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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Probe into the History of Hadith Part One In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ وَأَنْزَلَ مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِيمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ ۚ وَمَا اخْتَلَفَ فِيهِ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ أُوتُوهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ فَهَدَى اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ "Mankind was one single community, and Allah sent Messengers with glad tidings and warnings and with them He sent the Book in Truth, to judge between people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of the Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves except through selfish contumacy.
Allah by His Grace guided the Believers to the Truth, concerning that where in they differed, for Allah guides whom He wills to a path that is straight." (al-Qur'an, Baqara, 2:213) أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا لَكُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ "can you (O men of Faith) entertain the hope that they will believe in you?
- seeing that a party of them heard the word of Allah, and prevented it knowingly after they understood it." (al-Qur'an, Baqara, 2: 75) فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ "Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say, 'This is from Allah'. To traffic with it for a miserable price!
Woe to them for what their hands do write and for the gain they make thereby." (al-Qur'an, Baqara, 2:79) It had been the practice of the people in the past that after every prophet, they used to make changes in his teachings diametrically and even introduce additions and alterations in the revealed Book. Then Allah had to send another messenger with a fresh set of teachings and in this way He renewed His own earlier religion.
This divine and heavenly discipline thus got perfection and completion only with the advent of the holy Prophet of Islam (P). Allah at this stage decided to introduce the religious code of Islam as a finale to all previous divine systems.
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