Ulum al-Hadith

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Introduction   All praise is for Allah Who elevated the lamppost of truth and made it clear, Who debased falsehood and lies and exposed them, Who protected the Shari’ah from forgery and allegations, Who made the Wise Reminder (the Qur’an) protected from adulteration and distortion, and increase and decrease, due to Him preserving it in the vessels of knowledge, the bosoms of the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Foreword By Professor ‘Abdullah Shakir al Junaidi   All praise is due to Allah who revealed upon His servant the Qur’an and did not place therein any deviance, and may salutations and peace be upon the one upon who Allah revealed the Qur’an and the Hikmah (referring to the Sunnah) so that he may be a warner to the worlds, and upon his […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Prefatory Chapter Introduction to the Shia The following will be discussed: Definition Most Important Shia personalities Ideas and Beliefs The spread of Shi’ism and its places of influence   Introduction to the Rawafid This is a brief Introduction to the Imamiyyah Shia. It is encompassed in the following:[1] 1. Definition The Twelver Imami Shia sect is that sect which believe that ‘Ali radiya […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter One The Origins of the Sciences of Hadith between the Ahlus Sunnah and the Rawafid   This chapter comprises of two sections: Section One: The Origins of the Sciences of Hadith Amongst the Ahlus Sunnah. Section Two: The Origins of the Sciences of Hadith Amongst the Shia.   Section One The Origins of the Sciences of Hadith Amongst the Ahlus Sunnah   […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Section Two The Origins of the Science of Hadith Amongst the Rawafid   The Ahlus Sunnah surely surpassed the Rawafid in the science of Hadith, the Rawafid are not but followers of the Ahlus Sunnah in this science, rather they are dependent upon the Ahlus Sunnah in the authoring of books in it. They have not presented to us anything new which is […]