Modernists And Hadith Rejecters by Sajid A. Kayum

Callers to evil
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Like all dangerous innovations and deviations from the Deen, the
Fitna of hadeeth-rejection comes in a guise that appeals to the
people's reverence for Allah's Deen. Some hadeeth-rejecters claim to
be defenders of the Prophet's honor when they reject authentic
hadeeth from Saheeh al-Bukharee that mentions the age of the
Prophet's wife Aaisha at the time of the consummation of her
marriage or the Hadeeth about Allah's Messenger being harmed by
magic. They consider these Ahadeeth unacceptable and a cause for
Islam's critics to attack the Messenger!
Their solution is to cast doubts on the very process of
transmission and verification of hadeeth and deprive the Muslims
from the entire treasure of knowledge inherited from the Prophet r.
Their call takes strength from the general ignorance with
regards to the process by which Ahadeeth are verified as authentic or
inauthentic. The irony of the matter is that the hadeethrejecters
wish to defend the Prophet's honor by rendering
meaningless his r status as an example, a teacher and
explainer of the Qur'aan.
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