Prof. Mohammad Baqer Behboodi's views in Selecting Reliable Hadith

Prof. Behboodi is one of the scholars of the present age, expert in the field of Quranic sciences, history of Islam, hadith. Some of his important works are as follows: translation of four Shii hadith books, commentary and selection of reliable hadiths which are titled as Selection of the Four Books, or Reliable Hadiths of the Four Books.To introduce Behboodi’s method of selecting reliable hadiths, the author of the present paper comes up with his views, using some of his books (including: `Ilal al-Hadith, Ma`rifat al-Hadith) and articles in a variety of journals. The author tries to classifies them and render an example for each of them to show subtlety of his views while selecting and criticizing hadiths. Compare and Contrast is the main characteristics of his method in hadith clarification and edition.