Brother you wrote me quite a long reply, may Allah strengthen you. In the beginning, you tried to deny the fact that you made the assertion that Sufis were weak in Hadith, despite it being the very first statement in your original thread.
Then later you went on to berate me and my method of research, in what rather seems like an erry attempt at concluding on an issue you don't even know about. It is customary of your methods to make assumptions about others, so I'm least suprised you turned out this way.
Then you went on to explain that this wasn't your view, but that of the Salaf. So I wish to ask you five questions;
1- what was the greatest challenge Wahb bn Isma'il faced when he began to compile the Hadith and those who presented this challenge were they Sufis or non Sufis?
2- What do you understand by the term "Salaf" and by what definition did you manage to extract the Sufis from the Salaf?
3- Do you really believe every Sufi MUST attach the laqab "Assufi" to their names or not?
4- do you understand how the early Sufis refuted the pseudo-Sufis?
including the alternating use of words and names. Understanding this needs a wholistic study of their receptiveness towards Sufism as a whole.
5- what is Sufism to you and do you, for God's sake, LEGIT believe that you have the monopoly of 'ilmul Hadith?
I am a bit preoccupied and will be glad to see your quick responses later in the day in order to determine whether or not we need to have this conversation. Be nice enough to keep the answers short. As a scientist, I'm not too fond of long write-ups.
BTW, Sufis ARE "PART" OF THE BACKBONES of Islamic Sciences. Perhaps, you misread.
I am only saying part because I understand that you see Sufism as an identity rather than a practice.
Thank you.
Ps. 1- My earlier thread wasn't targeted at proving the afformentioned point. I only added a few examples to make sure my point was clear enough.
2- Weakness (or<) of a narrator is not restricted to their Sufi status. Hundreds of non-sufis were also termed liars.
Salam.
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Here's a compilation of all Parts (1-40) of Biography of RasulaLlah salla Llahu 'alayhi was salam. You can find all the parts with the hashtag, in sha Allah.
I begin this chapter with the statement of Sh. Yusuf Nabahani (r) in Anwarul Muhammadiyya: "had death been Makruh, it would not have touched the Prophet (s)".
1/15
If this world was to be permanent to anyone, it would have been Rasulullah (s).
On his last day, whilst the Muslims were performing Fajr lead by Sayyidna Abubakar (r), the Prophet (s) drew curtains of Nana 'Aishah's room, looked at them and smiled cheerfully.
2/15
Understand, esteemed reader, that he was so handsome, he was dripping light, looking young (like in his 40s); the companions were so glad to see his face that they almost enraptured in their prayers. He made a gesture that they should continue their prayers & went inside.
The Prophet (s) was sick for a total of 13/14 days starting from end of Safar, year 11 AH. He used to pray in the Masjid until his sickness prevented him from doing so.
1/14
Despite being very ill, he was conveyed to the Masjid by Fadl bn Abbas & Ali bn Abi Taalib.
Whenever he couldn't make it to the Masjid, he used to instruct his friend, Abubakar to lead the prayers.
On that Thursday, he went to the Masjid & mounted on his pulpit.
2/14
He gave a sermon inter alia:
"O people! The time has arrived when I should leave you. If I have made a promise with anyone I am prepared to fulfil it, and if I owe something to somebody, he should speak out, so that I may make payment to him".
"من لم يحفظ القرآن، ولم يكتب الحديث، لا يقتدي به في هذا الأمر لأن علمنا هذا مقيد بالكتاب والسنة"
"Whoever does not memorize the Qur'an nor writes Hadith should not be followed in this matter because our knowledge is restricted to the Qur’an and Sunnah".
This is the statement of Imam at Ta-ifa, Junaid al Baghdadi (298H d.) who is regarded worldwide as the leader of Sufis, as recorded in Risalatul Qushayri.
It is a people who are more deserving of defining their knowledge and their fields with sincerity than their foes.
Sufis are known worldwide for their obsession with knowledge and wisdom. Sufis have been memorizing, teaching, transmitting and transporting Islamic knowledge from continent to continent and this is a known fact.
Saying Sufis are weak in hadith is ignorantly unfair.
In the month of Safar, complains came from the governors of the Muslims in Syria and Palestine about the oppression they faced from Rome. Palestine and Syria were under the colonies of Rome.
1/14
The Prophet had tried to resolve this amicably to no avail. Recall that he sent 3,000 men in the Battle of Mu'tah & himself once led 30,000 men to Tabuk. Their obstinacy forced him to dispatch another army, under the leadership of Usamah, who was not more than 20 yrs old.
2/14
Usamah bn Zayd had lost his father in the Battle of Mu'tah. Usamah chose a valley in the outskirts of Madinah, called Jurf as their point of departure. The army camped here and were for some reasons delayed from taking off.