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**realnilkless** · 06-29-2011, 10:46 PM

Imam al-Ghazali was a greater muhaddith than most present-day copy-paste muhaddithun by far.

Can't we just say that it is an ijtihadi matter, and there is no inkar in masa'il al-ikhtilaf and leave people to follow either opinion?

Sure, there are no sahih ahadith proving that it even took place on the night of the 27th, but great 'ulama have favoured that view - it could be wrong, it could be right, just like most matters. From these scholars were Imam an-Nawawi ash-Shafi'i and one of the greatest Huffadh of Hadith, the great Hanbali author of 'Umdat al-Ahkam, al-Imam 'Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi, radhiy Allahu 'anhuma. Other scholars, differed, no doubt, but it need not be an issue of contention, and certainly not an oppurtunity to target scholars and their understanding of ahadith.

was-salam

06-29-2011, 10:46 PM	#17
realnilkless Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 687 Senior Member	Imam al-Ghazali was a greater muhaddith than most present-day copy-paste muhaddithun by far. Can't we just say that it is an ijtihadi matter, and there is no inkar in masa'il al-ikhtilaf and leave people to follow either opinion? Sure, there are no sahih ahadith proving that it even took place on the night of the 27th, but great 'ulama have favoured that view - it could be wrong, it could be right, just like most matters. From these scholars were Imam an-Nawawi ash-Shafi'i and one of the greatest Huffadh of Hadith, the great Hanbali author of 'Umdat al-Ahkam, al-Imam 'Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi, radhiy Allahu 'anhuma. Other scholars, differed, no doubt, but it need not be an issue of contention, and certainly not an oppurtunity to target scholars and their understanding of ahadith. was-salam
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