Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 507
23 October 1907 507 and Prophets for sorcery to affect them, rather it fades when encountering them as God Almighty has said: 1 اَل ُحِلْفُي ُرِحاَّسلا ُثْيَح ىٰتَا اَل ُحِلْفُي ُرِحاَّسلا ُثْيَح ىٰتَا Look, there was sorcery in opposition to Prophet Moses as. Was Moses as ultimately triumphant or not? It is absolutely false that magic had overpowered the Holy Prophet, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him. I can never accept it. It is against my doctrine to continuously accept [ S a hih al- ] Bukh a r i and [ S a hih ] Muslim blindly. Even the intellect cannot accept that sorcery had affected such an extraordinary Prophet. Such insin- uations that, (God forbid), the memory of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was impacted by the sorcery, this and that happened, cannot be accepted in any case. It appears that some wicked person included some state- ments from themselves. Although I attentively look at the a ha- d i th , I can never accept any saying that contradicts the Holy Quran and violates the innocence of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The time when the a ha d i th were being collated, even though they were recorded after consideration, yet still the utmost caution was not exer- cised. That was the period for collation, but now is the time to analyse and reflect. To collect the traces of the Prophet s as is an extremely rewarding act, but it is a matter of fact that those who collated them could not exercise the utmost caution. Now it is the prerogative of everyone to carefully ponder and reflect; accept those that are worthy and abandon those that are flawed. The matter that the Holy Prophet, may peace 1. And a magician shall not thrive, come where he may ( S u rah Ta H a , 20:70). [Publisher]