although these Ahadith could have been the actual words of the Imams (a.

although these Ahadith could have been the actual words of the Imams (a.s) the Shi'a scholars do not act upon them for they Imams (a.s) had expressed it for certain circumstances only. Not every Authentic Hadith should be accepted and not every week should be rejected. We shall learn in the coming lessons that sometimes a Hadith is weak as far the chain of the narrators are concerned, yet the scholars accept its content.

On the other hand, there may be an authentic Hadith as far as the chain of its narrators is concerned. Yet the scholars do not rely on it. For if a narrator is weak it does not mean he would never tell the truth. Similarly, it could be that a Hadith is truly narrated from one of the Imams (a.s), yet the Imam did not have a real intention in expressing it such as the Ahadith of Taqiyyah.

Finally according to the absolute majority of the Shi'a scholars [^52] there is no book of Hadith that all its Ahadith are authentic. Thus, every Hadith in every book is subject to scholarly investigation.

Chapter 7 : Meeting 6 The Science Of Knowing The Refferences (E'LM MA'REFATUL-MASADER( Part I: A Glance at the Sunni Books of Hadith Abstract The first book of Sunni Hadith Malik Ibn Anas (died in 179 A.H) the Imam of Maleki sect is the scholar amongst the Sunnis who compiled a book of Hadith called 'al-Mowatta'.. Different opinions about al-Mowatta' The Adorers Naturally Malek is the first person who has exaggerated in admiring his own work.

In the introduction of his book he stated: "I presented this book to seventy jurists from the jurists of Madina and all of them agreed on it, and hence I called it al-Mowatta' ( agreed upon)." [^53] Similarly, in the beginning of al-Mowatta' it is narrated from Muhammad Ibn Edris (died in 204 A.H); the Imam of the Shafe'I sect: "No book has appeared on the surface of the earth after the Quran to be more authentic than the book of Malek!" The Opponents Laith Ibn Sa'd said: "I counted seventy issues on which Malek has given his verdicts against the Sunna of the Prophet (P)." [^54] Al-Soyouti in his commentary on 'Taqrib al-Nawawi' in response to why the author has said: "The first author in purely authentic Hadith is al-Bukhari", although the works of Malek and Ahmad (ibn Hanbal) were published before the book of al-Bukhari?

Al-Soyouti Said: Malek did not collect the authentic Hadith only.