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contained in the Sunnah is not
protected.
Furthermore, if anyone wants to
restrict the meaning of 'Dhikr' to the
Qur'aan then they need to present a
proof. A segment of Munkireen al-Hadeeth
argues that Qur'aan was the only revelation and
hence Dhikr exclusively refers to the Qur'aan. This
argument has already been replied to earlier with examples that
the Qur'aan itself refers to a revelation apart from it.
Another group of Munkareen al-Hadeeth claims that the
additional guidance received by the Messenger was for his
period only. This is a false argument because the latter
generations who do not have a living Messenger amongst
themselves are more in need of the guidance and explanations
that was revealed apart from the Qur'aan. This group also claims
that the Messenger himself did not undertake any measures to
preserve the hadeeth, the like of which was undertaken to
preserve the Qur'aan. We will shed light on the issue in the
following pages.
To summarize, the insistence of Munkareen al-Hadeeth that the
Dhikr which Allah had Promised to protect, is only the Qur'aan is not
based on any sound proof but upon their assumption and conjecture.
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