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Criticizing and evaluating hadiths has been Moslem scholars' permanent <br /> method, notably Shia's scholars, in order to ascertain the Hadith been <br /> issued by the infallibles. Sheikh Horr al-A'meli is one of these scholars. <strong>In <br /> </strong>regard to controversial traditions, He has examined the tradition's text and <br /> chain of narrators and mentioned its weakness, generally relying on Sheikh <br /> Tusi's assesments. Nevertheless he has never realized his final judgment <br /> about a hadith depending on its weakness of text or chain of narrators. His <br /> endeavor in justifying these controversial traditions and verifying the <br /> authenticity of the traditions on both sides of this controversy is fully <br /> evident. <strong>In </strong>order to reach his objective, he employs different means and <br /> considers every possible probability and avoid deny the authority of a <br /> hadith.