KRITIK M. MUSTAFA AZAMI TERHADAP PEMIKIRAN PARA ORIENTALIS TENTANG HADIS RASULULLAH
ABSTRACT: One of controversial
conclusions of the orientalists’ study on the hadis is that the authenticity of
the hadis is actually not as high as the Muslims believed so far, because none
of the traditions of the Prophet is truly authentic from the Prophet,
especially the tradition relating to fiqh. The conclusion was in turn
confirmed that it is very difficult to trust the hadis literature as a whole
as an authentic record of all the sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammad.
The conclusion has thus aroused reactions from the Muslim researchers, among
others, a leading researcher on hadis, Muhammad Mustafa Azami. Azamifound that
doubts expressed by the orientalists in the system of sanad are due to the
their methodological errors in studying on sanad material studies, that is
because they generally did not examine the chain of transmission based on the
hadis main books, but on the books of fiqh and sirah wich were prepared in
different way from the hadis book. Azami refuted the conclusions of the
Orientalists and proved the authenticity of the hadis in several ways, included
comparing the hadis from many students’ collections with their
teachers’collections of hadis, comparing the statements of the scholars from
different times, comparing with the of written documents, and comparing the
hadis with verses of the Koran related.
Penulis: Kamaruddin
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd110297
