ملتان میں علم حدیث پر ہونے والے کام کا تجزیاتی مطالہ

Abstract

The religion Islam is very close to nature and offers a complete code of life to humanity. The Holy Quran is the heart of Islamic literature, and the knowledge of Hadith occupies a central position in interpretation of the Quran. The impact of Hadith is highly significant because it plays an effective role in relation the knowledge of the Quran to all spheres of mankind. The knowledge of Hadith explains the injunctions of the Quran, clarifies obscurities, and provides the contextual meaning the holy verses. Further, Hadith tells us the life of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be upon Him); his sayings, action and deeds. In addition to it, Hadith is a source of Islamic history. The concept of Ijtehad is also based upon the sayings of Holy Prophet. Muslims scholars, right from the beginning, have been passionate to carry out researches on the knowledge of Hadith. This continuity of inquiries is exemplary: No other prophet’s or religious scholar’s sayings have been protected and researched in such a manner. Hadith is the second source of law, after the Quran. The following sayings of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be upon Him) describe the significance of the Hadith: I am leaving two things amongst you, as long as you will keep attachment with them, you will never be strayed, those are Quran and my Sunnah. Hadith Multan is an ancient city. It is known as a city of saints, internationally speaking. Therefore, it has played a vital role in the spread of Islam. The city of Multan does have the madaris that deal with the knowledge of Hadith. These madaris were established after the creation of Pakistan. The madaris have been dealing with the teaching of Hadith, history of completion of Hadith, along with sectarian interpretations of Hadith, but very few works are available that are the products of research on Hadith. Majority of these works usually reflect the promotion of respective school of thought in the area. Most works on Hadith in Multan followed a specific methodology. Students used to take notes during the scholar’s lectures, and these notes were then converted into published written book after the consent and verification of the scholars. In this context, major works are in the field of Sharoh – h – Hadith (explanation of Hadith). The present stud contains the following: Chapter 1 deals with the origins and development of the knowledge of Hadith in the subcontinent. Right from eh birth of Islam till present day, the entire history of works on the Hadith in the subcontinent has been taken into account. Chapter 2 is an analysis of the history and principles of the study with reference to the knowledge of Hadith in the city of Multan. The terms history of Hadith and principles of the study Hadith have been elaborated. Moreover, the scholars whose works were significant in Multan have been introduced. Chapter 3 details with the topics of inquiry in the study of Hadith in Multan. The topics of inquiry have been introduced; the scholars who worked on these topics are highlighted. Details o the works have been studied critically. Two scholars are significant in Multan in this context: Syed Mahmood Hassan Shah, a famous scholar of Hadith at Jama – ul – Uloom, Multan and Prof. Dr. Saeed – Ur – Rehman, Chairman Department of Islamic Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Both have highly valuable contributions. A full length chapter, i.e. Chapter 4 is detailed study of Sharoh – h – Hadith with reference to Multan. It gives all the details in the area. Chapter 5 gives a complete picture of the knowledge of Hadith in Multan in three areas: authenticity, completion and translation. The concluding chapter is Chapter 6. It is an overall analysis of all the information detailed in the previous chapter. It is comprehensive view of the works on Hadith in Multan with reference to purposes of studies, their quality and style. The chapter ends with suggestions: 1) the topic knowledge of Hadith in Multan has scope for the further inquiry. 2) Researches should avoid sectarian extremism in their researches. 3) Points of view of other sects’ scholars should be given due importance in the inquiries. 4) Muslims lack, unity, the scholars, through studies in Hadith, must play a vital role in the uniting the Ummah.