REJECTION OF HADITH LITERATURE I

 REJECTION OF HADITH LITERATURE. PART - I

It is a sign of an immature mindset to reject or ban books or literature on the basis of their beliefs. In my view, any intelligent student or a researcher would never reject any literature of his interested subject however redundant the content of the literature may appear. He would sincerely go through it if he desires to find important truth about it. A critical researcher would never hold any literature infallible before scrutinizing it thoroughly. 

For any critical mind or a researcher no book is divine or perfect unless it passes through the check-meter and that check-meter is not based on blind beliefs but upon deep and impartial knowledge of that particular field. 

The mindset of any genuine researcher is to dig-out the valuable facts from mythology. A sincere researcher can go to any limit to find those valuable facts which he is anxious to know. He has to rigorously and persistently search even if the literature he/she is studying clashes with his/her own belief. The researcher must not investigate his/her targeted topic according to his personal likeness, he must never leave any stone unturned and must not hesitate to enter into unknown territories. The job of a researcher is to fact check and look for glimmer of light in the heap of darkness of ignorance.

Nowadays some seemingly advanced religious people completely reject Hadith books as man-made garbage. They think Hadith literature distorted the message of the book Quran but this is not completely true. The truth is Quran Alone followers unknowingly follow centuries old Hadith literature even if they blatantly deny it. 

We treat the book Quran as direct revelation from God to Mohammad only because we have been informed by Hadith literatures. We assume Mohammad ibn Abdullah of Hadith same as mohammad rasulallah of the book Quran only because our core understanding comes from Hadith literatures. 

Majority of people don't listen or read books which clashes with their core belief. One who is thirsty to know must not ignore or hate or fear of getting stray if his/her primary knowledge of Islam is strong. No literature have the power to lead you stray if your commonsense is intact. The book Quran is based on rationality, logic and thinking, if you have a unbiased sound mind then you can listen, study and read anything, you won't get stray. We cannot treat Hadith books as garbage if we are searching to know about the facts of Quran and Islam. But to find facts from the Hadith literature they must have thorough knowledge of the book Quran and Islam.

It won't be wrong if I say that we have not understood the Hadith books because we have not understood the primary book Quran. We have not been able to segregate useful Hadith only because we have not understood the book Quran completely. We are summarily rejecting the entire Hadith literature as if we have mastered the book Quran and we don't require help from any other literatures. 

If we are aware that the Hadith literature contains at least 5% of valuable material we won't dump the entire literature summarily by terming it as garbage. We need to meticulously mine the entire Hadith literature if we wish to find that scarce valuable literature even if it is in the heap of garbage. For a sincere fact-finder even a small key or hint is enough to open the ancient treasure chest. The book Quran is that treasure chest which is still locked and it won't open with the traditional keys or mindless recitation. 

Note I am not defending Hadith literature but I am criticizing recent translators, interpreters exegete and decipherer who have not applied their reasoning faculty and just copy pasted the perception of their ancestors. First they have not deciphered the message of the book Quran and brazenly calling themselves as Quran alone followers. You can only reject Hadith Literature, Lexicons, Grammar books, Exegesis when you have completely understood the message of the book Quran. I am very confidently asserting that we have not understood the book Quran and we are banning books which may assist us in understanding the book Quran. 

We all know that the book Quran is the only valid document of Islam, all other sources are secondary nevertheless no honest Muslim can deny that their basic learning or understanding of Islam came to them through their ancestor, environment, clergy and Hadith. We don't know anything about the the book Quran except what we have been fed through clergy and Hadith books. We have never applied our own mind and efforts, we have totally relied on books written by others or heard various discourses.

All categories of books or literatures are authored by human beings, some are popular and liked by the majority of people, others are good liked by some specific group of people, some books are average and some are bad, it all depends upon individuals mindset. Writing books is a human skill, God don't write books in specific languages. The language of God is silence and it is heard only by those who have sense of listening. The book of God speaks in our own language, we don't to have to learn from any outside source as Rehman is our Teacher.

Some people find some books very attractive which are bad or senseless in others eyes, so it depends how much one is evolving or is in static state. 

In my 32 years of research in the field of Islam I never considered Hadith books parallel to the book Quran. Later on as I gradually understood the theme of the book Quran I realized that I am studying Hadith based Quranic translation and rejecting Hadith. Our entire understanding of Islam is through Hadith, but we completely reject Hadith and take pride in calling ourselves as Quran alone Muslims.

When I started my own translation / interpretation of the book Quran I realized that there are some verses which we cannot understand without the correct background knowledge of Hadith. Once upon a time I used to hate Hadith Literature and thought that the compilers of Hadith were enemies of Islam. After my in-depth involvement in the translation of the book Quran I realized that like the book Quran, Hadith literature too is the victim of wrong comprehension and thus has a totally inaccurate interpretation. 

The book Quran and Hadith uses figurative language in theophany format, that's the reason today's well versed Arabic literate cannot decode the enchanting message of the Quran. No doubt the percentage of corrupt Hadiths is very large compare to its volume. But we cannot ignore the wealth of indicators it gives to a sincere researcher. 

To many my discourse may appear absurd but it is necessary for me to express my views. Now I am not concern about applause or criticism because truth must be spoken and this is my truth and I am not soliciting for agreement.   

Thank you.