Causes of Hadith Fabrication
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Causes of Hadith Fabrication

Author: Amin Ahsan Islahi The Muslim ummah, in its entire history, has faced many kinds of assaults by enemies of Islam. However, the Hadīth fabrication presented the most severe and unique challenge. The enemies of Islam, in the early phase of Islamic history, decided to damage the authenticity of the unparalleled and unexampled treasure of…

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Authoritativeness of the Isolate Hadith Narratives (Akhbar-i-Ahad)

Author: Amin Ahsan Islahi (d. 1997) The ḥadīth literature basically consists of individual-to-individual reports (akhbār-i āḥād). It is, therefore, necessary for us to properly grasp the issue of the authenticity of akhbār-i āḥād. The extraordinary importance the Ḥadīth holds as the source of the religion and the sharī‘ah, requires that we fully appreciate the implications…

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The Hadith of Ghazwa-e-Hind- An analysis

Question The Prophet has said that two groups in my ummah (group of my followers) shall be successful. One which fights in Hind (India) and the other that accompanies Hadhrat Isa (Jesus) when he comes back. Can we say that the freedom fighters of Kashmir belong to the first of the two groups mentioned by…