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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al-Khabaaith (i.e. all evil), he<br />
releases <strong>the</strong>m from <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
heavy burdens (<strong>of</strong> Allah's<br />
Covenant), <strong>and</strong> from <strong>the</strong> fetters<br />
(bindings) that were upon <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
So those who believe in him<br />
(Muhammad �),<br />
honor him, help him,<br />
<strong>and</strong> follow <strong>the</strong> light which has been sent down with<br />
him, it is <strong>the</strong>y who will be successful."<br />
A number <strong>of</strong> religious injunction thus emanate from<br />
<strong>the</strong> Sunnah like <strong>the</strong> prohibition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> flesh <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> donkeys,<br />
dogs, beasts with canine teeth <strong>and</strong> birds <strong>of</strong> prey. He �<br />
made wearing gold <strong>and</strong> silk Halaal for <strong>the</strong> women <strong>and</strong><br />
Haraam for <strong>the</strong> men, etc.<br />
[Soorah al-A'raf (7):157]<br />
v) Inadequacy <strong>of</strong> language alone to underst<strong>and</strong><br />
Qur'aan.<br />
There is no scope for anyone with all his Arabic<br />
scholarship to underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> glorious Qur'aan without<br />
Sunnah. The Sahabah were <strong>the</strong> most knowledgeable in <strong>the</strong><br />
language in which <strong>the</strong> Qur'aan was revealed at a time<br />
when Arabic was not blemished by <strong>the</strong> incorrectness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
colloquial language or <strong>the</strong>ir grammatical mistakes. Yet,<br />
<strong>the</strong>y erred in underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>the</strong> verses when <strong>the</strong>y relied<br />
on language alone, <strong>and</strong> following are some examples…<br />
a) Allah says in <strong>the</strong> Qur'aan, "It is those who believe<br />
<strong>and</strong> confuse not <strong>the</strong>ir belief with Dhulm (wrongdoing), for<br />
<strong>the</strong>m (only) <strong>the</strong>re is security <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y are <strong>the</strong> guided."<br />
[Soorah al-An'am (6): 82]<br />
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