05-18-2004, 02:13 PM
Quote:Produce ONE hadith to support the coming of an imam to abrogate the quraan and the sunnah...JUST ONESadly, I only own collections of sunni hadith, and so I can't produce one. But, I know they exist -- I believe it is what the Aga Khanis base their current practice on. Read something of what Farhad Daftary has to say about the Shia, perhaps that will explain it to you.
Quote:What is the shia yardstick for the authencity of hadith...The shia yardstick is the same as the sunni yardstick -- chain of transmission. Shias just depend on different transmitters; many of their ahadith pass through Jafar asSadiq, and almost all of them are transmitted from Ali ibn Abi Talib.
or do you do things haphazardly....
laa howla wa laa quwwata illah billah