But our argument does involve a reversal of the traditional picture on one salient point in that we are putting more reliance on pure history than Hadith and are seeking to judge the latter partly in the light of the former (partly because there is also the Qur'an) whereas the traditional picture is the other way round.
Akipatia hali halisi baada ya utafiti huu, basi atakuwa na malipo mara mbili, na akikosea atakuwa na malipo mara moja; kama ilivyoelezwa katika Hadith. iv).Yaliyoelezwa katika Tafsiri Razi kwamba Shafii aliulizwa kuhusu Aya ya Qur'an inayofahamisha kuwa Ijmai ni hoja? Akasoma Qur'an mara mia tatu mpaka akapata Aya isemayo: "Na akafuata njia isiyokuwa ya waumini."