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Despite differences in approach, the Hadeeth-rejecters share the<br />
following common traits:<br />
of the hadeeth-rejecters<br />
a) They shed doubts on the validity of the process by which<br />
Ahadeeth are declared as authentic or fabricated.<br />
According to them, it is either impossible to distinguish between<br />
authentic and inauthentic Hadeeth, or the science of Hadeeth<br />
cannot prove a narration to be authentic with certainty. Their<br />
uncertainty is a result of their ignorance or lack of correct<br />
appreciation for the science of hadeeth verification.<br />
b) They do not respect the unanimous agreements between<br />
the hadeeth-specialists of the past, like the agreement on<br />
the authenticity of the Ahadeeth collected in Saheeh al-Bukharee<br />
and Saheeh Muslim concerning which Imam an-Nawawi<br />
(rahimahullah) said in his introduction to Sharh Muslim (1/14),<br />
"The scholars are agreed that the most sound of books after the<br />
Qur'aan are the two Saheehs of al-Bukharee and Muslim which<br />
were accepted by the Ummah. The book of al-Bukharee is<br />
sounder and the more beneficial of the two."<br />
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