An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 60
60 created an immediate effect and the three hundred people who were attending the public meeting realized that the Maulav i was playing an evasive game. Specimen of Writing Regarding the Book and sunnah as authorities I believe that the Book of Allah is to be preferred to all. If the purport of a hadith is not opposed to the Book of All a h, it would be accepted as authoritative, but we will not accept an interpretation of a hadith which is opposed to the clear text of the Holy Quran. So far as possible, we shall try to interpret a hadith so that it should be in accord with the clear text of the Book of Allah, but if we come across a hadith which is opposed to the text of the Holy Quran, and it cannot be interpreted in any other way, we would reject it as spurious, inasmuch as God, the Glorious, has said: In what discourse apart from Allah and His commandments will they believe? (45:7). This means that if the Holy Quran is conclusive and positive about a matter and its meaning is clear, a believer should not accept a hadith which is clearly opposed to it. To the same effect is the verse: In what discourse thereafter will they believe (7: 186). According to these verses a believer must accept the Book of Allah without condition and should accept a hadith conditionally. This is my stand. ( Al- H aq Mub ah athah Ludhiana , pp. 11-12, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 4, pp. 9-10) Impact The impact of this debate was such that the whole province of the Punjab was talking about the claim of the Promised Messiah as. The Promised Messiah as wrote two open letters again inviting the Muslims of Ludhiana to discuss the basic question, i. e. , the Death of Jesus. The whole town of Ludhiana was in agitation because of the falsehood invented and spread by Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i against him. Therefore, Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i was ordered by