Criticism of Hadith hadith criticism that has been implemented by the "muhaddithin" [orthodox ahadith evaluators] for the past thousand years, ... is far more scientific and exact than modern orientalist approaches." Traditional Islamic scholars who have endevored to refute the Western criticism of hadith include Mustafa al-Siba'i and Muhammad Mustafa Al-A'zami. Some Western academics have also been critical of this "revisionist" approach as a whole, for instance Harald Motzki, (who according to Jonathan Brown demonstrates "convincingly" that studies of early hadith and law by Joseph Schacht and the late G. H. A. Juynboll "used only a small and selective body of sources", "based
Hadith of the Quran and Sunnah single manner. The hadith also refutes the shi'a tradition that the wives of the Prophet are not part of ahlul bayt. Because the truth of the matter is that Zaid clearly says, "His wives are the members of his family...". It is true that he mentions that the hadith is pertaining to Ali, Aqil, and Jafar, and all their offsprings; but, as is the well-known position in the sunni tradition, a companion or anyone other than the prophet can not make official any ruling or opinion. Zaid did not tell why he believes the hadith is pertaining only to Ali,