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[quote]As-Salaamu `Alaykum: - Let me first remind my brothers & sisters in Faith that we should resist expressing personal opinions in religious matters unless we have the necessary academic expertise in the disciplines relevant to understanding and interpretation of Akhaam-ul-Islaam (Edicts). This does not mean that we should not try to understand the religious instructions but only to avoid expressing on such matters personal judgments, which are not backed by sound reasoning based on the text of Al-Quraan-ul-Kareem and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam). Both these sources of the Islaamic jurisprudence have to be given equal status. The following Aayaat of Al-Quraan-ul-Kareem, among several others, contain the edicts of Allah (SWT) on the issue of obeying the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) along with His (SWT)’s obedience.

3:31-32, 132; 4:13, 59, 69, 80, 64; 5:92; 8:1, 20, 46; 24:52, 33:33; 54, 56; 47:33; 58:13; 64:12

Therefore, we should not relegate position of the authentic Hadith to any lower level than what is its due according to the above edicts. Regarding the science (`Ilm) of determining authenticity of an Hadith, some idea of the care exercised, and the tools employed, by the Muhadditheen (Academic experts in the sciences of Hadith) can be had from the material available on the following web sites:

http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/atit.html
http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/sunnah/0008.htm
http://www.hadithonline.com/

No judicial proceeding even during the present times can meet the standards set by the Muhadditheen for scrutiny of the authenticity and accuracy of Aahaadith. Therefore, we cannot ignore authentic Aahaadith when we are required by Allah (SWT) to obey His Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam). We have to remember in this regard that we have received the text of Al-Quraan-ul-Kareem through the same channel as Aahaadith. The only difference between the two is that text of Al-Quraan-ul-Kareem is preserved, and conveyed, in the same words as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) by the angel Jibraeel while in the case of Aahaadith their text (Matan) is composed in the words of the narrators occurring in the chain of the narrators of an Hadith.

Therefore, we, as Muslims, have to conform our life activities according to the requirements of the authentic Aahaadith, and any violation of these will amount to a sin. Necessity, and importance, of presence of a Mahram with the ladies intending to perform Hajj is evident from the directive of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) contained in the following Hadith:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (Radhiallaho anho):  
The Prophet (sallallaahu'alaihi wasallam) said, "A woman 
should not travel except with a Dhu-Mahram (her husband or a 
man with whom that woman cannot marry at all according to the 
Islamic Jurisprudence), and no man may visit her except in the 
presence of a Dhu-Mahram." A man got up and said, "O Allah's 
Messenger! I intend to go to such and such an army and my wife 
wants to perform Hajj." The Prophet said (to him), "Go along 
with her (to Hajj)." 
Bukhari  Vol. 3 : No. 85 [Source: - E-mail from: "AHAD-Listmaster" <listmaster@ahad.org> To: "ahad" <ahad@ahad.org> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 1:40 PM]. [Arabic text of this Hadith may be seen in Saheeh Bukhaari, Kitaab-ul-Hajj, Baab Hajj-in-Nisaa’]

Wa-Allahu A`lamu bi-Sawaab, Wa Ma Tawfeeqee Illa bi-Allah, Wa-Alhamdulillah.

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