Teacher: Shaykh Kazim Bhojani ============================= 00:00 Introduction 01:55 Understanding narrations (ahadith) Using ahadith to know details of a topic Reliable and un reliable narrations  06:14 Logical sequence to understanding narrations  10:50 Are the narrations of the Prophet as binding as the Quran itself? Prophets explanation of the Quran and law Name of Imam Ali (a) isn\'t in the Quran but it exists in the corpus of hadith 15:15 Prophets are the explainers of revelations  Explanation of the revelation by the prophets is binding on the people 17:55 Is unconditional obedience to the Prophet necessary?  Quran: \"We haven’t sent a prophet that he shouldn\'t be obeyed\" Allama Tabatabie commentary on obedience  Obey the prophets in the aspect of him being a law giver Obedience in the aspect of social and political rule  25:35 Is the sunnah of the Prophet binding on us? Words of the Prophet Actions of the Prophet  Approval and disapproval of the Prophet  30:50 Doesn\'t Taqiyyah go against the core definition of the Sunnah of the Prophet? 32:28 Important aspects of narrations (ahadith) Understanding the meaning of narrations  36:47 Break  41:48 Summary of the discussion so far  43:02 Do Imams have knowledge of the unseen? Quranic verses and narrations in regards to knowledge of the unseen  48:02 Authenticity and importance of narrations  54:59 Narrations are complicated, why not just stick to the Quran? 1:00:35 Insight into authenticating narrations Narrators heard it from the Imams themselves and preserved them Narrations were transmitted to the next generations, as a result, narrations were compiled into books  These books have reached us  1:09:08 Corpus of Hadith - Is it tampered with? Companions would show hadith books to the Imams for confirmation Did non-Muslims fabricate narrations? 1:20:00 Break 1:23:46 Why keep a hadith if it is \"weak\"? 1:25:31 The first (common) meaning of \"authenticity\" Authenticity in terms of the chain of narration 1:32:45 What if authentic narrations contradict one another?  1:37:33 The second meaning of \"authenticity\" Authenticity in terms of the hadith being from the Imam or not Sanad isn\'t the only way to prove authenticity. Shaheed Baqir Sadr discusses what factors can be used to authenticate a narration other than sanad 1:42:08 Ayatullah Khoi\'s views in regards to using other factors to authenticate a narration other than sanad 1:54:00 Another method of authenticating narrations: Mutawatir 2:00:25 Some parameters that can help authenticate narrations other than the sanad Show Less >>