Imam Az-Zuhree: The Knowledge of the Narrators and Science of Hadeeth is a Male - It is loved by the Males among the Men - And it is Disliked and Hated by the Effeminate Ones!

[Maher.ibn.Ahmad.Attiyeh]

Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu 'ala rasulullaah
Amma-ba'd

Imam Az-Zuhree: The Knowledge of the Narrators and Science of Hadeeth is a Male - It is loved by the Males among the Men - And it is Disliked and Hated by the Effeminate Ones!


Allaah, Subhanahu wa Ta'aala, said:

وَلَوْلاَ دَفْعُ اللَّهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْض ٍ لَفَسَدَتِ الأَرْضُ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ

...And if Allaah did not check one set of people by means of another, the earth would indeed be full of mischief. But Allaah is full of Bounty to all that exists. (Al-Baqarah, ayah 251)

Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: There will never cease to be a group from my Ummah manifest (victorious), not harmed by those who forsake them nor those who oppose them until the order of Allaah comes and they are upon that. [Bukhaaree, Muslim]
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Student Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis (hafidhahullaah Ta'aala) relayed this tremendously insightful and encouraging scholarly benefit:

As Imam Az-Zuhree (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) said - concerning knowledge of hadeeth, the likes of which our methodology has its origin within, the same science that was developed for the protection of the Sunnah and the protection of hadeeth:

'Ilm ar-Rijal Dhakr YuHibuhu adh-dhukuru minar-rijal wa yakrahuhu Eenafuhum (The knowledge of the narrators and science of hadeeth is a male - It is loved by the males among the men - And it is disliked and hated by the effeminate ones.)

And that - oh brothers - is because this methodology requires some (true) manhood and some (true) courage. And it requires Lions to defend it, to protect it, and to make it manifest. Because of the fact that it requires opposing the people often. And often, most people dislike to do so. Most people just want to get along with everybody, and hope that everybody loves them. And that - oh brothers - as it relates to the Methodology of the Salaf of this Ummah, it is inevitable that the one who puts it [the Methodology of the Salaf] into practice is going to have people who are not going to like him (and) stand against him...

While pointing out the numerous heresies and many invented matters of falsehood and compromise that were unwisely permitted to invade and plague and thus corrupt the pristine message that 'Eesa Ibnu Maryam ('alayhi salaam) purely conveyed from Allaah Ta'aala, then Abu Hakeem showed the tremendous importance of Al-Jarh wa-Ta'deel and repelling from the Religion what is not from it. And if it wasn't for Allaah Ta'aala repelling one set of people by means of another - via Al-Jarh wa-Ta'deel - then what happened to the Christians (and the Jews) would have happened to the Muslims.

Allaah giving success to a group to correct the errors of the erroneous is from His Bounty.


Source: http://www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/aud...-Christmas.mp3