145. Aside from Divine Revelation, are the traditional sayings and interpretations of men considered to be trustworthy and needed to properly understand the Holy Books? (Hadith)
the Bible No
Yes the Quran
the Bible's Perspective
Jeremiah 7:8Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.
Romans 3:4May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgement.”
the Quran's Perspective
At-Tur (The Mountain) 52:33-34Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe! Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
Notes
Within Islam the most trusted and frequently used collectors of the Hadith include Ibn Ishaq (d. 768); Ebu Davud (d. 775); Ibn Hisham (d. 833); Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 870); Sahih Muslim (d.875); Ibn Maje (d. 886); alTirmidhi (d. 892); Ebu Jafer Taberi (d. 923); None of these men lived during or even close to Muhammad’s lifetime (570-632). Out of the 600,000 hadith Bukhari collected over 16 years, he only kept 7,397 as being genuine (sahih). He threw away over 98% of what he collected from religious Muslims as being exaggerated or untrue.
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