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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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