Research Paper Analysis of Credibility of Hadiths and Its Influence ...

On the more specialized questions, their opinion was something that the
mainstream might label as extremist. For instance, they believe that adultery is
punishable by stoning to death, and that apostasy is punishable by death as well.
However, on the issue of women and whether they are fit for leadership, there was
considerable deviation from the mean. On the point of intercession, however, despite the
fact that the Quran says that there shall be no intercession on Judgment Day, all the
samples agreed that the Prophet would intercede for them if they obey the way of the
Prophet.
While answering the open-ended questions, all samples were highly conservative.
All the samples declared that questioning the absolute truth – the Quran and authentic
hadiths is out of question. They also mentioned that the hadiths are the explanation of the
Quran, and hence hadiths is of absolute necessity while understanding the Quran. One
sample even mentioned that it might be inappropriate asking such provocative questions
for the survey.
Interestingly enough, our current generation of imams and Muslim clerics have
not all come from the madrashas, but many have come from conventional education
systems. While surveying at the madrasha, I overheard a cleric discussing the flaws of the
Marxian theory with his colleague; the Madrasha Committee member who approved my
survey request spoke to me in half Bengali and half English. The Committee member was
elated at the effort I had put up, stressing on the fact that only through questioning can the
truth be achieved.
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