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[quote]Brother Usmani,

Thank you for these Ahadith. However by presenting these Ahadith you are making a circular argument, or as they say in english you are "begging the question". Let me explain how:

You have presented the Ahadith to prove that 'majority' exists...

You understand these Ahadith to mean exactly what you have written above, because that is, as you think, the 'majority' view on these Ahadith...(and also that a different interpretation of these Ahadith, or a comment about their authenticity will be unacceptable to you, simply because it will be different from 'majority')

So basically you are using a pre-supposed 'majority' to prove that 'majority' exists, hence the circularity!

As you endorsed my understanding that the 'majority' is used to decide between variant opinions. So please try to understand that in order to prove the existence of 'majority', it is more appropriate to use historical evidence instead of Quran or Ahadith. This is because the 'majority' issue has to be resolved before entering into the domain of these sources, if the authority of majority is to be used to choose variant interpretations of these sources.

Regards,
Salman[/quote]

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