Tawatur Not Recorded
Only once someone disproves ijma and tawatur as a non-reliable mean of transmission of knowledge.
But what does it really prove? It just proves that some time in the past someone said that this way to pray is fard. Doesn’t have to be Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said so or commanded so. If we could check any possible records of that time we could know who started it- but it’s just speculation if we don’t have those records
So it’s just a reasonable claim right. It can’t be shown like here look at this book etc. Because for people in later times like us a book or some evidence would be ideal. But a reasonable claim could also be enough.
Discussion 43801 After this discussion it seems that if the ijma and tawattur cannot be seen and placed in a particular point in history it is not worth anything. So how can we rely on ijma and tawatur not being ruined in the first 100 years? From what was mentioned it seems adhan in newborn’s ear was invented in 4 Hijra. So something like salah would come under question too since we don’t have records of that ijma and tawattur from the first 100 years