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Principally, narrators should be authentic as long as they show no agreeableness to Ali or the Prophet's household, lest they are inauthentic and irreliable. Yahya­bn­Muin records: As he ruled of authenticity of Sa'eed­bn­Khalid Al­Bujeli, they protested against him claiming that Sa'eed had been a Shiite. “Yes, he is Shiite and authentic!!!” He asserted.

However, the Jumhour* had never used these two descriptions concurrently since the last years of the first century — A.D)[29] What Is The Doctrinal Base Upon Which Sunnis Relied In Referring To The Sahaba As Legal Authority?

Sunnis claim that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) had said: “My companions' like is the stars; you shall be guided to the right path if you refer to any of them.” or “..if you rest upon the words of any.” bn­Teimiyeh, the named ‘Master of Islam’, comments: “The saying ‘My companions' like...’ is ruled as doubtful by the most notable hadithists. Hence, it cannot be regarded as an evidence.” This fact is written down in At­Thehbi's Hujjetul­Munteqa, page55.

The saying, however, is ruled as incorrect according to the unanimity of the hadithists. 2. The Shias' Authority is the Imams and the Authentic Sahaba In addition to the Book of God, Shias rested upon sayings of the Imams of the Prophet's household and narratives related by the virtuous Sahaba as the jurisprudential sources of citation in regarding the entire principal and secondary questions and matters Islam had referred to.

Imams of the Prophet's progeny did inherit their entire jurisprudence, fundamentals and * Jumhour and Ammeh are two other names dedicated to the followers of the Sunni sect. [29]Murteza Ar­Razawi's Aara'u Ulema'il­Muslimin.., page92, and Adhwa'un Elas­Sunnetil­Muhammadiyeh, pages 341­4 and 89. instructions in all of its stages and chapters from Amirul­Mu’minin, their grandfather, about whom the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) had stated: “I am the city of knowledge.

Ali is the door to that city. He whoever intends the city, must, first, see the door.” Such an authority enjoyed a constant restraints. Imams (peace be upon him) used to say: “Whatever we say is concordant to the Holy Book of God. You are to shun any saying imputed to us if it is contradictory to the Holy Book of God.” Imam As­Sadiq was wont to say: “My saying is my father's. My father's saying is his father's. His father's saying is the Prophet's.