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بِسمِ
اللهِ
الرَّحْمَنِ
الرَّحِيمِ Allah,
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سوالات و
تاثرات سوالات
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سوالات
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کو بہتر دیکھنے
کے لئے نستعلیق
فانٹ یہاں سے
ڈاؤن لوڈ کیجیے۔
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Assalaam o alykum Sir... I have seen your website, and I must commend your
efforts in the path of Deen.......may Allah bless you..... Quran is the guiding light for us.....and we have (one
after the other) explicit translations (of the meaning), tafaaseer and
explanations ranging from tafseer by Abdullah bin Abbaas RA, to that of
Muhammad Juna-Garhi....... but I have a question regarding following of Sunnah e
NAbi PBUH...... a plain, lay-man Muslim like me wants to go about
following Sunnah (as simple as it is, and as simple as it used to be for
Sahaaba RA - more specifically, as it was for a Bedouin who was told about
Islam by Prophet PBUH in a straightforward manner, and he pledged to go
neither short of that nor to excess that - as a riwaayat refers in Al Jami
Assaheeh by Bukhari).......but I am confronted with more than one
issues.........like criteria of acceptance of ahaadees............like Muatta
Imam Malik and Saheefa Hammam bin Munabbah RA were complied prior to those of
Bukhari and Muslim, but are not counted in six authentic books...... + for
any given issue or procedure, we find multiple opinions, viewpoints and
statements (raaye), by people….. and then there are Fiqhs..........with the current
practice in Muslim world, it appears that one has to follow at least one of
the Imaams.......or conversely, Fiqh e Jafaria (who have further subdivisions
to an almost infinite level).......... so, the point is: 1. who is right? 2. where at we would find true path of Prophet PBUH and
his righteous followers? 3. when two ahaadees of equal magnitude (Raavi and
Compiler) but different directions (meanings) are there, which one to follow? 4. what is the criteria of a Hadith book to be
authentic? I am sure that these questions need venturing into the
Uloom ul Hadith, but so far as a common man is concerned, where should he
find guidance from? I hope you'd help me out in this regard... assalaam o alykum. Umer July 2011 |
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Wa alaikum us salam wa Rahmatulah Many thanks for your email and kind words on my work. I
appreciate if you introduce yourself in detail. Allah has provided us guidance at two levels: 1. One level is that of scholars who embark upon an
endeavor to search the truth and use their findings to guide others. The
question of learning 'Uloom Hadith, evaluating Ahadith, searching through the
knowledge-base developed throughout the history of Ummah etc. is relevant to
them. It is not something expected from a layman to master these sciences. 2. Second level is related to a common man. All what we
need in order to achieve salvation on the Day of Judgment is available to us
through the Quran and the Sunnah Mutawatarah. If we read the Quran, it
focuses on the basic elements of faith and moral principals. Only 7-8% of the
Quranic verses deal with the directives (Shari'ah) and its
interpretation is mostly agreed upon among scholars. If there is some
difference, it has nothing to do with our salvation and nobody claims that.
Whatever we feel right, we can follow that opinion and it is not a matter of
salvation. Detailed directives of Shari'ah are available to
us in the form of Sunnah Mutawatarah which means availability of
information through practice of generation after generation. Kindly read the
following page explaining the difference between Mutawatar and Non-Mutawatar
information. http://www.mubashirnazir.org/ER/Hadith/L0004-0201-Hadith.htm
http://www.mubashirnazir.org/ER/Hadith/L0004-0202-Hadith.htm
We confidently know that the method of performing
prayer, fasting, paying Zakat, performing Hajj, conducting marriage
and divorce etc. are transmitted in this way. It is only minute details of
these directives where difference of opinion exists. Allah will make us
accountable on the issue whether we prayed or not, He will not make a layman
accountable for the minute details of prayer e.g. Raf'a Yadain etc..
So searching through these minute details is not the task of a layman. Imam
Shaf'ei has explained this in a very nice way. You can read his discourse: http://www.mubashirnazir.org/ER/L0017-06-Risala.htm The differences of opinion among scholars is developed
due to three reasons: 1. Differences in understanding the meaning of a verse
or a Hadith. 2. Difference in evaluating the authenticity of a
Hadith 3. Agreement in No. 1 and 2 but difference in applying
the directive to a particular situation It is an amazing fact that scholars agree on the
meaning of 80-90% of Ahadith. The difference exist only in 10-15% of its
part. None of the serious scholars think that the opinion he
forms as a result of the above three reasons, is binding on every layman and
he is obliged to follow his opinion. Every layman has the right to follow the
opinion of a scholar upon whom he can rely upon. Some immature people do not
study the religion in depth and start claiming that whatever they are
presenting is the "only truth" and everyone else having a different
opinion is wrong. On the contrary, serious scholars do not adopt this
approach and are very humble in presenting their opinions. Therefore, a layman for whom religion is something
significant should: 1. Read the Quran and follow its tenets and moral
guidelines. 2. Learn the Sunnah Mutawatarah and follow it in
his daily routine. 3. Study those Ahadith about whom all scholars
agree to be authentic. 4. Try to sit with serious and humble scholars, listen
to their opinions and in case of their disagreement, follow the one which he
founds closest to the moral principles discussed in the Quran and the Sunnah. The six books of Hadith are called "Sihah
Sitta" merely because these are the books which were widely
circulated among scholars of a particular age. It does not mean that all of
their Ahadith are Saheeh (authentic) and those found in other books
are Da'eef (unauthentic). Some scholars include Muatta of Imam
Malik in Sihah Sitta instead of Ibn Maja. Majority of them give Muata
a weight equal to that of Bukhari and Muslim but do not include
it in Sihah because 99% of its Ahadith are included in Bukhari and
Muslim. Sahifa Hammam is a very short booklet containing only 138
Ahadith, so it could not be called a book. I hope this will clarify my position. If further
questions arise on this subject, I shall recommend you to read my book on Usool
ul Hadith to clarify the doubts raised by our those brothers who do not
believe in Sunnah and Hadith. It will not take much of your
time and you will be able to evaluate the claims of anyone who believes in
Sunnah or not by yourself. After that reading, if any further question arise,
please feel free to discuss with me. Remember in your prayers wassalaam Mubashir |
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مصنف
کی دیگر تحریریں Quranic Arabic Program / Quranic
Studies Program / علوم
القرآن
پروگرام / قرآنی
عربی
پروگرام / سفرنامہ
ترکی
/ مسلم
دنیا اور ذہنی،
فکری اور نفسیاتی
غلامی
/ اسلام
میں جسمانی و
ذہنی غلامی
کے انسداد کی
تاریخ / تعمیر
شخصیت
پروگرام /
قرآن اور
بائبل
کے دیس میں / علوم
الحدیث: ایک
تعارف / کتاب
الرسالہ:
امام شافعی کی
اصول فقہ پر
پہلی کتاب کا
اردو ترجمہ و
تلخیص
/ اسلام
اور دور حاضر
کی تبدیلیاں / ایڈورٹائزنگ
کا اخلاقی
پہلو سے
جائزہ / الحاد
جدید کے مغربی
اور مسلم
معاشروں پر
اثرات / اسلام
اور نسلی و
قومی امتیاز / اپنی
شخصیت اور
کردار کی تعمیر
کیسے کی
جائے؟
/ مایوسی
کا علاج کیوں
کر ممکن ہے؟ / دور جدید
میں دعوت دین
کا طریق کار / اسلام
کا خطرہ: محض ایک
وہم یا حقیقت / Quranic Concept of Human Life Cycle
/ Empirical
Evidence of Man’s Accountability
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