the Soundness of Narrations There are a number of ways to understand the soundness of narrations. Of these, three are the most important: 1st: Examining the (credibility and lives of the) men mentioned in the chain of narrators of a hadith.[^1] If the men are considered to be reliable (i.e. pious and honest at the time of the narration ) then the hadith is reliable.

2nd: There are indications other than the chain of narration that sometimes, even though there are multiple chains of narration; the occasion arises that all the narrators possess the necessary qualifications (of piety), but a single narrator in the chain didn't apply that hadith in theory or practice. The scholars consider such a hadith to be weak, otherwise, they wouldn't have disregarded it.

Likewise, there are hadith which are not altogether sound, but there are indications that reliable scholars accepted and applied the subject, thus it is considered to be a credible hadith. In such a situation, the narration is considered authentic (وثق) but not well-documented (ثقة). 3rd: Believability and lack of discrepancy between the legislative, doctrinal and historical hadith.

Regarding the first type, that is to say, jurisprudential hadith, it is sufficient for the hadith to have a sound chain of narrators. However, regarding the other two, the acceptance of and consensus of opinion between scholars is sufficient (to prove a hadith's reliability).

If you substitute the latter method (believability and consensus of opinion) for the former (multiplicity of chains of narration), then in any case, the proof of credibility of a hadith is one's belief in its credibility without needing to examine who the narrators in the chain are.

-Mushhaf Fatimah and the ways of determining the soundness and credibility of narrations Mushhaf Fatimah and the ways of determining the soundness and credibility of narrations Lo and behold, the moment has come to answer the questions raised so far.