Life of Ahmad — Page 270
THE PHARISEE OF BATALA as 270 'None but the pure can penetrate it', says the Quran'. (Al-W a qi‘ah 56:80) Everyone evidently cannot do so. The following quotation from N u rul Anw a r (page 91) is very interesting: 'It is related of the Holy Prophet sa that he sent Mu‘ a dh ra to Yemen and asked him as to the authority on which he would decide matters. He replied, "With the Book of Allah. " "If you cannot find it in the Quran?" asked the Holy Prophet sa. "With the Sunna of the Prophet sa of God," said Mu‘ a dh ra. "If you do not find the thing you want in the Sunna?" asked the Prophet sa of God. "I shall form my own opinion in the matter. " said Mu‘ a dh ra. "That’s right," said he, "I am pleased with your answer, praise be to God. " It cannot be said that the above contradicts the words of God: "There is everything in the Quran. " The words of the Holy Prophet sa mentioned above are, "If you cannot find it in the Quran?" Now if one is unable to find anything in the Quran, it does not mean that the thing does not really exist there. That is why the Holy Prophet sa has used the words "if you cannot find". He did not say "if it be not in the Book. "'! (2) The second kind of Hadith is those which are not accompanied and confirmed by Ta‘ a mul or Sunna (practice). The authenticity of such Hadith is based only on oral authority and on the general goodness and truthfulness of the reporters who have been the