Quote: --------------------------------- Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said, there is no doubt that, there will be Hadiths coming after me, claiming that I have said things. So you MUST test those Hadiths from the QURAN. If it is really according to the QURAN only then accept it, otherwise reject it.[ (Sanan Dar Qatni, Vol-2, Book Imrani Abee Musa, Matba Farooqi 513) ---------------------------------
The Quran is number one. All else is of secondary status and if anything disagrees with the Quran it is to be rejected. Lets do a brief history of Hadiths. In order to analyze the Hadiths we also need to see Islamic History with open eyes. I hope this will help those who may not be familiar. Prophet Muhammad (saaw) was born in the year 570 AD. Prophet Muhammad (saaw) received the first revelation from Gd and entered prophethood in the year 610 AD. The Prophet (saaw) passed away in in the year 632 AD. The Hadiths were first compiled around 250 years after the death of the Prophet (saaw), which is around year 900 AD. Compare this to the Quran which was partly compiled during the Prophets life and immediately after. The Prophet (saaw) himself dictated the sequence of the chapters in the Quran. Was it possible that Jews, hypocrites and other enemies of Islam united together and tried to include fabricated Hadiths, to mislead the Muslim community? Yes of course. Even during the life of the Prophet (saaw) the enemies of Islam demanded to change verses of Quran, which the Prophet (saaw) answered that he didnt have any authority to do. The proof that an attempt had been made by the enemies of Islam with introduction of false Hadiths is the fact that out of seventeen books of Hadiths only seven were accepted by our religious scholars. More than 60% were rejected as being fabricated and misleading. Is it possible that still in the seven accepted books of Hadiths there might have been fabricated Hadiths? Yes, and many have been. In fact many Hadiths, were rejected for contradicting the Quran. Did all Muslims know the difference between authentic Hadiths and fabricated ones? NO! Because of poor communication, knowledge was not getting transferred as quickly as now. Many of these fabricated Hadiths still exist and they are a haven for Jews and other enemies of Islam for demonization. This is where the demonizers of Islam get their weak and fabricated Hadiths from. Also many Muslims still follow these Hadiths out of ignorance. Muslims were getting successes before the year 900 AD. After the year 900 AD, Muslims started a down fall BUT it took several hundred years just to feel the downfall, since the Muslim community were still succeeding. Many serious students of Islam believe that leaving the Quran behind and taking the Hadiths as number one, caused the Muslim community to fail more. This was also predicted by the Prophet (saaw) about his community. After the year 1500 AD, it seems that Muslims went beyond the limit and started taking the Scholars as number one, the Hadiths as number two and the Quran they left behind. As history revealed, after that Muslims started losing all over the world. The Prophet Muhammad (saaw) already warned his people that there will be Hadiths coming after him and for us to accept them if they are according to Quran, other wise reject them. So we need to test every Hadith, dont reject all blindly and dont accept all Blindly as well, BUT do research and if it is according to the Quran, only then accept it. The Quran is the main source and guidance to all human beings. Allah promised that he will protect the Quran but he did not promise that he will protect Hadiths. Still there are numerous authentic Hadiths that are clearly in line with the Quran. The Prophet (saaw) said that he leaves behind two things for Muslim to follow. The Quran and his Sunnah. By his Sunnah the Prophet (saaw) was referring to the authentic reports of what he did and say. He never left behind fabricated hadiths. That was introduced later. The enemies of Islam know that they cannot come at Muslims through the Quran but they can do it through the Hadiths. That is why there is such a mess amongst unenlightened Muslims in the world and fantastic encouragement by Jews, colonialists and enemies of Islam to perpetuate false Hadiths. Weak Hadiths agreeing with FGM, unreliable and misunderstood Hadiths dealing with apostasy and other corruptions crept into the religion. None of which has any justification in the Quran. Any sincere Muslim will offer the Quran as the main source of study for anyone wanting to learn Islam. It is uncorrupted and supersedes all other authorities in Islam. As a result of sincere intense study of Quran many Hadiths, practices and customs that are un-Islamic are being discovered and rooted out. Muslims are reclaiming their religion from those who hijacked it with faulty understandings and fabricated Hadiths. The guide that is bringing this enlightenment about is the light of the pure Quran. "Strive as in a race to achieve the goal of excellence in all that you do." For real insights visit: http://www.geocities.com/mewatch99/ Regards, Nashid
