> Sunni Response A Critical Analysis of Modernists and Hadith Rejectors

[salman]

A critical analysis of modernists and hadith rejectors is a comprehensive book refuting the falsehood of modernist and progressive thought. It is written by brother Sajid A. Kayum. You can download the whole book from A Critical Analysis of Modernists

I will try to take notes when reading the book and bring it here for benefit of others, insha'Allah. For now you can read a brief overview of the Book:

Ilmul-Kalaam (argumentation based on Greek philosophy) is among such innovations in the religion that created intellectual schisms in the Muslim nation and initiated deviant trends. One of the sects that indulged in Ilmul-Kalaam were the Mu'tazilah. They gave precedence to intellect over the revealed texts of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah - when they perceived the two conflicted. This attitude set an evil precedent for all later groups who sought to make intellect and desire decisive over the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. In this book, we shall critique such modernist groups that attempt to impose novel interpretations upon Islamic teachings.

Insha'Allah, we shall critically analyze the Modernists, beginning by understanding the deviations of the Mu'tazilah sect. We shall see with examples;

a) the rejection of Kalaam by the scholars and Imams of the Muslims,

b) the turmoil that the Mutazilah brought upon the Islamic world as a result of their Kalaam and,

c) the ill-effects of philosophy on pious and knowledgeable scholars who indulged in it and later abandoned it.

We shall study the views of the 'Muslim' rationalists (al-Aqlaniyah), a group that emerged towards the end of the colonial era and found intellectual nourishment in the views of the Mutazilah.
We shall see in this booklet the close resemblance between Christian and Jewish Modernists on one hand, and the 'Muslim' modernist and progressives on the other.

We shall analyze the views that have become the hallmark of the Modernist call and expose their remoteness from Islam.

Lastly, we shall comment on the most outrageous antics of present-day 'progressives', expose their hatred for Islamic teachings and report on the complete failure of their call.

The second section of this booklet deals with the misguidance of rejecting Hadeeth as this is another malady afflicting all Mu'tazili influenced groups whether the Modernists, the Progressives, the Secularists or the pseudo-Islamists. The refutation focuses upon analyzing the views of three prominent rejecters of Hadeeth; Rashad Khalifah, Ghulam Parvez and Amin Ahsan Islahi.

The two sections of the book greatly complement each other as the modernists and the hadeeth rejecters are two sides of the same coin.

All in all, this booklet should provide a good overview towards understanding the many misguided views that emanate from varied groups influenced by the Mu'tazilah.

A critical Analysis of the Modernists and Hadeeth Rejecters by Sajid A. Kayum

[al-boriqee]

Asalamu alaiku

Oh yes yes yes al-hamdulillah

I have to read this

barakalahu feek

asalamu alaikum

[Ibn Ilyas]

Assalamu Aleykum ww

Wow I just read the overview and it really caught my interest. Insha'Allah I am gonna have to read this properly when the time presents itself.

Jazakallahu khayran