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

It is sufficient reply that Islam is a complete religion and during the
Prophet's last sermon, Allah revealed concerning this last and final
Deen, "This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My
Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion…"
[Soorah al-Maida (5): 3]
The meaning of this verse is that until the end of time, people
will neither need a new sharee'ah, nor a new set of rules to govern
their lives, and the sharee'ah of Prophet � is sufficient for them.
Allah's Messenger � said, "I have not omitted anything that will bring
you closer to Paradise but I have enjoined it upon you; and there is
nothing that will keep you away from Hell but I have commanded you
to do it."
[Sunan Ibn Majah]
The fundamental evils that cause harm to the social,
economical and spiritual well-being of the people like greed,
miserliness, jealousy, hatred, injustice, being inconsiderate, lust,
dishonesty, etc. are the same today as they were at the time of the
Prophet. When one reads the stories of the previous nations in the
Qur'aan and reasons why they prospered or went astray, we see them
to be very much relevant to contemporary times for example; the
story about the evil of homosexuality that afflicted the people of
Prophet Lut �.
2. "The modernists consider the present time to be more
advanced than that of the Prophet � and they call for the
renewal of the Deen claiming advancement of the society."
(**) However, their objective is not to benefit from advances in
science or to prepare the society for the future but they seek to
transform religious teachings in accordance with modern culture
with the help of philosophy.
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