4/2: Imam Baqir (a.

4/2: Imam Baqir (a.s) said: "Whoever believes in the religion of Allah without hearing it from a truthful person, Allah will afflict him with perplexity and confusion until the Day of Judgment." [^114] Practical life of the Ma'soomin a. Imam Sadiq (a.s) concerning al-Moghira Ibn Sa'eed said: "Verily, al-Moghira Ibn Sa'eed interpolated in the Hadith books of the companions of my father. He added things that my father had not said.

Thus, fear Allah and do not accept anything (claimed to be) from us that contradicts the Words of our Lord and the Tradition of our (P)." [^115] b. Younus Ibn Abdul-Rahman said: "I met many people in Iraq who had met Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them). I heard their narrations and copied their books. Then when I met Imam Redha (a.s) I presented them to him. He denied many of those narrations and said: 'Surely, Abul-Khattab fabricated in the name of Imam Sadiq (a.s).

May the curse of Allah be upon Abul-Khattab and his followers who interpolated these narrations to this day in the books of the companions of Imam Sadiq (a.s). Do not accept anything (claimed to be) from us against the Quran.'" [^116] The First Four Books of Rejaal Ekhtiyar Ma'refat al-Rejaal (Selection of Knowing the science of Rejaal) known as Rejaal al-Kashi: Abu Amr Muhammad Ibn Omar al-Kashi [^117] was one of the contemporaries of Kolayni; the author of al-Kaafi.

Al-Kashi had written a book in the science of Rejaal that according to Ibn Shahr Aashoub (died in 588 A.H) was called "Ma'refatul-Naqelin Anel A'emmatu-Sadeqeen" (Knowing the narrators from the truthful Imams). [^118] The original copy of this book which apparently contained numerous mistakes is lost. However, the late Sheikh Tousi (died in 460 A.H) had had a copy of the book. He has revised the book and called it 'Ekhtiyar Ma'refatul-Rejaal'.

Thus 'Rejaal al-Kashi' which is available today is in fact the revised version of the original book. Al-Fahrast (bibliography) As mentioned earlier in this chapter bibliography is one of the close sciences to Rejaal. The most comprehensive ancient Shi'a book in bibliography is al-Fahrast written by Sheikh Tousi (died in 460 A.H). He collected the names of more than nine hundred narrators who had compiled about two thousand books.

Al-Rejaal The third most important book in Rejaal is also compiled by the late Sheikh Tousi. In this book he has mentioned the life of more than 8900 narrators.