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An Analytical Study of the Hadiths Recorded in the Sufi Manuals in the Light of Riwayt bil-Mana

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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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