A critical analysis of the Modernists and the Hadeeth ... - Islam House
A critical analysis of the Modernists and the Hadeeth ... - Islam House
A critical analysis of the Modernists and the Hadeeth ... - Islam House
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Doubt 1: <strong>Hadeeth</strong> were not written (<strong>the</strong> primary objection)<br />
Parwez wrote,<br />
Response:<br />
"… if memory was enough <strong>of</strong> a viable resource to be<br />
depended upon, why <strong>the</strong>n was <strong>the</strong> need felt to have <strong>the</strong> Holy<br />
Qur'aan dictated <strong>and</strong> written on paper, <strong>the</strong>n recited again to<br />
remove any possibility <strong>of</strong> errors or mistakes during <strong>the</strong><br />
process <strong>of</strong> its dictation.<br />
If any disciple <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Messenger had learnt those hadeeth<br />
or sayings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Messenger by heart, we still are not in a<br />
position to vouch for it until <strong>and</strong> unless those sayings were<br />
not verified <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> seal <strong>of</strong> approval cast on <strong>the</strong>m by <strong>the</strong><br />
Messenger Muhammad � himself, we cannot depend on<br />
<strong>the</strong>m.”<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
[Muqaam-e-<strong>Hadeeth</strong> (Actual Status <strong>of</strong> Hadeth) by G. A. Parwez. Chp. 1]<br />
1. The procedures that were adopted to preserve <strong>the</strong> Qur'aan are all<br />
mentioned in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Hadeeth</strong>. By quoting <strong>the</strong> <strong>Hadeeth</strong> as pro<strong>of</strong>,<br />
Parwez has inadvertently accepted <strong>the</strong> authority <strong>and</strong><br />
indispensability <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hadeeth.<br />
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