BLOG 106 - WHO FORBADE AHADITH?

[Dr. Shabbir]

WHO FORBADE AHADITH?

"So many Ahadith directly conflict with the Qur'an that if you are not a Munkir-e-Hadith, you have to be a Munkir-e-Qur'an."
- “Tazkirah” Allama Inayatullah Khan Al-Mashriqi

One example: The 'Imams' of history and Hadith fabricated a wicked story (also reported in Bukhari) that the exalted Messenger was affected by a spell of magic contrived by a Jewish magician, Lubaid bin 'Aasim. After a while, a doll was recovered from an abandoned well. The doll had needles on it along with some scalp hair of the Prophet tied around. Reminds you of Voodoo? Under the influence of that magic, Rasool (S) used to think that he had done a task while he actually had not done it. [Wasn’t delivering the Divine revelation to people his foremost responsibility? How about him forgetting this noble duty?]

The Qur’an says in no uncertain terms that it is the Zaalimoon (wrongdoers, the wicked) who claim that the exalted Prophet was ever bewitched. (17:47, 25:8)
Allah has not promised to preserve anything but the Qur'an.

Since the ancient books have many publishers, the page numbers differ in different publications. "Maulana" Manazir Ahsan Gilani wrote a very well-received book "Tadween-e-Hadith". The following excerpts have been taken from that book and the references have been double-checked.

1. The exalted Prophet said, LA TAKTABU 'ANNI GHAIR-AL-QUR'AN. WA MUN KATABA 'ANNI GHAIR-AL-QUR'AN FAL-YAMAHU. (Write nothing from me but the Qur'an, and whoever has written anything other than the Qur'an must erase it." ("Saheeh" Muslim)

[It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said]

2. Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Abbas was asked what the Prophet (S) had left behind (for the Ummah). He answered, "He left nothing but what is between these two covers, the Qur'an." (Bukhari vol 3, Kitab Fazaail Al-Qur'an)

3. Sahaba Kiraam said, "Whatever we used to hear from Rasoolullah (S), we used to write it. Then, one day, Rasoolullah came forth to us and asked, "What is this that you write?" We answered, "Whatever we hear from you." He admonished, "Are you writing another book by the Book of Allah? Keep the Book of Allah pure and free of all doubt." Then, whatever we had written, we gathered it and burned it in an open field." (Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal, Tadween Hadith page 249 by Maulana Manazir Ahsan Gilani)

4. Hazrat Abu Bakr gathered people after the death of Rasoolullah (S) and said, "Do you people narrate Ahadith from Rasooullah (S) and then dispute about them? Never ascribe anything to Rasoolullah. If someone asks you a question, say 'Sufficient between you and us is the Book of Allah. Act upon the Permissible and non-Permissible given in this Book'. (Tazkara-til-Haffaaz by Imam Zahabi, Tadween Hadith page 321)

5. Hazrat Ayesha said that Hazrat Abu Bakr had collected the sayings of Rasoolullah and they were 500 in number. One night he was seen very restless. I asked him if he was restless due to some physical illness or had he received bad news. Hazrat Abu Bakr waited until the morning, then asked Hazrat Aisha to bring that collection of Hadith, called for fire and burned it." (Tadween Hadith page 285 on)

6. Hazrat Umar said to people, "I had thought of getting the Ahadith written, but then I thought of those nations that have passed on before you. They wrote books and fell on them, and left the scripture of Allah alone. By God, I do not want to mix anything with the Book of Allah. (Tadween Hadith page 394)

7. When the number of Ahadith started increasing during the time of Hazrat Umar, he told people to bring their collections to him. Following his command, people brought their collections. Then he commanded to burn them. (Tabaqat inn Sa'ad, vol. 5 page 141, Tadween Hadith 399)

8. We do not find any collection of Ahadith at the end of Khilafat Rashida. [Hasan Basari]