An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 109
109 year so that his followers had the opportunity of meeting him again and again and thereby witness some of the Divine signs received by him. He said this Jalsah was not just like other mel a s (festivals) but an occasion to purify oneself and profit by one’s experiences and that his followers should watch for Divine Signs when they were in his company. Specimen of Writing If you look with care you will find that a hadith has seldom mentioned a hadith where no corroboration is found in practice. It is, therefore, not true, as some ignorant ones imagine, that the world has learnt of the hundreds of matters relating to the faith, even fasting and Prayer services, only from the A ha d i th compiled by Imam Bukh a r i and Imam Muslim and others. Were the Muslims without faith for a century and a half, did they not perform the Prayer services, did they not pay Zak a t, did they not perform the Pilgrimage, were they unaware of the Islamic doctrines that are mentioned in the A ha d i th ? Certainly not. ( Shah a datul-Qur’ a n , p. 7, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 6, p. 303)