Re: Imam Ali (as) Saying: Taken from Peak of Eloquence
One more thing, the fact that Imam Bukhari rejected 99.98% of the ahadith he collected indicates that lies and fabrications were widespread about the Prophet SAW during that time. Obviously his book wasn't compiled immediately and when it was its not like today where communications are fast and it would become widespread in a matter of days. So the information passed down from generation to generation were still heavily intertwined with fabrications. Now I do believe and read in ahadith but I just don't award it the same status of revelation. The ones at least to me that are of vital importance are those which directly extend the Quranic commandments such Salat, Saum, Zakat, Hajj, Huqooq etc.