Layth Saleh al-Shaiban
(Author, Activist, Saudi Arabia)
(e-mail: laytth@hotmail.com)

No one has seen God. He is not normally known except through the Messengers He sends. Religions, therefore, exist because people believe the Messengers. They are the manifestation of Allah and His representatives on earth. A person enters into Islam by the confession of Faith, the Shahadah. This states:-

BY : IBRAHIM MUSTAFA

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Islam is an old religion, older than the prophet Muhammed. Islam was founded by prophet Ibrahim. See Quran, 22:78, 3:67-68, and 16:123.It is through Ibrahim that all of Islam's religious practices were revealed. 2:127-128.

The Prophet Muhammed was a messenger of Allah and the Final Prophet who brought the Final message, Quran, to the world, 33:40.

By Layth (e-mail: laytth@hotmail.com)

Imam Bukhari (died in 256H/870A.D), was well known for his compilation of Hadith/Sayings attributed to the prophet (peace be upon him). Al-Bukahri is considered by the majority of Muslims to be the 2nd source for Islam after the holy Book and is used by the majority to 'explain' the revelations of the Quran by showing what the prophet and his companions used to do/say.

HADEETH : THE QUESTION OF AUTHENTICITY…?

Aisha Musa
(Prof of Islamic Studies, Florida International University)

Hadeeth are such an integral part of traditional Islam in all its variations, that when someone suggests that the Qur’an alone should serve as the source of religious law and guidance for Muslims, the idea is usually met with shock and amazement. So, those who advocate following the Qur’an alone must address the issue of hadeeth.

QURANIC PRINCIPLES ABOUT THE POSITION OF ' HADEETH AND SUNNAH ' IN ISLAM

Mujahid (e-mail: mquran@yahoo.com)

The Quran, the final scripture from God to humankind is considered to be the first source of Islam. Hadeeth and Sunnah which is considered to be the secondary source in Islam, must find its validation from the Quran. The Quran is from God, after all, while Hadeeth and Sunnah , even if from the Prophet himself, are from humans.

PRINCIPLE 1 :

By the Book that makes THINGS CLEAR (Quran : 44.2)

PRINCIPLE 2 :

THE HADEETH CONSPIRACY & THE DISTORTION OF ISLAM..!

By M. Asadi (e-mail: koran114@aol.com)

The Quran and the History of Religion

Humankind were one community, then God sent prophets as bearers of good news and as warners and revealed with them the Book with the truth that it [the Book] might judge between humankind concerning that in which they differed. And only those to whom the book was given differed concerning it, after clear proofs had been given them, through mutual hatred and rivalry&127;(Koran 2:213)

THE MYTH OF HADEETH

by Layth
(e-mail: laytth@hotmail.com)

" Do not accept anything that you have no knowledge of. Surely the hearing, the sight and the mind you are responsible for. " (Quran, 17:36)

The above verse does wonders for the students of GOD's religion, it always reminds them what the "criteria" is for accepting and upholding what is peddled to them as "law" from above.