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Babi-Baha'i Attitues towards Sunni and Shi`i Hadith

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Babi-Baha'i Attitues towards Sunni and Shi`i Hadith

Traditions are valued for doctrinal guidance and for patterns of life‑style they set down for emulation. Though Sunnī and Shī`ī collections of tradition have much in common, as the Bāb does not seem to have specifically cited Sunnī  ḥadīth  collections and Baha'-Allah only did this sparingly in his latter years