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

But what remains of Islamic law when you curtail the Sunnah from it
and expose the Qur'aan to open misinterpretation until every
opinionated person has his own personal interpretation of Quran.
In an environment of increased sectarianism, where religious
groups openly squabble amongst themselves, Munkareen al-Hadeeth
present themselves as liberal, progressive consensus-makers
who wish to gather all the sects on the one agreed-upon book, 'the
Qur'aan'.
The fact however, is that Munkareen al-Hadeeth are neither
liberal nor progressive. They project themselves as liberal in the sense
that they are not averse to divergent opinions. But a closer analysis
shows that hadeeth-rejecters declare anyone who disagrees with their
personal interpretations of the Qur'aan as misguided and
disbelievers.
Hadeeth-rejecters like Gulam Perwez consider
themselves as vanguards of Islamic law against secularism.
(Examples to follow under, 'Are Hadeeth-Rejecters Liberal?')
As for being progressive, progress is to advance towards
following the Deen of Allah, not changing it.
Finally, with regard to unifying the different sects under the
banner of the Qur'aan, then these sects are already united on the text
of the Qur'aan. It is the interpretation that there is disagreement
about. And this is exactly the type of disagreement found amongst
Munkireen al-Hadeeth themselves (examples ahead).
There is thus no substance in this claim either.
As a result, the only thing that
Munkireen al-hadeeth have managed to
accomplish by spreading doubts about
Islam's texts is to open the way for Islamic
law to be attacked by its enemies and to
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