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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is your opinion of this statement: "The criterion in narration is proof and certainty, and there is no proof in the unknown"?

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The recording has been transcribed as: "The criterion in narration is trustworthiness and certainty, and there is no proof in the unknown"
The student: My Shaykh, so here "certainty" is mentioned, but it is not necessary.

The Shaykh : It is an exaggeration.
The student: Yes, the criterion is in

The Shaykh : what is preponderant in probability.
The student: What is preponderant in probability.

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Or he says, for example, "it is authentic," whereas "certainty" is an exaggeration; the mass-transmitted report is
The student: ... mass-transmitted.
Source alathar.net

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