[1]Verify news before accepting or spreading it — especially in the age of social media. (Qur'an 49:6)
[1]Accept the mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports of the Qur'an and Sunnah — they give certainty.
[M]Accept a hadith confirmed by the scholars as authentic and act upon it.
[2]Investigate the reliability of narrators and sources of religious knowledge.
[2]Seek knowledge from qualified scholars, verified books, and authentic chains.