A critical analysis of the Modernists and the Hadeeth ... - Islam House

Doubt 3: Does every narrator in the chain understand
Hadeeth correctly?
Parwez writes,
Response:
"You can vouch for the individual's character who is
saying the hadeeth to you, how can you say with authority
that all the people who carried the words of Messenger were
sincere at heart or could be depended on.
It is not the question of having confidence in those
writers, the most important aspect is, were they capable of
thoroughly understanding a statement and giving the
correct interpretation of it.
If we can prove that in two or two and a half centuries the
words are capable of remaining in their original form, then I
think we have solved the greatest mystery of our times... It is
impossible!"
1. The mode by which the Qur'aan was transmitted is the same as the
way in which the Ahadeeth were transmitted - from generation
to generation. The individuals who transmitted the Qur'aan were
the same who have transmitted the hadeeth. To accept one and
reject the other defies reason. Moreover, the Qur'aanic promise
of protection must apply to Hadeeth as well for
there is no point in protecting the words but
not the interpretation.
2. Information transmitted by means of
sanad is superior in authenticity.
[Muqam-e-Hadith by G.A.Parwez. Chp 1]
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