The rules of ascertaining reports have been given out...

The rules of ascertaining reports have been given out clearly by the Holy Imamsasws. Take a look at one of them: – AL KAFI – H 203, Ch. 22, h5 $c أ c ،k”c-qو Jc&ا c مPcه c ،”c- $c أ c ا c ،ذان ‘^( Nا ،(-إ @اR ,-% ا+Mم ل : aU7 اD@$ %2 >اR ,-% و`, D >.ل : أG اcDس c cHء آJc cD$ ا.fc آ0ب اR 9.

,0% و Hء آJ 3d آ0ب اR %.J أ.,% Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn al-Hakam and others from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following: “The Holy Prophetsaww once addressed the people in Mina (a place in Makka) saying, ‘O people, whatever comes to you in the form of 24 my Hadith, if it agrees with the Holy Book of Allah, it is genuine, but whatever comes to you that does not agree with the book of Allah you must know that I have not said it.’” And before you even say it – No sir!

This is not a circular argument. AL KAFI – H 549, Ch. 22, h1 ة “: أMP#J، : أ4= :# “M=، : اM:6 :# B، : اJ ا:# B(، : أ)ب :# اM و=ان :# ،.

: أ.# #W، : أ.# GاV ا6@م ل: M: ااDB(ن ./ ا$ و M: $ Rو A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Ayyub ibn Hurr and ‘Imran ibn Ali from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following: “We are the people well-established in knowledge and we are the ones who know how to interpret it.” The argument that they bring is that how can we say that a particular Hadeeth agrees with the Holy Quran unless we know the Holy Quran in the first place.

What the Holy Imamasws is saying is that even the Holy Quran is to be learnt according to Hadeeth. It is theirasws explanation that is the correct one. The opinions of the Mujtahids are worth zilch. THE HOLY IMAMasws – SEVEN MUJTAHID – NIL 8. Tarikh (History) There are numerous works of Islamic history – both Shi’ah and Sunni. A work that is popular at Hawzas is the Al-Milal wa al-Nihal by Shahristani. Other popular books are the works of the famous Shi’ah historian Sayyid Murtada al-Askari.

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