About the book: Kitab-e- Sulaym Ibn Qays Al-Hilali

hi guys
i just wanted alittle advice and help on this book, i should be getting hold of this book, i read in a review for this book by a reader:

quote:
"This book is refuted by all knowledgeable Scholars and is considered a fraudulant book written in a much later period.

"this book is terrible are paints an ugly and ignorant picture of our beloved Holy Imams (a-s), it should be removed."

quoted fo this site review below

http://www.al-khoei.org/catalog/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=1297&reviews_id=84&osCsid=96474e6732bc6201869ab650287baeee

is this true? what do you feel about this book? i heard it is the first ever shia book and is a must for every shia to own one and keep in the house, it holds many secrets and it is not fraudlant rather quite the opposite?

many thanks

salam

well, this is based on ilm-ur-rijal
and the problem with rijal is that it is having a lot of problems as well

like we have a sahih hadeeth which says that even if a khariji narrating a hadeeth from aimmah asws, it should not be rejected as it may be true, and then it will be kufr on our part

but, we have ahadeeth which say that the book was presented to aimmah asws, and they authenticated it

and that is enough for us

regards

ya ali madad

hi

thank you for the reply so we have a hadith supporting this book. is it possible to get a reference at all?

thank you

salam brother

the book has been translated in two versions

and both mention that tautheeq of this book

you can download it here

http://www.shiamultimedia.com/books/urdu/Kitab%20Sulaim%20Bin%20Qais%20Halali.pdf

and see the begining
where imam asws authenticated it

regards

ya ali madad