Hadith scholars have proposed several criteria for criticizing hadith. Some focus on the chain of transmitters (isnad) and others on the text (mant). In the field of jurisprudential (fiqh) hadith, the authenticity of a hadith is mainly indicated by the validity of its chain of transmitters. However, in other fields, text analysis is of more importance. In this study, we have examined the eight following topics as the main text criteria: Quran, hadith, personality of the Infallibles, scientific findings, actual situation of the society, sound reasoning, historical facts and whether or not such hadith support political, jurisprudential or theological groups. We have tried to give examples from both Shiite and sunni hadith collections on each topic.
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