Tawatur Of The Incident Of First Revelation (Cave Of Hira)
The tawatur in historical incidents is referred as established history and it is something which is transmitted from a large number of people of one generation to another from the time of its inception (i.e. from the time of happening of an incident and transmitted by a large number of witnesses – such a large number that it becomes impossible to even assume that thet would collude on a lie while narrating that incident ). There is another form of Tawatur which is usually confused with established history i.e. the kind of tawatur which starts getting reported by a large number of people at a later stage of the happening of an incident and not from the stage of its origin . This is a different kind of Tawatur and it still is classified as individual reporting, because it was individually reported at the time of its origination. The incident of Hira is not something which is witnessed by a large number of people to categorize it as Established History. Whatever reportings we have are orginating at a later stage and there are conflicting reportings of the incident and out of those conflicted reports, one particular reporting gained popularity at a later stage and is now being taught everywhere among Muslims. This is called Tawatur of an individual report and not established history.