Chain of Command - Sciences of Hadith (Notes)
"Imagine a day. A day when all Hadith had been forgotten.
No recollection of tears shed in prayer, nor swollen feet.
No memory of 'Aishah, nor Anas nor Abu Hurayrah.
No knowledge of the actions of pilgrimage or prayer.
No mention of the Ummah that learned at the Prophet's feet. Not its
questions, not his answers, nor their toil. Blueprints for the
future...forgotten and buried in the past. Thank Allah. For that dark
day never came. True, there have been days of neglect and days of
confusion. But the hadeeth never vanished. For the Hadeeth had its
keepers. They were scholars who kept alive the authentic traditions of
the Prophet, Sal Allaahu 'alayhi Wa Sallam. They were the Muhaddeeths,
and Mustalah was their art. "
"Imagine a day. A day when all Hadith had been forgotten.
No recollection of tears shed in prayer, nor swollen feet.
No memory of 'Aishah, nor Anas nor Abu Hurayrah.
No knowledge of the actions of pilgrimage or prayer.
No mention of the Ummah that learned at the Prophet's feet. Not its
questions, not his answers, nor their toil. Blueprints for the
future...forgotten and buried in the past. Thank Allah. For that dark
day never came. True, there have been days of neglect and days of
confusion. But the hadeeth never vanished. For the Hadeeth had its
keepers. They were scholars who kept alive the authentic traditions of
the Prophet, Sal Allaahu 'alayhi Wa Sallam. They were the Muhaddeeths,
and Mustalah was their art. "
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