Modernists And Hadith Rejecters by Sajid A. Kayum

and perfect, and they are a group that has
definitely succeeded in achieving what
Faith is meant to achieve, i.e. Allah's
Pleasure. “And the first to embrace Islam of
the Muhajirun (those who migrated from
Makkah to al-Medina) and the Ansar (the
people of al-Medina who helped the Muhajirun) and
also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allah is
well-pleased with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has
prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to
dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success.”
(9):100]
Apathy towards the understanding of the Sahabah as well as
free interpretation of Islamic texts are the primary causes of
misconceptions and confusion; and consequently straying from the
path of the 'the rightly guided'. The Messenger of Allah r said, "This
Ummah (nation) will split into seventy-three sects, all of them in the
Fire except one." They asked, "What is that sect?” He r said, "That
which I and my Companions are upon today."
[at-Tabaraanee]
[Soorah at-Tawbah
Ilmul-Kalaam (argumentation based on Greek philosophy) is
among such innovations in the religion that created intellectual
schisms in the Muslim nation and initiated deviant trends. One of the
sects that indulged in Ilmul-Kalaam were the Mu'tazilah. They gave
precedence to intellect over the revealed texts of the Qur'aan and the
Sunnah - when they perceived the two conflicted. This attitude set an
evil precedent for all later groups who sought to make intellect and
desire decisive over the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. In this book, we
shall critique such modernist groups that attempt to impose novel
interpretations upon Islamic teachings.
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