What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 27
( 27 ) they have- acquired in the eyes of Muslims is due to their loyalty to the Holy Prophet. If, therefore, any pro- position can be shown to have been laid down by the Holy Prophet, and if that proposition is in accordance with the teaching of the Holy Quran, it must be regarded as an inescapable proposi- tion. Nobody then has the right to deny or question it in any way. Reporters of Hadith, however, are human beings. · They include men of good as well as bad character and intentions. They include possessors of good as well as bad memory and of good as well as de- fective understanding. If we meet with a Hadith which seems to contradict the teaching of the Quran, we certainly have the right to question it. Reports in the Hadith, therefore, are not unquestionable. The early doctors of Hadith themselves make a series of distinctions· between these reports. Some they regard as valid