I hope this one example will convince at least some Western scholars to re-examine their methodology in studying Shí'ism; instead of approaching it largely through the works of heresiographers like ash-Shahristãni, Ibn Hazm, al-Maqrizi and al-Baghdãdi who present the Shí'as as a heretical sect of Islam, they should turn to more objective works of both the Shí'as as well as the Sunnis.
Hii ndio hadithi ya Ghadiir khum ambayo Mashia waliitakidi kuwa ndio tegemeo na sanadi ya wazi kabisa waliyo nayo katika kuitakidi Uimamu wa Ali, na Ahli sunna walikiri kwa upande Fulani kusihi kwa hadithi hii na wakaitolea tafsiri kuwa makusudio ya (wilaya) hapa ni wilaya (utawala wa kiroho), bali hakika sisi tunamuona Hasan Baswariy- Imamu wa Taabiina- anatangaza kuwa Ali Ni mlezi wa kiroho wa Umma huu.