At the time I published my book of "Adwa' 'ala as-sunnat al- Muhammadiyah"...

At the time I published my book of "Adwa' 'ala as-sunnat al- Muhammadiyah", I was involved with many difficulties by these so-called scholars. In that book I had made a survey of the Prophet's traditions and showed how and when and by whom these traditions had been quoted, and what lies had found their way into them and how badly they had been mutilated.

In that book I mentioned these and many other illuminating points, but as soon as the book was published they abused and criticized me from every side, from Egypt, Hejaz and ash-Sham. I ignored those futile talks and bravely tolerated those abuses, since I believed in my goal and had no doubt stepped on the path of truth. Surprisingly enough such persons are like poisonous thorns in the way of learning and knowledge; they accuse and violently attack seekers of truth and true scholars.

How negligent they are of the serious and ill-omened consequences of their deeds! For, with this ugly-deed they do not only betray knowledge and truth, but also make educated and enlightened individuals pessimistically about religion and piety.

These enlightened individuals wish to weigh everything with the criteria of intellect and investigation, and when they deal with religious research they are faced with the attacks of these dry sectarians and their enmity, and in consequence they become weary of Islam and Muslims. It is now incumbent upon all scholars and learned individuals to break down the mental letters of dependence, by not following and imitating; our predecessors.

We must courageously endeavor to make a careful and profound survey of Islamic history, and cleanse it from the pollution of lies, prejudices, spitefulness and misinterpretations, and bring out the truths from behind the thick clouds of imitation and alteration, and fear no criticism and reproach in this course.

I am now very glad to express this truth and announce that a great scholar of Iraq, Professor Murtada 'Askari has risen to undertake this great scientific and religious responsibility and has published some books on this topic which are truly the mirror of truth and right thoughts. Anyone can thus study the real and genuine history of Islam which is reflected in those books and discover the truth.