Category: Religion

25 Scholarly Quotes on Hadith Matn Criticism - نقدِ المتن عند المُحدِّثين A chain (سند) is only ONE of the conditions for a Hadith to be Sahih, it is not the ONLY condition. Reliability of narrators does not mean Infallibility. Reliable narrators ...

"The infant girl buried alive" - حديث There is a terrifying narration which states: الْوَائِدَةُ وَالْمَوْءُودَةُ فِي النَّارِ "The woman who buries alive her new-born girl, and the girl who is buried alive...

Hadith Scholars weakening their own FAMILY - الجرح والتعديل When it came to passing on knowledge to us, the Hadith scholars were brutally honest and they did not betray this trust. They even weakened their own family & friends - so that the tru...

Ahl-al-Hadith praising the Fuqahaa -الفقهاء 1- Ibn Wahb said: كل صاحب حديث ليس له إمام في الفقه فهو ضال "Every person of Hadith that doesn't have an Imaam in Fiqh, he is lost." ["Al-Jaami", of Ibn Abi Zayd, 1/20]. And he said: لولا أنّ الله أنقذ...

Muhadith & Faqeeh - المحدثين والفقهاء 1- Imaam Al-Suyuti wrote: المحدث بلا فقه كعطار غير طبيب فالأدوية حاصلة في دكانه ولا يدري لماذا تصلح والفقيه بلا حديث كطبيب ليس بعطار يعرف ما تصلح له الأدوية إلا أنها ليست عنده “A Muhadith without Fiqh is lik...

The Classical Scholars were not Ignorant of Ahaadith - علم الحديث A man asked Imam Maalik: وقال رجل لمالك: يا أبا عبد الله هل عرفتم حديث " البيعان بالخيار" ؟ قال له-أي مالك-:نعم، وأنت تلعب مع الصبيان في البقيع. “Are you aware of 'such and such' Had...

Importance of Priorities - الأولويات Is there any benefit in guarding this door - when the walls & roof are gone? The Ahnaaf and Ahlalhadith in Asia are constantly fighting over minor Fiqhi issues, like: - Wiping over socks (المسح على الخفين) ...

A non-Muslim became Muslim - BECAUSE when he opened the first page of the Qur'an , it was written: ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ "THIS IS A BOOK IN WHICH THERE IS NO DOUBT." [Qur'an 2:2]. That's it. He was i...

Abu Darda said: إِنِّيْ لَآمُرُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ وَمَا أَفْعَلُهُ، وَلَكِنْ لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَأْجُرُنِيْ فِيْهِ "It may be that I tell you to do something that I do not do myself, hoping that God will still re...

Flee From God, To God - ابن رجب الحنبلي The Qur'an says: فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ "So flee to God." [Qur'an 51:50]. Imam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali writes: فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا خَافَ مِنْ مَخْلُوقٍ، هَرَبَ مِنْهُ، وَفَرَّ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ، وَأَم...