Intellectual Dialogue Between: Renewed “Muhaddith” Al-Imam Ibn Shihab Al-Zuhuri (124 A.H ) and Prominent “Orientalist”: Goldziher Ignas (1339 A.H)
- October 7, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Islamic Studies
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue IX, September 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Abdulmalik Sani
Postgraduate Student, Department of Fiqh Al-Sunnah (Sunnah Jurisprudence), Faculty of Hadith and Islamic Studies, Islamic Universitym Madina, Saudi Arabia
Abstract:-Verily, science of hadith is one of the noblest profession comprehended by few among large number of Islamic scholars, however, Imam Al-zuhuri was not just one of those professionals but a famous one, he was one the sixth Hadith narrators whom most chains of Hadith passed through them. He devoid and exterminate his life in learning and spreading the authentic Sunnah as well as analyzing the fabricated, weaks Hadiths and criticizing their narrators. Imam Al-zuhri was not just a mere scholar, but one of the renewed philanthropic personage who spends a lot on his Hadith students. His trustiness, sureness cast him high reputation which make hadith narrators from different part of the world troops to narrate hadith from him. Imam Al-zuhri was a scholar blessed with vigorous memory and same time enjoyed marvelous respect and good relationship with the calipers of Umayyad emperor, this paved him more opportunities to easily spread the knowledge he’s blessed with. On other hand, GoldziherIgnas -one of the famous orientalist of his days- raised some issues and indictments against this scholar which can lead to overturning and dawn falling the respected status enjoyed by Imam Al-zuhuri. The factual stand point of Goldziher’s argument was not only the personality of Imam Al-zuhri, rather, the large number of hadith he had preserved and narrated for the Ummah; because trustiness and sound moralities are pre-requisite for hadith of any narrator to be accepted. Here comes the significance of this paper which is made-up of two parts: first briefly discussed life history of Imam Al-zuhri and Goldziher while other part aimed at analyzing the accusations linked to Al-zuhuri and finally came-up with sound epilogue that can either Exculpate or prove Imam Al-zuhuri culprit of the allegations.
