Islamic Books

Abu Hurayrah If the traditions of the Messenger of Allah were altogether the cornerstone of religion — like the Qur'an — upon which Din is set up, and source of all rulings that every Muslim should know and follow, as he follows the Qur'an and if th...

Abu Hurayrah If the traditions of the Messenger o...

Masihiyyat in Hadith (Hadith of Jassasah, of Satan's stabbing all mankind except Jesus and his mother — Ibn Jarih) If the Israeliyyat distorted the splendour of Islam through their fabricated falsities, the Masihiyyat too had a share of the misfort...

Masihiyyat in Hadith (Hadith of Jassasah, of Sata...

Jewish Role in Preferring the Sham: We stated before that the extolling made by the Jewish rabbis that the Prophet’s rule would be in the Sham was only for a purpose harboured inside their hearts. It is to be stated here that the Sham would have nev...

Jewish Role in Preferring the Sham: We stated bef...

Jewish Traditions Spread by Ka’b and Wahb: To be acquainted with the Jewish fabricated traditions (Israeliyyat) spread by these two priests, that constituted suspicions with which enemies of Islam used to argue against it, being beyond its followers...

Jewish Traditions Spread by Ka’b and Wahb: To be ...

Reason Behind his Embracing Islam: A surprising reason was invented by this priest (Ka’b) for his adoption of Islam, in order to penetrate and occupy the Muslims’ minds and hearts! Ibn Sa’d, through a reliable sanad, reported from Sa’id ibn al-Musay...

Reason Behind his Embracing Islam: A surprising r...

The Righteous Fabricators Fabrication of hadith against the Messenger of Allah was not confined only to enemies of Din and capricious people – as we stated before – but some of the righteous among Muslims used to do so thinking it to be a merit brin...

The Righteous Fabricators Fabrication of hadith a...

Mu’awiyah and Sham: Concerning Mu’awiyah and the Sham that he and his relatives ruled over for a very long epoch, there are many traditions that were fabricated on their merits. Mu’awiyah, as is known, embraced Islam together with his father on the...

Mu’awiyah and Sham: Concerning Mu’awiyah and the ...

Composition of Hadithand its Causes Postponement of writing down the hadith and recording its words till after the 1st century A.H. and beginnings of the 2nd century, led to expansion of categories of riwayah, and multiplication of composition witho...

Composition of Hadithand its Causes Postponement ...

Detriment of Narration throughMeaning Linguisticallyand Rhetorically These were some of their sayings in regard of the detriment of reporting hadith through meaning, concerning the religious affairs. Whereas the linguistic and rhetoric detriment is ...

Detriment of Narration throughMeaning Linguistical...

Disadvantage of NarratingHadith Through Meaning While the Prophet’s traditions – as previously referred to – were transmitted according to their denotations, and their narrators were permitted to increase or decrease in them, with advancing and dela...

Disadvantage of NarratingHadith Through Meaning W...

Examples on Narrating HadithBy MeaningHadith of Islam and Faith: Muslim reports on the authority of Talhah ibn Ubayd Allah that he said: a furious man from people of Najd, the reverberation of whom we would hear without apprehending what he was sayi...

Examples on Narrating HadithBy MeaningHadith of Is...

Sentence of That Who Lied Against theProphet (S): Al-Sam’ani is reported to have said: Whoever falsifies even one report (khabar), attributing it to the Messenger of Allah (upon whom be God’s peace and benediction), all the hadiths narrated by him s...

Sentence of That Who Lied Against theProphet (S): ...

Companions’ Strictness in Admittingthe Reports The Rightly-guided Caliphs and great Companions particularly those giving legal verdicts – as is known before – used to evade and fear narrating hadith from the Prophet. Rather in fact they were turning...

Companions’ Strictness in Admittingthe Reports Th...

Forbiddance from Writing the Hadith As previously mentioned, the Messenger of Allah (S) was an expositor and interpreter of the Qur’an, through his acts and sayings, but his utterances in this exposition or other than it, was not preserved through i...

Forbiddance from Writing the Hadith As previously...

Al-Sunnah Before starting the discussion I committed myself to, truth calls me to give a foreword identifying in it the word “Sunnah” in respect of linguistics and terminology, demonstrating how it is judged by the Prophet’s traditions, and the posi...

Al-Sunnah Before starting the discussion I commit...

A General Word: As soon as becoming aware of all these facts and other than them stated in my book, and uncovering the truth of the Muhammadan hadith in a clear-cut pure shape like a polished mirror, I became well-acquainted with all the traditions ...

A General Word: As soon as becoming aware of all ...

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful “And those who shun the worship of the idols3 and turn theyunto God, for them is the glad tidings, so bear thou the gladtidings unto My servants. Those who hearken unto the word andfollow the best of...

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful ...

LIGHTS ON THE MUHAMMADAN SUNNAH or DEFENCE OF THE HADITH By Mahmud Ali Riyyah Translated by Hasan M.Najafi Publisher’s Foreword Dear reader, the book put forth before you needs not an introduction, as its fame being greater than to be introd...

LIGHTS ON THE MUHAMMADAN SUNNAH or DEFENCE OF T...

ABU HURAYRA PREFACE 11 ABU HURAYRA 23 HIS NAME AND GENEALOGY 23 HIS EARLY LIFE, BEING MUSLIM AND HIS COMPANIONSHIP WITH THE PROPHET 25 AT THE TIME OF THE PROPHET (S) 25 THE AGE OF THE FIRST TWO CALIPHS 30 AT THE AGE OF OTHMAN...

ABU HURAYRA PREFACE 11 ABU HURAYRA 23 HIS N...

HIS PROTEST AGAINST HIS ACCUSERS Abu Hurayra protested against those, who accused him of excessiveness in narrating traditions by saying: 1 "They say that Abu Hurayra narrates too much many traditions! Allah is our judge in the Day of Resurrection! ...

HIS PROTEST AGAINST HIS ACCUSERS Abu Hurayra prot...

33. An imaginative story about charity Muslim mentioned that Abu Hurayra had said: "The prophet Muhammad (s) said: "While a man was in the desert, he heard a ( 143 ) voice in one of the clouds saying: "Go and water the farm of that man (it called ...

33. An imaginative story about charity Muslim men...