Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies A · 1RA0
Specification 3.5 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: The HadithTheir wide acceptance makes the Four Books central sources for Twelver Shi’a scholarship today. However, the authority of an infallible Imam is not the same as a guarantee that every later report attributed to him was transmitted accurately. Most Shi’a scholars examine individual reports’ chains and meanings before accepting them as a basis for action.