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− They did not accept any doubtful narrator's. They Hadith ± − worked very hard, yet since all this activity was after the fact, there can be conjectures about their authenticity. However, it would be dire injustice to say that all Ahadith ± − − are vain, useless and false. There was so much care taken in the writings of these and so much research and Ahadith ± − − criticism went into this work that there is no parallel found in any other religion. It is also wrong to say that until the were Ahadith ± − − collected, people were unaware of the of Prayers or Rak‘at − did not know how to perform the. The continuity of Hajj ± action that had been established through the , had Sunnah taught them all the laws and duties of Islam. Therefore, it is − absolutely true that even if these did not exist at all Ahadith ± − − in the world, that were collected ages afterwards, the real teachings of Islam would not have suffered at all. The Holy − Qur’an and the continuity of action had already fulfilled − these needs. The , however, augmented that light. Ahadith ± − − Islam thus became light upon light and these stood Ahadith − ± − − by the Qur’an and as witness. " Sunnah − (Review of Mubahisa-i-Batalvi and Chakralvi, pp 3-5) − − − − − Hadrat Promised Messiah and Mahdi further states: as ± ± − "Of the many sects that subsequently appeared in Islam, the true − one derived great benefit from the true. The correct way, therefore, Ahadith ± − − is neither to treat the as having greater authority than the Qur’an, Ahadith ± − − − as do the sect of this age, and not to prefer statements in the Ahli Hadith ± − Hadith which are contradictory of the Holy Qur’an to the Qur’an itself, nor ± − − − to regard the as vain and false as is the belief of Maulvi ‘Abdullah Ahadith ± − − − − Chakralvi. The Qur’an and the should judge the and those Sunnah Ahadith − − − ± − − that are not opposed to them should by all means be accepted. This is the straight path and blessed are those who follow it. Most unfortunate and 170