The Falsity of Measuring the Sunnah Against the Qur'an
A forceful argument that the slogan of accepting only what 'matches the Qur'an' is itself contrary to the Qur'an, because the Sunnah is revelation, explanation, and a binding source of law.
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The Falsity of Measuring the Sunnah Against the Qur'an
A series answering those who make agreement with their own reading of the Qur'an a condition for accepting hadith, and so reject sound hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari and elsewhere. The first article establishes that the Sunnah is revelation that explains the Qur'an and that this condition contradicts the Qur'an itself; the following articles take up specific objections: the hadith that the deceased is punished by his family's weeping, equating Sahih al-Bukhari with the Qur'an, weakening sound hadiths, the hadith of Abraham, whether solitary reports yield knowledge, contemporary feminism and the hadiths about women, the compilation and recording of the Sunnah, and the claim that al-Bukhari was politicized. The author of this site published most of its parts on the Alukah Network.
Hadith and Hadith Sciences 18 parts First: 2025-07-21 Latest: 2025-05-15
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The Deceased Is Punished by His Family's Weeping over Him
A reply to a contemporary book that makes it a condition of an authentic text that it 'not contradict the Qur'an', citing 'A'isha's objection to the hadith 'The deceased is punished by his family's weeping over him.'
Equating Sahih al-Bukhari with the Qur'an
A response to the claim that describing Sahih al-Bukhari as the soundest book after the Book of Allah amounts to placing it on the same level as the Qur'an.
A Critique of Contemporary Methods for Weakening Sound Hadiths
A short methodological warning against recent attempts to weaken hadiths from the major collections through non-specialist reasoning, media sources, and ideological preference rather than the disciplines of hadith criticism.
Between Personal Ijtihad and Legitimate Taqlid: A Response to the Claim of Worshipping by What Settles in the Heart
A critique of the claim that private inward conviction is enough for worship, with a defense of returning to revelation and to qualified scholars in matters of religion.
Between Praising al-Bukhari and Rejecting His Hadiths: A Methodological Contradiction
A critique of the inconsistency in admiring al-Bukhari's achievement while setting aside his hadiths whenever they do not match personal assumptions.
Misreading or Bad Faith? Refuting the Objection to the Hadith of Abraham in Sahih al-Bukhari
A methodological response to attempts at attacking a hadith about Abraham in Sahih al-Bukhari by isolating a scholarly objection from its proper hadith-critical context and its full answer.
Does Allah Create a People for the Fire?
A hadith-study article examining the debated wording about whether Allah creates a people for the Fire, surveying the major scholarly approaches to the narration and its interpretation.
Do Solitary Reports Yield Certainty?
A methodological article on whether solitary hadith reports can yield knowledge, contrasting the measures of hadith scholars with those of theologians and explaining why the Ummah's reception of the two Sahih collections functions as a powerful confirming indicator.
Refuting the Claim: 'Al-Bukhari Was Just a Fallible Man, So Why Treat His Sahih as Beyond Criticism?'
A methodological response to the popular objection that because al-Bukhari was human and liable to error, Sahih al-Bukhari cannot be given the special authority traditionally recognized for it.
Contemporary Islamic Feminism: Between CEDAW's Equality and the Justice of the Shari'ah
The article shows that justice in the Islamic conception differs from absolute equality: the Shari'ah gives each their due according to their nature and function. It compares this with the theory of CEDAW, which imposes a formal equality that can lead to unjust results.
Defending the Sunnah and Refuting the Objections to the Hadith: 'A People Who Entrust Their Affairs to a Woman Will Not Prosper'
A methodical defense of the famous hadith on female political rule, addressing objections tied to Abu Bakrah, hadith transmission, historical examples, and modern political assumptions.
Abu Bakra and the Hadith on Female Rule
A detailed defense of the hadith 'A people who entrust their affairs to a woman will not prosper,' focusing on Abu Bakra's reliability, the difference between judicial testimony and hadith transmission, and the weakness of modern attempts to dismiss the report.
The Hadith on the Deficiency of a Woman's Intellect and Religion
A comprehensive response to modern attacks on the famous hadith about women's 'deficiency' in intellect and religion, arguing that the report is sound, context-bound, and repeatedly misread through emotional and ideological filters.
The Hadith 'Woman Was Created from a Rib' Between Revelation and Modern Doubts
A hadith-defense article arguing that the famous rib narration is sound in transmission, harmonious with the Qur'an, and misread when modern ideological categories are imposed upon it.
A Critique of Contemporary Doubts About the Compilation and Recording of the Sunnah
An analysis of statements in a recently published contemporary book, refuting its main doubts about the recording of the Sunnah and showing the unsoundness of its reasoning, the weakness of its quotations, and the collapse of its method.
Al-Bukhari and the Umayyad and Abbasid State: A Study of the Claim of Politicization
A concise rebuttal of the modern claim that Imam al-Bukhari's Sahih was shaped by political agendas rather than by independent hadith scholarship.
Contemporary Readings or Veiled Attacks? A Reply to Claims of Ijtihad Against the Two Sahihs
A reply to a contemporary book attacking Sahih al-Bukhari that claims every person has the right to independent judgment and to worship by whatever settles in his heart, recalling Egypt's Dar al-Ifta fatwa no. 3427.