• CONTRADICTIONS IN HADITHS

    ATTITUDE OF THE FOUR CALIPHS TOWARD THE HADITHS

    Those who have acknowledged the existence of books other than the Quran as sources for Islam in the belief that the Quran was not self-sufficient, and who have tried to understand Islam basing this on the hadiths, think that the happiest period of Islam was in fact the period during which the Prophet reigned and next to it the period of the Four Caliphs that followed it. However, their behavior has betrayed their speculative approach. It is a fact that the Four Caliphs banned the copying of all hadiths and did everything to thwart the attempts to copy. What is…

  • SECTS

    SECTS

    Once the Quran came to be deemed not self-sufficient and the need was felt to supplement it with hadiths and ijtihads, the rise of numerous sects was inevitable. The four sects prevalent today of the Sunni and Shii sects have…

  • SECTS

    RELIGIOUS ORDERS

    Despite the great number of orders (tarikats), each widely differing from the other, and altogether apart from the Quran’s teaching, for lack of space, we shall dwell on the worship of sheikhs and certain incontestable truths common to most of…

  • OBEYING TO PROPHET

    THE CONCEPT OF SUNNA

    Sunna as a word has the meanings of style, method, way, and behavior. It has also the connotation of the customs and traditions of a community. Although the word usually refers to the acts and sayings of the Prophet, it…

  • INVENTION OF HADITHS

    ARAB NATIONALISM

    Honesty, good morals, diligence in the practice of religious rituals, frequent reciting of God’s name are the essential sunnas indicated in the Quran. Turbans, wearing robes with long sleeves and skirts, growing beards, eating with the right hand and seated…