You must speak the facts.That fact is what we find in the scriptures.That truly speaking the Quran has far more peaceful verses than the bible.That through centuries Islam has been more peaceful ,not only than other Abrahamic faiths,ie Christianity,and Judaism but also other pagan faiths.
That truly speaking Islam was first religion to recognize peaceful co-existence,though dhimmi it was.
And that the knowledge of Hadith,its analysis,and its exhaustive digging far more surpasses western exhaustive scholarship
And Hadithes are classified in categories
Sahih-the most reliable
Hassan-reliable,and
Dhaif-weak,or unreliable.
And that Time,you say Abbasid period,was of no essence to these highest scholars..ie people like Imam Shaffi
I think you know one story regarding one of Shaffi's sojourn in pursue of Hadith.Introduced to the a would-be narrator,and thought not a slightest sin to the man who baited chickens with some small food in order to slaughter them,in shafii's eyes that was enough to discredit what the man would narrate to him.He balked away.
These were great Muhaddithiin
These were distinguished scholars
These were not affected by so called Abbasid's feudal societies.
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You must speak the facts.That fact is what we find in the scriptures.That truly speaking the Quran has far more peaceful verses than the bible.That through centuries Islam has been more peaceful ,not only than other Abrahamic faiths,ie Christianity,and Judaism but also other pagan faiths.
That truly speaking Islam was first religion to recognize peaceful co-existence,though dhimmi it was.
And that the knowledge of Hadith,its analysis,and its exhaustive digging far more surpasses western exhaustive scholarship
And Hadithes are classified in categories
Sahih-the most reliable
Hassan-reliable,and
Dhaif-weak,or unreliable.
And that Time,you say Abbasid period,was of no essence to these highest scholars..ie people like Imam Shaffi
I think you know one story regarding one of Shaffi's sojourn in pursue of Hadith.Introduced to the a would-be narrator,and thought not a slightest sin to the man who baited chickens with some small food in order to slaughter them,in shafii's eyes that was enough to discredit what the man would narrate to him.He balked away.
These were great Muhaddithiin
These were distinguished scholars
These were not affected by so called Abbasid's feudal societies.