An Analytical Study of the Hadiths Recorded in the Sufi Manuals in the Light of Riwayt bil-Mana
Abstract
It is often argued that most of the Ṣufis don’t record the ḥadīth
accurately without properly documenting the text (matan) and the
chain of narrators (sanad) of a ḥadīth. Therefore, most of the
Prophetic traditions recorded in the ṣufi literature are not correct or
fabricated. We have find that many leading hadith experts such as
al-Subkī (d. 771 AH) and al-Irāqī (d. 806 AH) criticized the aḥadīth
of al-Ghazālī (d.505 AH)’s Ihya Uloom al-Din and identified those
which were baseless. This paper aims to conduct a critical study of
this argument by analyzing some hadiths alleged to be incorrect and
recorded in three important ṣufi manuals: Qut al-Qulūb by Abu
Ṭālib al-Makkī (d. 386 AH), Iḥya’ ‘Ulōm al-Din by al-Ghazālī and
Mathnawi by Rūmī (d. 672 AH). This study argues that although
these aḥadīth are not correct according to the principles of hadith
criticism but there are many similar authentic aḥadīth recorded in
reliable ḥadīth sources. Therefore, a careful examination of the
hadiths recorded in the ṣufi manuals in the light of riwayat bilm‘ana improves their status because their text and chain are
incorrect but their themes are accurate and present in the authentic
aḥadīths.
Muhammad Muawia, Prof. Ghulam Shams ur Rehman. (2019) کتب تصوف میں مروی احادیث کا روایۃ بالمعنی کی روشنی میں تجزیاتی مطالعہ, AFKĀR (Journal of Islamic & Religious Studies) , Volume 3, Issue 2.
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