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<strong>The</strong> Elipse <strong>of</strong> <strong>Islam</strong>________________________________________________________God Almighty that this research helped clear the misunderstanding andremoved the blemish on the personality <strong>of</strong> the Prophet caused <strong>by</strong>Orientalists because <strong>of</strong> wrong traditions.However - as you may already know - what was the reaction <strong>of</strong> thesepeople? <strong>The</strong>y argued that in this case we will have <strong>to</strong> concede that thetradition <strong>of</strong> Bukhari is wrong and that will tantamount <strong>to</strong> kufr . <strong>The</strong>refore,this person (the writer) is a rejectionist <strong>of</strong> Tradition. Hence, 1000 ulamasissued a fatwa (religious decree) <strong>of</strong> kufr against me.This is the extent, then, <strong>of</strong> the sacredness <strong>of</strong> these books which isperpetuated through labelling as infidel anybody who challenges theirauthenticity. This, also, is the result <strong>of</strong> the Ajami conspiracy.In this situation, you can well imagine, that when we declared thesehis<strong>to</strong>ric episodes and traditions as fabrication, why it was impossiblefor the traditionalist ulamas (religious leaders) <strong>to</strong> agree with it.My maslak (belief)I have explained my point <strong>of</strong> view about the traditions and his<strong>to</strong>ry in theintroduction <strong>of</strong> the book. Here, I will repeat it briefly:1. Authority in Deen comes from the Book <strong>of</strong> God – the Quran – whichexplains itself. <strong>The</strong> books <strong>of</strong> traditions and interpretations which are inaccordance with the Quranic teachings should be accepted while the oneswhich contradict the Quranic teachings should be rejected.2. We believe in the prophet-hood <strong>of</strong> Mohammad (PBUH) and the Qurangives testimony <strong>to</strong> the righteousness <strong>of</strong> all sahaba (companions <strong>of</strong> theProphet). <strong>The</strong>refore, we do not regard those books <strong>of</strong> traditions & his<strong>to</strong>rywhich contain such material that brings a bad name <strong>to</strong> our prophet’spersonality or which are against some prominent sahaba as authentic.______________________________________________________________<strong>What</strong> happened <strong>to</strong> <strong>Islam</strong> <strong>after</strong> <strong>Umar</strong>? [ 17 ]

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