THE THIRD CENTURY Imaam Shafiee d204H said, “When I see a person of Ahlul Hadeeth it is as if I am seeing the Messenger of Allah (Sallaalahu Alayhee Wassalam) (Sharf Ashaabul Hadeeth) Imaam Abdur Razzaaq d213h the author of the Musannaf, Imaam Abu Dawood at-Tayalisee d204H and Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal d241H said concerning the Hadeeth which mentions the one saved sect from the 73 sects that “They are the Ahlul Hadeeth” they further said “There is no group better than the Ahlul Hadeeth according to us because these people do not know anything except Hadeeth.” Furthermore when they were informed someone speaks bad about the Ahlul Hadeeth they said three times such a person is a zindeeq ie heretic and a rejecters. Ishaaq Ibn Moosaa al-Hatmee d244H said concerning the verse “Allah has promised those among you who believe, and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the earth, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practise their religion, that which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islam). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me. But whoever disbelieved after this, they are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).” (Soorah an-Noor 24:55) that this refers to the Ahlul Hadeeth. So the people accept every Hadeeth the Ahlul Hadeeth present to the people but they reject the Hadeeth presented by the people of opinion. Abdullah bin Dawood al- Khareibee d213H said “I heard from my teacher who used to say, “The Ahlul Hadeeth are designated by Allah as the honest ones over his religion ie they are the preservers of the Sunnah with knowledge and their actions.” Waleed al-Karabeesee d214H asked his offspring at the time of his death, “do you consider me to be truthful? They replied yes, so he said to them if I advise you will you act upon it they replied yes so he told them “Sit with the Ahlul Hadeeth as I found the truth with them.” Imaam Abu Rajaa Qutaibah bin Saeed d240H said, “Whoever you see loving the Ahlul Hadeeth like Yahyaa Ibn Saeed al- Qattan, Abdur Rahman bin Mahdee, Ahmad bin Hanbal and Ishaaq bin Rahwaihah then know he is from Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah and those who oppose them then know he is an innovator.” Imaam Yazeed Ibn Haroon d206H said in explanation of the Hadeeth that a group will remain steadfast upon the truth, “that group is the group of Ahlul Hadeeth.” Imaam Abu Abdullah al-Humaidee d213H Imaam Abu Ubaid Qaasim bin Sallaam d224H Imaam Jarh wat Ta’deel Yahyaa Ibn Maeen d233H Muhammad Ibn Saad Kaatib al- Waaqidee d230H Imaam Abu Bakr bin Abee Shaybah d235H The authors of the six books of Hadeeth, Imaam of the world in Hadeeth al-Bukhaari d256H Imaam Muslim d261H said in his introduction to his Saheeh, “I am going to mention the madhab of Ahlul Hadeeth, Imaam Nasaa’ee d230H Imaam Abu Dawood d275H Imaam Tirmidhee d280H Imaam Ibn Maajah d273H Imaam Muhammad Ibn Nasr al- Marwazee d294H Imaam Abu Ishaaq Ibraahim al- Harbee d285H Imaam Abu Bakr al-Bazzaar d292H Imaam Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Hanbal d290H Imaam Baqee Mukhlad al-Qurtubee al- Andaloosee d274H When Imaam Qurtubee started to spread the Madhab of Ahlul Hadeeth the people of innovation started to have animosity and the leader of Andaloos at the time Abdur Rahmaan supported him the Imaam said, “I have planted the tree of Ahlul Hadeeth which no one can uproot other than Dajjal” (Tadhkirratul Huffaadh) With the grace of Allah even when there is Christian rule there are people there to this day who are upon the Madhab of Ahlul Hadeeth. Imaam Qutaibah d276H wrote a monumetal book titled ‘Taweel Mukhtaliful Hadeeth Fee Raddled Ala A’da Ahlul Hadeeth’, in which he praises the Ahlul Hadeeth and openly refutes the people of opinion ie Ahlur Rayy Imaam Abu Bakr bin Abee Aasim d280H Imaam Alee Ibn al-Madeenee d234H said concerning the Hadeeth which mentions a group will always remain upon the truth, “Then they are the Ahlul Hadeeth” also according to a list of his books he has a book titled ‘Madhaahib al- Muhadditheen’ (Uloom al-Hadeeth) Abdullah bin Uthmaan d221H who is given the title of Imaam of the Ahlul Hadeeth (Tahdheeb) whilst explaining the Hadeeth of the Tooba tree for the Ghuraba said, “This means and refers to the preceding Ahlul Hadeeth” Ahmad bin Sinaan al-Qattan d258H said, “only the people of innovation have animosity for the Ahlul Hadeeth” Imaam Uthmaan bin Saeed ad-Daarimee d280H So all of these scholars lived in different places and they would inform others of the affairs in their areas and other than them there were much more from the people of Hadeeth in the third century
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