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ajiss-428		ajiss-428		24	.pdf	application/pdf	10461	460	57	In the thirteenth century, the prominent Shi`i jurist Takim: The Origins and Evaluations of Hadith Transmitters 39 al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli (d. 1277) proposed adopting ijtihad as an important source of law.61 By doing so, he was sacrificing certitude and accepting an element of probability in the Shi`i juridical system. Forms of Authentications in the Biographical Literature A salient feature of Shi`i biographical texts is that a transmitter can be authen- ticated in two distinct ways: al-tawthiqat al-khassah (specified authentica- tion) refers to authenticating one disciple as opposed to al-tawthiqat al- `ammah (generalized authentication), in which several people are authenti- cated at the same time.	cache/ajiss-428.pdf	txt/ajiss-428.txt