Friday, 22 April 2011

Don't ahadith have a context, limited to a certain time?

This is another one of the silly arguments raised by clerics and their followers, that ahadith are limited to a certain time and context therefore we need mujtahids to guide us through their guesswork and personal opinions (labelled as ijtehad). So is this so, what do ahadith say?

Al mu'atabar min ahadith al kafi

علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن يونس، عن حريز عن زرارةقال: سألت أبا عبدالله عليه السلام عن الحلال والحرام فقال: حلال محمد حلال أبدا إلى يوم القيامة، وحرامه حرام أبدا إلى يوم القيامة، لا يكون غيره ولا يجيئ غيره، وقال: قال علي عليه السلام: ما أحد ابتدع بدعة إلا ترك بها سنة

Ali b. Ibrahim, from Muhammad b. Isa b. Ubaid, from Yunus, from Huraiz from zurarah who said: I asked Aba Abdullah(as) about the halal and haram, so (Imam(as)) said: "Halal of Muhammad(pbuh) is halal forever till the day of judgment, and his(pbuh) haram is haram forever till the day of judgment, there will be no one other than him(pbuh) and no one will come other than him(pbuh), and (Imam(as)) said: Said Ali(as): "None followed bidah(innovation in religion) but that he abandoned from the sunnah."

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