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dr.ati,

Ramming horns against a mountain only damages the one who's ramming. And, as explained by Ulama, criticizing the salaf will only raise their rank in the Akhirah by taking the criticizer's hasanat. Also, Laymen have no business drawing their own conclusions in jarh wat ta'deel.




Muhammad ibn Samma’ah narrates: “Isa ibn Aban (a famous Muhaddith and a well known Hanafi scholar) used to perform Salah with us (in the Masjid where Imam Muhammad ibnul Hasan Rahimahullahu ta’ala-the student of Imam Abu Hanifah Rahimahullahu ta’ala and the third highest authority of the Hanafi Math-hab – used to perform Salah and thereafter have discussions on Fiqh). I used to invite him to come to Muhammad ibnul Hasan Rahimahullahu ta’ala (to learn from him). He would say in reply: “These are people who contradict Hadith”. Isa Rahimahullahu ta’ala was a scholar who had memorized a substantial amount of Hadith. One morning he performed Fajr Salah with us, and it happened to be the very same day Imam Muhammad Rahimahullahu ta’ala was going to conduct his discourse. I did not allow him to leave until he (also) sat in the gathering. At the close (of the discussion) I took him to Imam Muhammad Rahimahullahu ta’ala and said: “This is the son of your brother (in Islam) Aban ibn Sadaqah, the scribe. He is brilliant, and has the knowledge of Hadith. I invited him to you but he refused saying that we contradict Hadith”. Imam Muhammad addressed him and said: “O my son! What do see us contradicting in Hadith? Do not bear witness against until you hear from us. So Imam Isa Rahimahullahu ta’ala asked him questions relating to twenty-five chapters of Hadith, and in each chapter Imam Muhammad Rahimahullahu ta’ala answered (narrating to him the Ahadith of these subjects) and would inform him of all that was abrogated therein with proof and evidence. After we left, Isa ibn Aban Rahimahullahu ta’ala turned to me and said: “There was a barrier between myself and nur (divine light), which has now been lifted! I was not aware that there existed a man in Allah’s kingdom like this, whom He has disclosed for the people”. Isa Rahimahullahu ta’ala then accompanied Imam Muhammad Rahimahullahu ta’ala and did not separate from him, until he became a Faqih by him”.


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