We all know that the WHOLE Quran was completely written down when the prophet Muhammed died. We also know that he left clear instructions to the Quran writer about the position of every sura and verse in the Quran.

What we now call Prophet Muhammed's hadiths was collected over two hundred years after his death and then allowed to be written years after all the four guided Khalifas refused to permit such writing. The prophet Muhammed himself when he died had no idea about any Hadiths books. Actually, these books recorded more than one hadiths in which the Prophet ordered the true believers not to write ANYTHING but the Quran.

Now to the 'Chinese whispers' ..........

To understand the reason the hadiths we have today that were attributed to our
beloved prophet Muhammed have been so vastly corrupted, I will have to remind
you with the "Chinese Whispers".

The lecturer in a college course was talking about the verbal transfer of information, demonstrating the effect of verbal transfer of information on altering an original message

What he did was ask 10 people to come forward from his audience .....he then asked 9 of them to leave the hall, and then gave the one in the hall a small piece of paper to read out to the audience .....

The man read the following extract from the Bible :

"After this Jesus went down to Capernaun in company with his mother and followers and his disciples, but they did not stay there long. As it was near the time of the jewish passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. There he found in the temple the dealers in cattle, sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Jesus made a whip of cords and drove
them out of the temple, sheep, cattle, and all."

After that the lecturer took the piece of paper from the first man put it in his pocket , called the 2nd man in , and asked the first man to repeat to the 2nd man the words that he just read out of the paper.

The man said the following ;

"After this Jesus went down to Capernaun in company with his mother and his disciples, and they stayed a long time. After that Jesus went back to Jerusalem. Beside the temple he saw people who were buying cattle and pigeons, he also saw money-changers. Jesus kicked them all out."

Now the lecturer asked the third man to come in and asked the second man to repeat what he just heard from the 1st man ....... he in turn said :

"After this Jesus went down to Jerusalem with his mother and some of his disciples and stayed for a couple of days .... After that Jesus went back to the temple. Beside the temple he saw people who were buying cattle and pigs, he also saw money-changers. Jesus shouted at them and told them theywere wicked."

Once again the next man came in , and the message was repeated as
follows :

"One day Jesus was in Jerusalem with his mother where he was was for many years .... but one day Jesus left Jerusalem and went to a far away.  Beside the temple he saw people who were buying horses and pigs, he shouted at them for having so much money and told them that money was wicked."  By the time the next man narrated the same story it was :

"Jesus was born in Jerusalem and lived with his mother for many years there .... one day Jesus went to the market place in Jerusalem and in the market he saw people who were riding horses and selling pigs, he shouted at them for having so much animals and money asked them to give their money to charity for it is wicked."  in turn, the next man said the following :

"Jesus was born in Jerusalem and lived with his mother all his life .... one day Jesus went to the market place in Jerusalem and in the market he saw people who were riding horses and selling pigs, he shouted at them for their cruelty to the animals and asked them to give up all their money or to make sure their animals are well fed." in turn the words were changed to :

"Jesus was born in Jerusalem and lived near a market place where there were lots of people mistreating the poor pigs and whipping their horses......... one day Jesus went to the market place and saw those wicked people who were only interested in selling their pigs, they were very loud and rude to him, so he did not reply back but cursed their money and left ..."

Now any of you can go back and read the first account of this story  and then once again read this last one which was only the 6th new narration.

Moreover, what is important here, is that this incident took place in  a period of 10 minutes in a lecture ........

What would it be for thousands of saying , most of them many pages long that were transmitted through many people and over a period of 200 years ???

You must also note that the ten men in the lecture were all honestly trying to repeat the story as best as they can remember ...... thus we cannot accuse them of deliberately trying to corrupt the story they were narrating .........

Similarly , many of the narrators of the hadith were honest people , but how accurate can a story be narrated across 200 years andby 6 to 10 different men in a chain ????

We should not be surprised to see God clearly telling us in the Quran to follow NO OTHER HADITH but the Quran.  http://www.submission.org/dozen.html

We should not be surprised to see this massive corruption in Hadiths and sunna book.  See our file at: http://www.submission.org/had-corruption.html

We should not be surprised to see that GOD DELIBERATELY permitted this 99% corruption of Hadiths and Sunna, so His true believers can realize easily that their ONLY salvation is through HIS WORDS, the Quran, and nothing else.

Hadiths are sayings attributed to Prophet Muhammad more than 200 years after his death. They were collected against his will and many are full of contradictions and nonsense. Anybody who read a hadith knows that it starts with so-and-so (pbh-peace be upon him) heard from so-and-so (pbh) who heard from so-and-so (pbh) who heard the prophet said…. Why would anybody take so-and-so’s words against God’s words in the Quran which God calls “the best hadith.”

[39:23] GOD has revealed herein THE BEST HADITH; a book that is consistent…

How reliable are Hadith Books?

The following funny anecdote submitted by sister Asiah/Singapore is a reminder of what can happen to the original message when it is passed through different sources.

The result of passing the message

Memo from General Manager to Manager:

Today at 11 o’clock there will be a total eclipse of the sun. This is when the sun disappears behind the moon for two minutes. As this is something that cannot be seen every day, time will be allowed for employees to view the eclipse in the car park. Staff should meet in the car park at ten to eleven, when I will deliver a short speech introducing the eclipse, and giving some background information. Safety goggles will be made available at a small cost.

Memo from Manager to Department Head:

Today at ten to eleven, all staff should meet in the car park. This will be followed by a total eclipse of the sun, which will disappear for two minutes. For a moderate cost, this will be made safe with goggles. The Director General will deliver a short speech

beforehand to give us all some background information. This is not something that can be seen every day.

Memo from Department Head to Floor Manager:

The Director General will today deliver a short speech to make the sun disappear for two minutes in the eclipse. This is something that cannot be seen every day, so staff will meet in the car park at ten or eleven. This will be safe, if you pay a moderate cost.

Memo From Floor Manager to Supervisor:

Ten or eleven staff is to go to the car park, where the Director General will eclipse the sun for two minutes. This doesn’t happen every day. It will be safe, but it will cost you.

Memo from Supervisor to staff:

Some staff will go to the car park today to see the Director general disappear. It is a pity this doesn’t happen every day.

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