Al-Burhan

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Introduction   All praise belongs to Allah, such praise which befits the bounties He has showered upon us and suffices in drawing more of His mercy, in accordance with his Majesty and immense Might. No praise we utter will suffice for Him; He is as He praised Himself. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, Who is one and […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter One The Life of Abu Hurayrah   Name and Lineage     The name of Abu Hurayrah radiya Llahu `anhu was `Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr. He was of the progeny of Tha`labah ibn Sulaym ibn Fahm ibn Ghanam ibn Dows al-Yemani. He is Dowsi, on account of his relation to Dows ibn `Adnan ibn `Abd Allah ibn Zahran ibn Ka`b ibn Harith ibn […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Clearing the Doubts Raised by the Deviants Against Abu Hurayrah and His Narrations   This is the Abu Hurayrah radiya Llahu `anhu we know before and after embracing Islam, we know of his hijrah and his companionship of Rasulullah salla Llahu `alayhi wa sallam. He was a trustworthy companion of Rasulullah salla Llahu `alayhi wa sallam and a dedicated student. He remained in […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Allegations Made by `Abd al-Husayn Sharf al-Din al-Musawi   He writes in the introduction of his book- Abu Hurayrah (Page 5):   This is a treatise on the life of the Sahabi who narrated from Rasulullah salla Llahu `alayhi wa sallam and narrated so excessively that he exceeded all the limits. His narrations have been reported in the Sihah of the majority […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Exaggeration of Shi`i narrators   Aban ibn Taghlib   The well-known Shi`i scholar, Abu al-`Abbas al-Najjashi, who is regarded as an expert in the field of scrutiny of narrators, reports in his famous book Rijal al-Najjashi that Aban ibn Taghlib narrated thirty thousand ahadith from Imam Ja`far.[1] In fact the author himself (`Abd al-Husayn) narrates this in his fabricated book in the name […]