Christian/Muslim ThreadsUnconditional LoveWe? or You? 1. The Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim collections are considered to be authentic historical records by orthodox Muslims. So, a weak Hadith defense is unjustified when these sources are used to critique Muhammad sayings and behavior. 2. A weak Hadith technically refers to the chain of narrators (isnad), reputation of the narrators, and the text of narration (matn). Even if there were a technical flaw in a Hadith, it does not necessarily mean that the Hadith is not an authentic one. Authenticity and weakness are two different concepts. 3. The Qur'an has less technical support for its authenticity than do many Hadith. Yet, the Qur’an is considered authentic by all traditional Muslims. So, if an historical saying must be rejected because it is technically weak, then much of the Qur'an would have to be rejected too. They were both collected, preserved, and passed on the same way and by the same people. 4. Some Muslims use the weak Hadith defense, because they approach Muhammad with their own wishful presuppositions. So, they automatically reject any Hadith that does not meet the standard of their uncritical assumptions. Our beliefs should be grounded in historical reality: not wishful thinking. 5. The third standard (matn) to judge the authenticity of a Hadith is an illegitimate standard. Present-day beliefs [read: unsubstantiated opinions] don't determine the events of the past. All Hadith compiled by Ishaq, Tabari, Bukhari, and Muslim had to be consistent with, or at least explain the Qur’an for them to be included in the original collections. However, when someone examines these accepted Hadiths, they find some accounts in which Muhammad (may peace be upon him) displays unfavorable behavior or says thing which simply are not true. This foolishness, immoral or criminal behavior is an embarrassment to many Western Muslims who seek to defend Islam. So without thinking about the consequences, many Muslims seek to minimize these historical accounts by claiming that these Hadiths are weak; and, therefore, they should be ignored in discussion of Muhammad’s (may peace be upon him) religion. Now, it is true there were many Hadiths that were rejected by ancient traditional Muslim scholars. They rejected them because these traditions were fabricated (maudu’) for political reasons long after Muhammad died. But these were discarded long before the trusted collections were compiled. These fabricated Muslim traditions are very much like the apocryphal post-New Testament writings that appeared long after the genuine New Testament gospels were written. But it is clear that Ibn Ishaq, al-Bukhari, al-Tabari, Dawud, and Imam Muslim did not include maudu' Hadith within their collections. In fact, they applied stringent standards to assure that mandu' Hadith were excluded. MUSLIM SOURCE! http://www.muhammadanism.com/Hadith/Weak.htm |
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