This article tends to evaluate the validity of the requirements of a receiver
in mutawātir reports among the Shi’ite Imamate that has been used as an
answer to the lack of any report regarding the Imamate. The evaluation is
done by analyzing the logic behind the methods scientifically. The main
hadīth on the Imamate, the hadīth of the two weighty things, is also being
evaluated with regards to its degree of tawātur by using the terms of an
authentic hadīth among the Shi’ite themselves. The results indicated that
their methods are not scientifically valid and applicable in determining
mutawātir reports, as they are contradicting each other. The result also
suggests that the hadith of the two weighty things is not a mutawātir
report among them, nor it is a valid narration from the Prophet (peace be
upon him).
