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117; Mustadrak al-Wasa’il, vol. 12, page 280, sec. 31, no. 14095 [^3]: Any tradition that has not reached the level of being classified as being Tawatur is called Khabar-e-Wahid. However, if the number of narrators of the tradition is greater than three, then that tradition is referred to as a mustafidh tradition which is one of the best types of “khabar-e-wahid” tradition. [^4]: A Mutawatir tradition is of two types: The literal/verbal and the figurative/abstract.

The literal/verbal mutawatir tradition is one in which the words of the various traditions are exactly the same with no difference in them while the figurative/abstract mutawatir tradition is one in which the words and phrases are not exactly the same, however their content is similar and thus, all of the hadith on that one topic have the same content and substance with different wordings. [^5]: Please refer to books such as Kamal ad-Din wa Tamam an-Ni’mah, vol. 2; Mustadrak al-Wasa’il, vol.

2; al-Kafi, vol. 2 [^6]: Ihtiyat is in the meaning of a recommended precaution here. [^7]: His exact birth date is not known, however he passed away in the year 328 or 329 and had seen the special representatives of Imam al-Zaman  and his book al-Kafi is also one of the Kutub al-Ar’bah or Four Major books of Shi’a tradition and is the most important of all of them.

[^8]: It is our opinion that in this era, the name of the Imam  can be mentioned without any fear and when we look at the history and see the fear and fright of the past which does not exist today and thus, it is not necessary to refrain from calling the Imam  by his name. [^9]: That which the Mujtahid feels is the most correct way and which is also in the meaning of Ihtiyat Mustahab. [^10]: Kamal ad-Din wa Tamam an-Ni’mah, vol. 1, pg. 315; al-Ihtijaj, pg. 267 Previous…