Tawatur Of The Incident Of First Revelation (Cave Of Hira)
Mere tawatur is not a sufficient scale to check the authenticity of a belief or tradition. Blind following of baseless tawatur is condemned by Quran (2:270, 26:74, 43:22). Tawatur has to be accompanied by a documentary proof to be convincing, otherwise it is hearsay. That’s how folklore and mythologies are created: through tawatur of generations. Moreover, the fact that a belief is widely accepted or prevalent is also not sufficient on its own for establishing authenticity. In logic, it is called “appeal to majority” or “bandwagon effect” and it is considered a fallacy. For instance, most people believe that Pakistan was created on 14th Aug, but relatively fewer people know that the law that created partition was passed on 15th Aug, so it could not have been created on 14th Aug. Yet people continue to believe. This type of acceptability of distorted facts is not unusual, especially religious beliefs are an easy prey to such distortions.