[2] In addition...

[2] In addition, any knowledge which one has either from ‘ Seena ba Seena ’ or through a dream, ilham (thoughts in the heart) has to be verified against the Holy Quran and Ahadith , otherwise it cannot be talked about in public, as due to lack of its reliability, it will cause contention and distress among the believers .

For example, Imam -asws says: عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْمَدَنِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْأَحْمَسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ الْقَلْبُ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى الْكِتَابَةِ . Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abu Ayoub Al Madany, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Husayn Al Ahmasy, from: Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The heart relies upon the written (words)’.

[3] Also, Amir ul-Momineen -asws used to write down whatever was Revealed unto Rasool-Allah ‑saww : فَمَا نَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) آيَةٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا أَقْرَأَنِيهَا وَ أَمْلَاهَا عَلَيَّ فَكَتَبْتُهَا بِخَطِّي وَ عَلَّمَنِي تَأْوِيلَهَا وَ تَفْسِيرَهَا وَ نَاسِخَهَا وَ مَنْسُوخَهَا وَ مُحْكَمَهَا وَ مُتَشَابِهَهَا وَ خَاصَّهَا وَ عَامَّهَا وَ دَعَا اللَّهَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِي فَهْمَهَا وَ حِفْظَهَا فَمَا نَسِيتُ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا عِلْماً أَمْلَاهُ عَلَيَّ وَ كَتَبْتُهُ مُنْذُ دَعَا اللَّهَ لِي بِمَا دَعَا Thus, whatever was Revealed unto Rasool-Allah -saww a Verse from the Quran except that he ‑saww recited it and dictated it to me -asws .

So I -asws wrote it down by my -asws own handwriting , and he -saww taught me -asws its explanation and its interpretation, and its Abrogating and its Abrogated, and its Decisive and its Allegorical, and its particular and its general. And he -saww supplicated to Allah -azwj that He -azwj should Give me -asws its understanding and its preservation.

So, I did not forget a Verse from the Book of Allah -azwj , nor any knowledge dictated unto me ‑asws , and I -asws wrote it down since he -saww supplicated to Allah -azwj for me -asws with what he ‑saww supplicated (An extract). [4] Introduction: The Holy Quran was memorised by many companions of Rasool Allah -saww but that was not transmitted to next generations and that remained for their own benefit while they remained in the world.

The Holy Quran which we have or Muslims memorise today is from the written texts. Similarly, there are over 150,000 written Ahadith in books of traditions.

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