Usool al-Kaafi
By: Abbas Shahid Baqir . Hazrat Imam Mohammed Baqir (AS) has said, "When Allah created the Reasoning, He tested it. Then he ordered it to come forward and it came forward. Then He ordered it to go back and it went back. On this Almighty God said: I swear by My power and Majesty, that no creation of mine is dearer to Me than you are, and I have only made you perfect in those whom I love. Lo! To you are My orders and prohibitions addressed. And for you are My rewards and retributions reserved."
2. Amirul Momineen Hazrat Ali (AS) has said, "Jibreel (the Archangel Gabriel) descended to meet Adam (AS) and said, `O Adam, I have been ordered to offer you the choice of one out of three things. Therefore choose one of them and leave the other two.' Adam then asked him, `And what are these three things, O Jibreel?' He replied,`Reason, Modesty, and Religion.' Adam replied, `I choose Reason.' Jibreel then asked Modesty and Religion to depart and leave Reason with Adam. But they both said, `O Jibreel, we hve been ordered to remain with Reason wherever it may be.' Jibreel said, `Lo, that is your status.' Jibreel then ascended to his heavenly abode."
3. Imam Jaffer as-Sadiq (AS) was requested to define `reason'. He replied, "Reason is that by which Allah is worshipped and Paradise is earned." The Imam was then asked, " What did Mu'awiyah have?" The Imam replied, "That was just craftiness which appears like reason while it is not reason."
4. Hazrat Imam Reza (AS) has said, "The best friend of every man is his reasoning faculty and his worst enemy is his ignorance."
6. Hazrat Imam Jaffer as-Sadiq (AS) has said, "One who has wisdom, is blessed with religion and one who is blessed with religion, will enter Paradise."
7. Hazrat Imam Mohammed Baqir (AS) has said, "Without doubt, Allah will subject his servant to reckoning in keeping with the degree of the faculty of reasoning bestowed upon them in their worldly life."
8. Mohammed bin Suleiman Al-Dailami, through a reliable chain of narrators said, "I mentioned the devotion, religious acts and piety of a certain individual to Hazrat Imam Jaffer as-Sadiq (AS) The Imam asked, "What about his common sense?" I said, "I have no idea." The Imam said, "The rewards depends upon the degree of his common sense." Then the Imam (AS) exemplified this principle saying, "A descendent of Israel used to worship Allah in an Island, verdant, full of greenery and blossoming trees and an abundant supply of pure and fresh water.
One of the angels happened to pass that way and (being impressed by the sincerity of the devotion of the worshipper) prayed: "O my Lord! Show me the reward destined for this servant of Thine." Allah, the Elevated One, showed him that (reward). The angel thought that the reward was less than what the worshipper deserved. Allah, the Elevated One, then inspired the angel to befriend him. The angel approached the worshipper in a human form. The worshipper asked, "Who are you?" He said, "I am also a devoted worshipper. I have been told about your worship and this place of yours in this area. Therefore I have come to you to worship Allah in your company." That day the angel remained with the worshipper. The following morning, the angel addressed the worshipper saying, "This place of yours is excellent and is most suitable for worship." The worshipper remarked, "There is, however, one drawback in this place."
The angel asked, "And what is that?" He said, "Our Lord does not have any quadrupeds. If he had a donkey, I would have let him graze in this place because all this grass is just being wasted." The angel then asked him, "So your Lord does not possess a donkey?" He replied, "If he had a donkey, a verdant greenery would not have been wasted." Allah then revealed to the angel by means of inspiration, "I reward (My servants) on the basis of their common sense."
9. The Holy Prophet S.A. said, "Whenever you hear about the absorbing devotion of a man in worship, then pay attention to the degree of his reasonableness. He will be rewarded according to his reasoning capacity."
11. The Holy Prophet (SAW) said, "Allah has not distributed among His servants anything better than the reasoning faculty. The slumber of a man of reason is better than the wakefulness of an ignorant one and the journey of a wise man is better than the pilgrimage of an ignorant one. Allah has not raised any prophet or apostle unless He perfected his wisdom so that it became superior to that of all members of his community. The wisdom which is treasured in the mental repository of a prophet is far superior to the jurisprudence of the religious scholars (and those who strive for knowledge). No bondman (servant) of Allah can discharge his duties assigned to him by Allah unless he comprehends their significance. No worshippers, even collectively, can reach the height of excellence in their devotion to Allah as an intellectual can. And it is about the intellectuals with enlightened minds that Allah has said:
12. Hazrat Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS) advised Hisham saying, "O Hisham! Allah, the Glorious, the Elevated One has given good news to the people of reason and intellect in His Holy Book, saying:
The Imam (AS) further said, "O Hisham, Allah, the Glorious and the Elevated One, perfected the proofs of His existence for men on the basis of their reasoning. He helped His messengers and apostles by bestowing on them the gift of eloquence and guided them to realise His Overlordship through His Portents and said in His Holy Book, `Your God is one God. There is no God but He, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Lo! in the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day, and in the vessels that sail in the seas carrying that which profits people, and in the water that Allah sends down from the clouds and there with activates the earth after its deathliness and scatters therein all kinds of beasts, and in the circulation of the windows, and in the conditioning of the clouds between the heaven and the earth, are indeed signs for the people who understand. (Holy Qur'an 2:164-165)'
After dwelling on this sublime subject in detail, the Imam (AS) addressed Hisham saying, "O Hisham! Then He has advised the intellectuals and has invoked their attention towards the Hereafter and has said in His Holy Book:
The Imam (AS), continuing his sermon, said, "O Hisham, then Allah has put the fear of His chastisement in the hearts of those who do not ponder. He says:
And He also said:
Then the Imam (AS) said something worth remembering. He said, "O Hisham! Wisdom is interlocked with knowledge. And Allah says:
The Imam (AS), continuing this extraordinary sermon, further said, "O Hisham! Then Allah has further censured those who do not put their reason to good use, saying:
The Imam (AS) said, "O Hisham, then Allah has praised the minority with the words:
And has said:
Then Allah has said:
Then He said:
And He also said:
And He has also said:
And then Allah has also said:
The Imam continued saying, "O Hisham, then Allah has mentioned the men of reason in good words and has praised them with fine comments and said:
And He has also said:
Allah has also said:
He also said:
Allah has also said,:
He also said:
Allah has also said:
Allah has also said:
The Imam (AS), continuing his sermon, said, "O Hisham, Allah in His Holy Book says:
And Allah also said:
The Imam elaborated his sermon saying, `O Hisham! Luqman while advising his son, said, `Be submissive in the presence of Truth and you will be the wisest among men who treat themselves as of little account before the Absolute Truth. O my son, this world is like a deep ocean in which many a creation had drowned. Let, therefore, the fear of Allah be your boat in this ocean and let your firm conviction be the main plank of your boat. Let your complete reliance of Allah be its sail and let your wisdom be its motive force and let your knowledge be its direction-finder, and let your patience be its navigator.'
O Hisham, for everything there is a pointer and the pointer towards wisdom is prudential reasoning and the pointer towards prudential reasoning is silent contemplation. Also for everything there is a climax and the climax of wisdom is humility, and what is prohibited by Allah is sufficient proof of your ignorance.
O Hisham, Allah has sent His prophets and apostles for His servants to realise the existence of Allah on the basis of reasoning. Those who respond most favourably are the foremost in their God-consciousness, and the most aware of the Commandments of Allah are the most wise, and the most perfect in wisdom among them rank highest in this world and the Hereafter.
O Hisham, Allah has provided His servants with two irrefutable proofs: the explicit and the implicit. The explicit ones are the messengers and the apostles and the implicit one is the reasoning and observation faculty.
O Hisham, a man of reason does not neglect thanking Allah for his lawful gains and (in adversity) his patience does not yield to the temptation for prohibited means.
O Hisham, one who lets three specific drawbacks supersede three of his specific commendable qualities, deteriorates his wisdom. One who darkens the enlightenment of his reason by high unwarranted ambitions and tarnishes his wisdom by unnecessary talks and extinguishes the light of his inhibitions by his pleasure-seeking desires, verily it is as if his desires have conspired in the impairment of his reason and one whose reason is impaired, his life and faith are both destroyed.
O Hisham, how could your conduct be immaculate in the eyes of Allah when you have turned your heart from Allah and His Commandments and when you have followed your worldly desires that have dominated your reason.
Addressing Hisham, the Imam (AS) further said, "Patience in solitude is a sign of the power of reason. One who gains inspiration from Allah becomes independent of the people of the world and from those who are obsessed with worldly pleasures and turns his attention towards Allah. Allah becomes his solace in his moments of depression and an escort in his solitude and his affluence in his adversity and his prestige without any social backing."
The Imam (AS) also said, "Truth depends on the obedience to Allah and there is no salvation without obedience and obedience depends on knowledge and knowledge is gained by learning and learning is based on intellect and there is no knowledge except through divine religious scholars and the recognition of knowledge is through intelligence.
O Hisham, "a little virtuous act of a learned man is acceptable to Allah at its multiplied value and virtuous conduct of a greedy and ignorant person is totally rejected."
Again the Imam (AS) said, "O Hisham, wise people avoid worldly affluence (and abundance of worldly material) then how can they indulge in sins? Avoiding vain worldly pleasures is excellence while avoiding sins is obligatory."
The Imam (AS) further said, "O Hisham, the wise man looked at the world and its people and deduced that its pleasures could not be gained without hard struggle. Then he considered the Hereafter and concluded that its joys also shall not available without hard struggle, therefore he decided to strive for the everlasting (bliss of the Hereafter).. The Imam (AS) continued his discourse saying, "Ameerul Momineen Hazrat Ali (AS) used to say, `Allah was never worshipped better than on the basis of deductive reasoning and the reasoning faculty of a man cannot achieve perfection without certain characteristics in him: immunity from disbelief and evil, expectation of guidance and virtue, charity of everything in excess of the bare necessities of life, abstinence from vain gossip, availing worldly goods just sufficient for subsistence, insatiable craving for knowledge, preference of humiliation before Allah over vain glory before fellow beings, preference of the love of meekness over pride, thinking ordinary favours of others as great and his own great favours to others as mere trifles, regarding all others better than himself and thinking his own self as much inferior to others, and these are the last words on this subject." Another priceless maxim of the Holy Imam (AS) runs as follows: "O Hisham, a wise man never tells a lie in-spite of extreme temptation." The Imam (AS) also said, "O Hisham, he who has no courtesy, has no religion, and he who has no reason has no courtesy. The greatest man is he who never considers himself equal in value to the worldly life. Your bodies cannot be sold except in exchange for Paradise, therefore, do not sell for anything less than Paradise." Again the Holy Imam (AS) said, "Ameerul Momineen (Leader of the Believers) Hazrat Ali (AS) used to say, `The sign of a wise man is that he has three characteristics: he replies whenever he is queried, speaks with confidence when all others are at a loss to say anything and imparts advice which is good for his people. And anyone who does not possess these three characteristics is stupid.' Hazrat Ali (AS) further said, `One who does not possess all these three qualities or at least one of them should not occupy the president's chair in a meeting and if one who does not have any of these qualifications sits in that chair, he is stupid.'" The Imam (AS) quoted Imam Hasan ibn Ali (AS) as saying, "Whenever you want your needs to be fulfilled, ask them from those who are capable of the same." He was asked, "O son of the Prophet of Allah, who are the capable ones?" He replied, "Those whom Allah has mentioned in His Holy Book and has described them and said: "It is only those gifted with understanding who take heed, and they are the people who possess wisdom." Then the Imam (AS) quoted Imam Ali ibnul Husain (AS) saying, "The company of the pious leads to reformation, and to draw inspiration from the etiquette of the learned men enhances wisdom, and to obey those who rule with justice is the height of power and prestige, and investment of wealth in virtuous deeds is the climax of generosity and guiding the seekers of advice properly is discharging obligations concerning the bounties of Allah and total abstinence from inflicting pains on others is the apex of wisdom. In this lies happiness, sooner or later." The Imam (AS) also said, "O Hisham, if a wise man fears of being falsified by someone he does not speak in his presence and if he fears rejection from someone he does not ask any favour from him and does not promise what he cannot fulfil and never aspires for anything which he fears will be reprimanded for and never takes an initiative in a task if he is afraid of failure due to his disability." 13. Hazrat Ali (AS) has said, "Reason is a covering curtain and accomplishment is a glory, therefore cover the flaws of your being with your accomplishments and eliminate your evil desires with your sound reasoning. This will earn popularity for you and will make the love of people for you manifest." 15. Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "The Prophet of Allah never talked to people on the basis of his own supreme intellect and he used to say, `We the group of Prophets have been ordered to speak to the people at the level of their intelligence. 16. Hazrat Ali (AS) has said, "The hearts of rustics are driven recklessly by lusts and are mortgaged by their cravings and are entrapped by delusions." 17. Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said: "In point of reason the most perfect man is he who has the noblest bearing". 18. Imam al-Rida (AS) has said: "Reason and intellect is a free gift of Allah, but education and culture are a laborious acquisition. One who takes pains in their acquiring intellect promotes noting but his own ignorance." 19. Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS): "My neighbour is the most devout in his prayers, in giving alms and performing pilgrimages. Nor is there anything bad in his composition" 22. Hazrat Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "A prophet is the proof of the existence of Allah for His servants and the proof which exists between Allah and His servants is sound reasoning." 24. Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "Wisdom is the beacon of light for the believer." 25. The Prophet of Allah (SAW) has said, "No poverty is more harmful than ignorance and no wealth is more profitable than the reasoning faculty." 27. Ishaq ibne Ammar reports that he asked Hazrat Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS), "How is it that I approach a person and speak to him just a little and he grasps the whole purport of my subject and there is another to whom I speak at length and he comprehends thoroughly, memorises and repeats to me exactly as and what I had stated, and there is yet another to whom I speak and he says, `Please repeat to me what you have just said.'" The Imam (AS) said, "O Ishaq, do you not know why it is so?" He replied in the negative. The Imam said, "The one to whom you speak a little and he grasps your meaning fully is the one whose intellect is intermingled with his genes and the one to whom you speak and he fully comprehends and repeats your statement is the one whose intellect has been imbibed in him in the womb of his mother, and the one to whom you speak and he says, `Please repeat what you have just said' is the one whose reasoning faculty has developed after he has grown up." 28. The Prophet of Allah (SAW) has said, "If you find a man deeply engrossed in prayers and fasting, do not start extolling his piety until you mark the level of his intelligence. 29.Addressing Mufazzal bin Umar, Hazrat Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "O Mufazzal, one who does not have intellect will not achieve success and one who has no knowledge will have no intellect. One who has understanding will attain grace and excellence and one who is tolerant will surely reach his goal. Knowledge is a shield (against evil), truthfulness is honour, ignorance is disgrace, understanding is glory, generosity is salvation, and good manners attract love and respect...." 30. Hazrat Ali (AS) has said, "If I find someone credited with one virtue from among many virtues, I will accept him in my fold and I will forgive his lack of other virtues but I shall never forgive the lack of wisdom and faith because want of faith (religion) is want of peace (and security). Without doubt, life in fear is unpleasant and lack of wisdom is equivalent to lack of life itself and a person devoid of wisdom cannot be conceived except as a dead body." 31. Hazrat Ali (AS) has said: "Self-conceit is a proof of unsound mind." 32. Hazrat Ali (AS) has said: "A believer in religion who has no Reason is of no consideration at all." 33. Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said: "There is nothing between faith and infidelity except paucity of reasoning faculty." He was asked, "And how is that, O son of the Prophet." He said, "Man turns to others for the fulfilment of his desires. If he directs his attention towards Allah with due sincerity, He will give him what he wants sooner or otherwise." 34. Hazrat Ali (AS) has said: "Depths of wisdom are probed and discovered by means of wisdom, and excellence of supervision brings about social propriety." The Imam (AS) also said, "Sound reasoning is the life of the vigilant heart, like a man walking in the darkness, with the illumination of immaculate sincere guarding against dangers with minimum efforts." 35. Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said: "The initiation, the development and the power of any task productive of any advantage cannot be undertaken without reason which has been designed by God as light and ornament for His creation. It is through reason that man recognises his Creator. It is through reason that they recognise themselves to be not self-created but God is their Disposer and that they are at His disposal. It is through reason that they comprehend the object behind the creation of the heavens, the earth, the sun, the moon, the night and the day. It is through reason they realise that there is a Creator and Disposer for them, and for all the universe that has always been and will always be. It is through reason that they discriminate between good and bad. It is through reason that they understand that darkness (the evil) lies in ignorance and the light (the good) lies in knowledge. All these facts are known to men through reason." 36. Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said: "No wealth is so prolific as that of Reason. No destitution is worse than stupidity. In nothing does success surpass so much as in obtaining councils, from the people o reason and Knowledge." This is the end of the book of Reason and Ignorance. 1.The Prophet of Allah(SAW) has said, "Attainment of knowledge is the duty of every Muslim. Lo! Allah loves those who have longing for knowledge." Chapter 2: Excellence of Knowledge and Eminence of Scholars 3.Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "When Allah wants to favour any of His servants He bestows on him the knowledge of religious jurisprudence. 2.Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq(AS) has said, "There are three kinds of people. The scholars, the seekers of knowledge, and all the others are wastage of humanity." Chapter 4: The Divine Rewards for the Learned and the Students 1.Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "Acquire knowledge of religion and adorn it with forbearance and reverence. Be humble to those whom you give knowledge and also to those from whom you receive it. Do not enter the fold of harsh-tempered scholars otherwise your good deeds will be washed away by your evil acts." Translator's Note: In the above quoted tradition, silence means refraining from unnecessary gossip and superfluous conversation. Chapter 6: Rights and Privileges of a Scholar 1.Hazrat Ali (AS) used to say, "verily, some of the rights and privileges of the learned scholar are: do not over burden him with questions and do not grab his clothes (to invoke his attention). When you enter in his presence and others are sitting there, greet them all and pay special compliments to him and sit in front of him and never sit behind him. Do not cast furtive glances at him and never gesticulate with your hands and not talk too much saying such and such persons have contradicted his words. Do not harass him with lengthy sessions because the likeness of a scholar is like a palm tree under which you have to wait for a fruit to fall down upon you. The reward of a scholar is greater than the reward of one who fasts in the day and prays in the night and strives in the way of Allah." 3.Imam Moosa Kazim (AS) has said, "When a believer dies, the angels weep over him and so do the portions of the earth on which he used to worship Allah and also the doors of heaven through which his good deeds ascended. His death causes such a void in Islam that nothing can fill up because the learned believers are fortresses of Islam like the protecting walls built around the city." Chapter 8: The Company of the Learned Men 1.Luqman addressed his son saying, "O son, be on the look out for choosing the groups of people. If you see a group of people talking about Allah, the Glorious, the Powerful, then sit with them. Your knowledge will be refreshed if you are aware of the subject matter of their discussion. And if you are not aware then their discussion will educate you. Maybe Allah covers them with His mercy and you are included with them. And if you see a group of people not remembering Allah then do not sit with them because you will not be benefited if you are aware of their topic and if you are ignorant, your inorance will increase and maybe Allah covers them with His chastisement and you are included with them. Chapter 9: Seeking Information from a Learned Man 2.While answering a question, Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) said, "People indeed perish because they do not ask questions." Chapter 10: Dissemination of Knowledge 1.Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "Allah did not take the pledge from the uneducated to acquire knowledge unless and until he took the pledge of spreading of knowledge from the learned ones. This was because knowledge existed before ignorance did." 1.Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "I warn you against two tendencies which lead to perdition of mankind. Do not resort to wrong ways in respect of the Divine Religion and do not announce your verdict on matters which you do not know." Chapter 12: Acting without Proper Knowledge 1.Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "One who acts without proper insight is like a wanderer who has gone astray due to lack of knowledge. His speed only increases his distance from his destination. Chapter 13: Application of Knowledge 1. The Prophet of Allah S.A. has said, "There are two kinds of learned men. The one who acts according to his knowledge will be delivered (from chastisement in the Hereafter). And the other who ignores his knowledge is destined to be praised. Even the dwellers of Hell will be tortured due to the stench emanating from the burning body of the learned man who ignored his knowledge. The most repentant and frustrated among the dwellers of the Hell will be the man who guided a servant of Allah towards the path of Allah and the latter accepted this guidance from him and obeyed Allah and therefore Allah sent him to Paradise, but that man who showed him the path will be sent to hell because he ignored his knowledge and acted according to his carnal desires and high ambitions. The pursuit of evil desires becomes a hurdle in the right path and unwarranted ambitions make one indifferent from the life hereafter." Chapter 14: Making knowledge a means of Livelihood 1. The Prophet of Allah S.A. has said, "The cravings of two kinds of people can never be satiated. The seeker of worldly gains and the seeker of knowledge. One who limits his worldly gains within what Allah has permitted finds peace. And one who achieved the worldly pleasure by forbidden means meets his doom except when he repents and turns away from this evil. One who acquires knowledge from one worthy of it and matches his deeds with it, secures his salvation. One who intends to gain worldly pleasures only, then this will be his only share." Chapter 15: Accountability of the Religious Scholars and its Severity 1. Imam Jaafar as-Sadiq A.S. has said, "Seventy sins of an ignorant man will be forgiven before on single sin of a learned man (is forgiven)." Chapter 16: Strewn Gems 1. Hazrat Ali A.S. has said, "Refresh your minds with marvels of wisdom because minds get tired like your bodies do." Chapter 17: Quoting Books and Traditions Commenting on the verse 39:18 Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "It is the person who hears the tradition and relays it exactly as he heard it without in any way tempering with it." The said verse says: "Who hear advice and follow the best thereof." A man asked Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS), "I hear something from you and then attempt to relay it exactly as I have heard but fail." The Imam asked, "You do it intentionally? Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "Put it in writing because you may not remember it (unless you write it down)." Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "Treasure your books because verily you will be needing them." Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "Write down and spread your knowledge among your brethren. Then if you die, your progeny will inherit your writings. Certainly a period of tension and unrest will face people and they will not be convinced except by their books." Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) has said, "My words are the words of my father and the words of my father are the words of my grandfather and the words of my grandfather are the words of my great-grandfathers, Hasan and Husain (AS) and their words are the words of Hazrat Ali (AS) and the words of Hazrat Ali (AS) are the words of the Prophet of Allah (SAW) and (finally) the words of the Prophet are the words of Allah." Chapter 18: Blind Following 1. Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) was requested to comment on the verse 9:31 which says: "They have taken their religious leaders and their monks as their over-lords besides Allah." The Imam explained, "By Allah! They (leaders and monks) never asked them (the Christians) for their worship. Had they invited them, they would never have responded positively. Actually the leaders and the monks rendered lawful what was unlawful and vice-versa. Thus, they (Christians) worshipped them unknowingly (by following their innovations) Chapter 19: Innovations, Guesswork's, and Analogies 2. The Prophet of Allah(SAW) has said, "Whenever innovations appear in my people then the religious scholars must rise to the occasion and make their genuine knowledge manifest and may the curse of Allah fall on one who does not do so." Chapter 21: Conflicting Traditions 1. Hazrat Ali (AS) has said, "Not a single verse of the Holy Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet of Allah (SAW) which the Prophet did not recite to me and dictated to me and which I did not write with my own hands." The man asked, "Then what should they do?" The Imam replied, "They should refer to one among you who is well versed in our traditions, and who has a deep insight in imperatives, prohibitions and divine commands communicated by us. Since I have appointed him as our judge, they must accept him as their arbitrator. If such a person issues a verdict according to our commands and the person concerned does not accept it, then the person has actually lightened the divine commands and has rejected us. And he who rejects us actually rejects Allah, the Almighty, and such a person has entered the border of polytheism.. Chapter 22: Adherence to the "Sunnat" 2. Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (AS) was asked about the different traditions related by those who are trustworthy and also by those who are not so. The Imam replied, "Whenever a tradition comes to you which is supported by any verse from the Book of Allah or by a saying of the Prophet, then accept it. Otherwise the tradition is meant only for the one who has brought it to you." |
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