Hadiths Are Fake: Truth from Traditionalists and Early Muslims

Many sectarians are confident that hadiths are real truth. Earliest traditionalists have something completely different to say. Below are some quotes right from them. You have the full freedom to verify them and post wherever you like.

From Shu'ba Ibn al-Ḥajjāj 160/776 found in QM of Ka'bi

Muhammad b. Yazīd al-Muhallabī said: Shuʿba said to me: “You almost never come across anyone who would have investigated these ḥadīth like my investigation and sought them as I did. I have pondered them but found that not even a third is valid among them (ḥadīth).”