Hadith and Orientalists

Inevitable, that the words of the Prophet can be channeled properly up to the present times. All narration are a scientific process by conducting rigorous research and selectively to produce good results.

Although in the process, encountered a fake hadith transmission activity, but it can be overcome thanks to the critics of hadith by investigating ambiguity and irregularities contained in the hadith element. This occurs because of the interests of certain parties to achieve their goals. By relying on words of the prophet Muhammad as a supporting their argument, then their opinion or doctrine can be accepted easily by the Muslim community at that time.

An extraordinary appreciation must be given to the critics of hadith, who have filtered it with a particular approach so that the validity of a hadith is acceptable. But, unlike the case with critics saying that the hadith is an artificial the scholars of Islam and not from Prophet Muhammad SAW. it is a big lie.

The critics who conclude that all the hadith is a fake, -they came from all the Orientalis- is the actual subjects who deserves to be criticized. How did their research methods, whether the source used is comprehensive and objective? Because, if all the instruments and sources of research used correctly by the researcher, it can not be denied that the result is, the hadith is authentic and true comes from the prophet of Allah.

The Result of Orientalists critics has been clarified by the scholars of Islam, that the results of a study published by the orientalists, in fact, is not sufficient the condition to generate absolute data. Should be, in conducting the study, the researchers should be neutral and not take sides on any people so that the research results are objective.

Regardless of the purpose and intent of the Orientalists, no one can give an argument that all the hadith is a fake, if the research activities conducted in the proper manner and correctly. and in the end, Islam is the only one true religion, and provide a wide space for researchers to criticism. Increasingly researchers criticize every detail of Islam, they closer to the real truth. Wallahu a’lam.