The Sunna in its philosophy...

The Sunna in its philosophy, its methods and its aspects has certain characteristics that the wise, men of sense and the linguists know clearly. When they hear or read something of the Sunna, they find it distinct according to their common sense and criteria. They find its aspects and signs distinct too without any doubt or suspect.

The Sunna was higher than to have thorny weeds, by which Abu Hurayra had stung the good senses and had wounded the scientific criteria before he distorted the exalted Shari’ah and wronged to the Prophet (S.) and his umma. In short, the Sunna was the method of Islam and the law of life, according to which life must be typical in morals, beliefs, social relationships, science and literature.

So it was no logic to be silent about this disgraceful intervention in the essence of Islam, which called for being free from absurd beliefs and superstition, which mind definitely denied. So it was necessary to clear the books of Hadith by removing many traditions narrated by this man that mind does not accept. I say that and I may see some faces frown, and others shrink away from me.

They may, because of inheritance, upbringing and environment, shrink away from a fact shone by research different from what they thought that all the companions were just and fair without testing their deeds and sayings according to the criteria the Prophet (S.) put for his umma. Because companionship, in their point of view, was as sanctum and whoever resorted to, could not be accused of anything whatever he did. This was unacceptable, against the evidences and far away from rightness.

In fact, companionship was a great virtue but it did not make the Prophet’s (S.) companions infallible. Among the Prophet’s (S.) companions, there were saints, veracious and honest men, as well as the unknown ones. Also there were the hypocrites, who committed sins and crimes. The holy Qur’an declared that clearly (..and from among the people of Medina (also); they are stubborn in hypocrisy; you do not know them; We know them).9:101.

So we can depend upon the just companions and research to be certain about the unknown ones, whereas the guilty and criminals have no value, neither they nor their traditions. This was our point of view about whoever narrated a prophetic tradition. The holy Qur’an and the Sunna were our guide.[^1] We never excused the liars even if they were called companions, because it was disloyalty to Allah (S.w.T.), His Apostle, and people.