Maktaba Wahhabi

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community expressed in the accepted doctrine of the school of law. This early concept of sunna, which was not related to the sayings and deeds of the Prophet, formed the basis of the legal theory of these schools. (Ibid.) 11- These ancient schools of law gave birth to an opposition party, religiously inspired, that falsely produced detailed information about the Prophet in order to establish a source of authority for its views on jurisprudence. (Ibid., p. 2) 12- The ancient schools of law tried to resist these factions, but when they saw tiiat the alleged traditions from the Prophet were being imposed more and more on the early concept of surma, they concluded that "the best they could do was to minimize their import by interpretation, and to embody their own attitude and doctrines in other alleged traditions from the Prophet" that is, they joined in the deception. (Ibid., p. 2) 13- As a result, during the second and third centuries All it became the habit of scholars to project their own statements into the mouth of the Prophet. (Ibid., p. 2) 14- Hardly any legal tradition from the Prophet can, therefore, be considered authentic. (Ibid., p. 2) 15- The system of isnad ("chain of transmitters"), used for the authentication of hadith documents, has no historical value. It was invented by those scholars who were falsely attributing their own doctrines back to earlier authorities; as such, it is useful only as a means for dating forgeries. (Ibid., p. 2) 16- And makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. (7: 157)
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