RE: How do Muslims know which Hadiths to follow
December 29, 2013 at 5:26 pm
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2013 at 5:26 pm by The.question.)
(December 29, 2013 at 5:21 pm)StuW Wrote: I understand Insad (i'm reading Hitchens - God is Not Great where they are explained). It seems a very complicated system but I'm reading what I can so hope to understand.
It is kinda complicated; But if you want to Nail a Sunni Muslim down on a certain Hadith, just check if it is considered to be an authentic hadith by the Sunni Muslims. The work of finding out if a hadith is relaible or not has basically all be already done for you by the so called Scholars of Islam.
(December 29, 2013 at 5:21 pm)StuW Wrote: I understand Insad (i'm reading Hitchens - God is Not Great where they are explained). It seems a very complicated system but I'm reading what I can so hope to understand.
It is kinda complicated; But if you want to Nail a Sunni Muslim down on a certain Hadith, just check if it is considered to be an authentic hadith by the Sunni Muslims. The work of finding out if a hadith is relaible or not has basically all be already done for you by the so called Scholars of Islam.