akhbaris consider themselves to be bounded by the hadith of the two weighty things, where the prophet muhammad instructed his followers to follow the quran and ahl al-bayt. therefore, even for new events occurring during the major occultation, akhbaris continue to follow traditions of ahlul bayt, as per the saying of imam muhammad al-mahdi where he said "as for the new events, which will occur (during my occultation) turn to the narrators of our traditions, because they are my proof to you, while i am the proof of allah to them" akhbari reject fatāwa based on "ijtihad", they also reject the permissibility of writing exegesis of the qur'an without quoting the narrations of the infallible "ahlu l-bayt". akhbari quote the "hadith ath-thaqalayn" and several authentic traditions of the twelve imāms to prohibit the practice of exegesis. akhbaris do not believe in generalization of hadith, they say hadith is either right or wrong; further they believe that hadiths compiled in the four books of shias are reliable.