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Hadith Criticism
Feb. 19th, 2005 10:54 pmThe Development of Exegesis in Early Islam: The Authenticity of Muslim Literature from the Formative Period
Herbert Berg, Curzon Studies in the Qur'an, Andrew Rippin, ed., pp. 6-64.
"Muslims have never suggested that forgery of hadiths was not a problem in early Islam. What they do claim is that the forgeries have been eliminated and that that which has been preserved is, on the whole, the actual words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad." (p. 8)
( Chapter 2 Notes... )
Herbert Berg, Curzon Studies in the Qur'an, Andrew Rippin, ed., pp. 6-64.
"Muslims have never suggested that forgery of hadiths was not a problem in early Islam. What they do claim is that the forgeries have been eliminated and that that which has been preserved is, on the whole, the actual words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad." (p. 8)
( Chapter 2 Notes... )
"When assumptions produce conclusions which in turn justify the assumptions, we have a circular argument. And such an argument is not likely to convince anyone who does not share those assumptions." (p. 50)
