Jabir b. Hayyan: The Verifier of Claims
Conventional wisdom might suggest that faster is better.
Speed is a defining quality of the way many people seek to live their lives. We want faster cars, faster computers, faster solutions, and faster information! But the mad rush to share content faster and faster has left behind one of the most important ethics of a healthy community: verification! In a world where most think that the more important a claim is less likely we are to verify it, what can we learn from a hero who brought to life the sunnah of verifying claims?
