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

embryo is designated by the term „chewed flesh‟.” There are hadiths that call for burning
a jute-bag and using the ashes to stop bleeding wounds (Sohrab, 2006). The collections of
hadiths are filled with such unscientific prescriptions.
Dr Bucaille (1978) concluded his famous “La Bible, le Coran et la Science” by
saying that while comparing the Quran and the hadith in terms of content and literary
style, “the disparity becomes so obvious that any notion of a common origin is ruled out.”
Choudhury (2010) observed that hadiths allow the Prophet to intercede for the
Muslims on Judgment Day, that the Prophet will redeem us. He notes that this concept of
redemption is in fact originally a Christian concept, which has been molded into Islam.
Dr Khalifa (2001) interestingly points out that, in a hadith, the Prophet asks us to
follow the sunnah of himself and the rightly guided caliphs that follow him. The Prophet
used the phrase “al khulafa ar rashideen” in his saying, which is the exact phrase to refer
to the four rightly guided caliphs in Islam. Dr Khalifa (2001) questions, how did the
Prophet know that four rightly guided caliphs would follow him, and how did the Prophet
use this exact phrase? Either, this hadith is fabricated, or the Prophet knew the future. But
the Quran (72:26) clearly mentions that nobody but God knows the future (Pickthall,
1938).
There can be much more examples produced where hadiths defy common sense
or science. But one may say that whatever the hadith says is common sense, and anything
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