Rijal Al Kashi Report 176 -2021- -

Modern scholars use this narration to illustrate the Shia concept of a hierarchical Imamate, where only one "Active Imam" ( Imam an-Natiq ) leads at a time, while the other remains "Silent" ( Imam as-Samit ).

In another narration, from the same Imam: “Do not take from ‘Umar ibn ‘Udhaynah, for he was a ghali (extremist) and a liar.” Rijal Al Kashi Report 176 -2021-

The science of ʿilm al-rijāl (“knowledge of men”) is central to Islamic hadith authentication. Among the earliest and most influential works in the Twelver Shi’a tradition is Rijal al-Kashi , formally titled Maʿrifat akhbār al-rijāl (Knowledge of the Narrators’ Reports), authored by Abu ‘Amr Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Kashi (fl. late 9th–early 10th century CE). Modern scholars use this narration to illustrate the