"Do not accept anything that you have no knowledge of. Surely the hearing, the sight and the mind you are responsible for." (Quran, 17:36)
"And the example of those who reject is that who REPEATS only what he hears of calls and sounds. Deaf, dumb, and blind; they do not understand" (Quran 2:171)
"If we revealed this Quran to a mountain, you would see it trembling, crumbling, out of reverence for GOD. We cite these examples for the people, that they may THINK." (Quran, 59:21)
I consider this hadith authentic:
"The prophet said:'Do not write anything from me EXCEPT QURAN. Whoever wrote, must destroy it" (Muslim, Zuhd 72; Hanbel3/12,21,39)
Bukhari relied upon the self-invented art of "Transmission" for which he states that a "Hadith" may be accepted as authentic or rejected based on WHOM the Hadith is coming from.
Bukhari made a study of the Prophet's companions and established that they were all trustworthy. He then asked about people who came after them, and if the public "hearsay" was that this or that person was reputable, then Bukhari had no problem accepting a "Hadith" transmitted from that source.
To get over the obstacle of "objectivity" and the fact that Hadith was based mainly on "hearsay", Bukhari found a very convenient Hadith (which Islamic scholars still quote) that gives the companions of the prophet and all Hadith narrators super-human abilities which enabled them to memorize word for word the sayings of the prophet without loss or distortion.
Although the above may not sound scientific or even objective to many, it is a factual method which was used to obtain the 2nd source of Islamic law.
Hence, I see no verification for the Hadith. I'm not denying that we have to follow what Muhammad (SAW) did or said, but how can you prove that he did do or say such things?
"Shall I seek OTHER THAN THE GOD as a source of law, when He has revealed THIS BOOK FULLY DETAILED? ....The word of your Lord is COMPLETE, in truth and justice. Nothing shall abrogate His words; He is the hearer, the omniscient. Yet, if you obey the majority of people, they will take you away from the path of The God. That is because they follow CONJECTURE, and they fail to think." (Quran, 6:114-116)
"And We have sent down the Book to you as a CLARITY FOR EVERYTHING, and a guidance and mercy and good news for those who Submit." (Quran 16:89)
By the Book that makes THINGS CLEAR (Quran : 44.2)
Say: "Shall I seek for judge other than God? - when He it is Who hath sent unto you the Book, EXPLAINED IN DETAIL." (Quran : 6.114)
God has revealed the most beautiful Message in the form of a Book, CONSISTENT WITH ITSELF repeating itself in various ways (Quran : 39.23)
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of REASONING will be enquired into (Quran : 17.36).
Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other Than God, they would surely have found therein MANY CONTRADICTIONS (Quran : 4.82).
Blessed is He who sent down THE CRITERIA to His servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures (Quran : 25.1)
Also, I'd like to mention that, until the advent of Bukhari's existence, the Caliphs had
absolutely forbidden anyone from writing down any hadith. The prophet (SAW) not only had forbidden others from painting his picture or making a statue of him, he also prohibited anyone from writing down anything he said. Unfortunately, Bukhari did not consider that this applies to the Sahaba, he wrote down what was
allegedly said by them.
What we are to follow is what we all know he obviously did without dispute.
Yes, follow the sunnah, by all means, but don't blindly believe in every hadith.
I'd like to quote one of the funniest and baseless hadiths I've come across:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, 'The (people of) Bani Israel used to take bath naked (all together) looking at each other. The Prophet Moses used to take a bath alone. They said, 'By Allah! Nothing prevents Moses from taking a bath with us except that he has a scrotal hernia.' So once Moses went out to take a bath and put his clothes over a stone and then that stone ran away with his clothes. Moses followed that stone saying, "My clothes, O stone! My clothes, O stone! Till the people of Bani Israel saw him and said, 'By Allah, Moses has got no defect in his body. Moses took his clothes and began to beat the stone." Abu Huraira added,
"By Allah! There are still six or seven marks present on the stone from that excessive beating."
I wonder how Abu Huraira knew that, or that the prophet (SAW) knew that customs and traditions of the Bani Israel, along with this incident which allegedly occured thousands of years ago. Not only does it slander Musa (AHS), there's no basis for it in any Biblical or Qur'anic tradition.
Another one:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
The Prophet asked me at sunset, "Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitted and then (a time will come when) it will be about to prostrate itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will ask permission to go on its course but it will not be permitted, but it will be ordered to return whence it has come and so it will rise in the west. And that is the interpretation of the Statement of Allah: "And the sun Runs its fixed course for a term (decreed). That is The Decree of (Allah) The Exalted in Might, The All-Knowing." (36.38)
And they are, of course, from Sahih Bukhari, considered the "most authentic source" for Sunni Muslims after the noble Qur'an.
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