Here is my reply to each point.
Myth #1Ahadeeth were written 200 years after the Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): I actually believe that people did right down ahadith during the time of the prophet so on this point I am in agreement with the author.
Myth #2 Al-Hikmaah is an attribute of the Glorious Qur’aan. It does not matter if Hikmaah is referring to the quran or the teachings of the prophet. I have no qualms with the idea that the teachings of the prophet are a wisdom from Allah, my position is that there is no way to verify that what we have now are the authentic teachings from the prophet because ahadith preservation is conducted through mortal channels.
Myth #4 The ahadeeth is not protected.: This is the single most important issue in my assessment of the legitimacy of ahadith. And the author fell short in his defence of ahadith preservation. The ayat that the author cited is as follows:
"With clear signs and Books (We sent the Messengers). And We have also sent down unto you the Dhikr, that you may tubayyina (explain clearly) to men what is sent down to them, and that they may give thought. (Soorah An-Nahl:44)"
The author said that Dhikr has numerous meanings and one of the meanings is sunnah. The above ayat is his proof of his position. However he is obviously being hypicritical. When he wanted to separate the quran from Hikmaah in order to bolster his previous argument he cited an ayat that states that the prophet teaches "the book and the Hikmaah". And he argued that these are two seperate things.
Now that he wants to bolster a different argument he cites a verse that says "we...sent...you the Dhikr, that you may teach (explain clearly) to men". And he said that the dhikr and the teaching is the same thing.
The truth is that "Dikr" in the latter ayat refers to the Quran and the "teaching" is a reference to ahadith.
If I am mistaken in this assessment than please correct me. The bottom line is that the author does not provide any valid evidence to oppose the most delegitimizing factor when speaking of ahadith (and in fact the most important and the only point that I pointed out in my argument against them).
And that is that ahadith preservation is a mortal endeavor and therefore flawed
Myth #5 Some authentic ahadeeth contradict the Glorious Qur’aan
The author himself admitted that there are some "apparent" contradictions but then he states that it is because the sahabas narrated according to their own understanding? Then he states that the general public cannot point out a contradiction because our capacity to interpret is not as good as the scholars. So we should look to the scholars.
But of course there are Quraniyyah scholars who will also point out the same contradictions.
So the author fails again.
In any event Qatada, the preservation of ahadith is the most important issue and this article failed to show that they are definitely preserved.
I condemn this attitude, only Allah s.w.t. knows who is or isn't a real kafir!
