This great scholar has already published a book entitled...

This great scholar has already published a book entitled 'Abd Allah ibn Saba'2 in which he has scientifically and convincingly proved that in the history of Islam there never existed such a man as 'Abd Allah ibn Saba', but, that this figure was created by wicked and mysterious political hands, so that, they may divert the history of Islam from its true course under the cover of this shadowy figure, to their own interests.

This noble scholar has also proved in his book that at-Tabari, the same leader of all historians, is the first person to have mentioned the name of 'Abd Allah ibn Saba', that fabulously false character, in his book, and in quoting that name he had relied only on the words of a story-teller called Sayf ibn 'Umar at- Tamimi, who was a notorious liar and fabricator of stories. Other historians have imitated at-Tabari in this matter.

Now the same exalted scholar, Professor 'Askari, has published another valuable book entitled: "Ahadith of Umm al-Mu'minin 'A'ishah" in which he has described the adventurous life of 'A'ishah. In his book through research, this author has avoided any prejudice and has tried to investigate the angles of history as they really were and to clarify them. This book is written fluently and on the basis of scholarly scrutiny, and with a full respect for both science and religion.

The exalted author has investigated several important subjects and clarified a number of facts: 1-He has pointed out that some of the traditions attributed to the Prophet of Islam are contradictory and sometimes inharmonious with Quranic verses. Some of them are even so mean and far removed from the criteria of science and intellect that they have been employed by our enemies as pretexts to attack our dear Islam and its noble prophet.

Therefore it is incumbent upon scholars to classify these series of traditions from the viewpoint of evidence and narrators and deal with the evidence of each group in its proper place, so as to clarify the criterion and real value of those traditions and separate right from wrong.

In this task especially, such characters as 'A'ishah, Abu Hurayrah, Anas ibn Malik and 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar from whom most of the traditions have been quoted, should be subjected to a closer scrutiny, and their biography, political, social position, and mentality which deeply influenced their traditions, should be studied deeply.