Thursday, April 14, 2011

Validity of hadith 'Love the arabs for three reasons'

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh to all blessed friends.


May i have your attention, please :)

For today's entry im glad to share with you around the status of hadith of LOVE THE ARABS FOR THREE REASONS. Have you ever heard of the hadith?

أُحِبُّوا العَرَب لِثَلَاثٍ لِأَنِّي عَرَبِي وَالقُرآن عَرَبِي وَلِسَانُ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ عَرَبَي
'Love the arabs for three reasons, because i am an arab, the Quran is in arabic and the language of the poeple of paradise is arabic'

Allow me to explain something to you. I have learned this hadith and it status recently in my class, and for your information the validity of this hadith can be questioned. 
The is no evidence can be proven to the hadith authentication. The hadith is classed as fabricated. And the cause of fabricated can be specified as prejudice in favour of town or race or a particular imam.

Do you get shocked with this short explanation?


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For us to remember, as a believer of hadith we cannot simply rejecting hadith that have a doubt of fabrication. If there is no proof that such hadith are maudu' (fabricated), they cannot be rejected.

The authenticity of the hadith can be found from the books of Imam Bukhari, Imam Muslim and other four authentic compilations.


وضع يحيى بن بريد بن أبي بردة بن أبي موسى الأشعري (من القرن الثاني حديث): أحبوا العرب لثلاث لأني عربي والقران عربي ولسان أهل الجنة عربي

Fabricated = وَضَعَ
You can refer to the book of Imam Albani سلسلة الأحاديث الضعيفة والموضوعة 

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Learn hadith is important. Hadith are important tools to understand quran and other matters.



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