i'll give you an example
a year ago i got into some fairly heated discussions with 1-2 muslims on here on the topic of astrology, angelology etc. I quoted a hadith where the prophet SAW initially forbade 'incantations' (a form of magic). He was later questioned by someone who insisted that his form of incantation was for healing people from scorpion bites. He was asked to recite his incantation and the prophet SAW said "as long as there is no shirk (polythiesm) or harm/evil in it, you are encouraged to do it" (not these exact words but you get the gist of it).
The logic i was using here was that incantation (called Ruqya) in islam and yet incantations are a type of magic. Ie altering physical reality with words. Although these days we understand matter is energy anyway. The point here was there are forms of magic that are sanctioned in islam and that we can called 'white magic' OR in the case of ruqya/incantations 'ruqyah al shariah'.
To these posts, a certain
@Etagloc responded by saying something like
"i used to read the quran and it felt like it was magic" (in an evil way of course).
A year later, he was posting mufti abu layth content to attack him...implying he is an anti-christ (dajjal) type figure too. I defended abu layth...and then he accused me of being a Quranite, a hypocrite/munafiq (in the way Jesus accused the pharisees) and possibly not even a muslim.
We have far too many
@Etagloc type entities amongst us. Abu Layth also pointed out in the clip i posted, very early on that this phenomenon of elevating hadith is relatively recent ie past 100 years.
you know what occured in that time? crude oil in arab lands, making house saud filthy rich, meaning their salafist sectarian agenda began...
and these people, are the furthest thing from islam despite appearance.
IRONICALLY they are condemned in the hadith prophecies (although they insist it doesnt refer to them but to someone else ie shias/sufis).
Also given we were discussing Jerusalem/islam before, one of the major signs to prove a religious group is 'right with God' is it's position in Jerusalem/the temple mt.
Carefully read this hadith
(1) Narrated Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman: The people used to ask Allah's Apostle about good, but I used to ask him about evil for fear that it might overtake me. Once I said, "O Allah's Apostle! We were in ignorance and in evil and Allah has bestowed upon us the present good; will there by any evil after this good?" He said, "Yes." I asked, "Will there be good after that evil?" He said, "Yes, but it would be tained with Dakhan (i.e. Little evil)." I asked, "What will its Dakhan be?" He said, "There will be some people who will lead (people) according to principles other than my tradition. You will see their actions and disapprove of them." I said, "Will there by any evil after that good?" He said, "Yes, there will be some people who will invite others to the doors of Hell, and whoever accepts their invitation to it will be thrown in it (by them)." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Describe those people to us." He said, "They will belong to us and speakour language" I asked, "What do you order me to do if such a thing should take place in my life?" He said, "Adhere to the group of Muslims and their Chief." I asked, "If there is neither a group (of Muslims) nor a chief (what shall I do)?" He said, "Keep away from all those different sects, even if you had to bite (i.e. eat) the root of a tree, till you meet Allah while you are still in that state." (Book #56, Hadith #803)
i'll explain some context before i get to the larger context
the wahabi/salafi sect 'rose' out of a context where sufism became rampant and corrupt, kind of like how the protestant movement rejected catholicism at a point where catholicism became 'hijacked' right? because the traditions of the church got to a level where, the church was standing in the way of people's connection to God...ie the church first, then God.
So one of the biggest ideas amongst muslims in my lifetime has been the word 'bidah' (meaning Innovation). Ie they say
"if the prophet SAW did not do it, it is BIDAH"
so the wahabi/salafi sect is verry vocal and active in their fight against bidah. They are puritanical, ie trying to 'cleanse' islam..trying to eliminate the evil. On that, they have gradually began accusing regular muslims (remember sufism is a dimension of islam, the majority of muslims follow some sufism to varying degrees).
Now i'll explain the hadith overall
'there would be evil after this good'
the biggest proof of this 'evil' was that muslims became materialistic, greedy/competitive, lost the way with God...and then the first crusade happened and muslims lost Al-Aqsa. get it?
What happened in that time period? sufism...hence the biggest/most famous sufi personalities appeared in the world
read up on these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ghazali
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moinuddin_Chishti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadir_Gilani
sufi islam regenerated islam under next contexts...
for example, moinuddin chishti went to india in a time when muslims had been attacking india/hindus for centuries. Yet many converted to islam at his hands because he (and many other sufis in that t ime) had a lot in common with hindu vedanta tradition ie they were focused on spirituality more.
So then the hadith says
I asked, "Will there be good after that evil?" He said, "Yes, but it would be tained with Dakhan (i.e. Little evil)." I asked, "What will its Dakhan be?" He said, "There will be some people who will lead (people) according to principles other than my tradition. You will see their actions and disapprove of them."
ie 'they will be good, but they wont follow me 100%, they will innocate'
this sums up sufism perfectly..and the proof of this 'good' is that muslims took back al Aqsa. in fact Sallahuddin Ayubi was blessed by Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani as a child.
Now consider how long sufi islam has stood ie how long muslims held Al-Aqsa from that time? it wasnt until the rise of colonialists in europe that gradually led to the decline of islam...
THIS is where the real shit began...the things you're asking ie 'why'
the mughals and ottomons were barely religious...and as a result there were religious mobs who kind of ruled the streets and even the emperors/sultans had to gain their approval before taking power. A lot like US presidents these days....or actually no diff to any muslim leader fo that matter, their power is only given to them as long as they please the right people. These mobs..took the religion whatever way they chose...
effectively you had a pharisee type situation where you had these sufi sheikhs deliberately spreading ignorance so they could take advantage of people, they built shrines and made them into places of business etc.
long story short, wahabism rose out of that context...
and yet in that hadith the prophet SAW said
I said, "Will there by any evil after that good?" He said, "Yes, there will be some people who will invite others to the doors of Hell, and whoever accepts their invitation to it will be thrown in it (by them)." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Describe those people to us." He said, "They will belong to us and speakour language"
why so? it's because the wahabi sect believed in killing muslims..and they did that..and then they rebelled against ottomon rule so they could rule Al-Aqsa/palestine.
You know what happened there LOL.
I asked, "What do you order me to do if such a thing should take place in my life?" He said, "Adhere to the group of Muslims and their Chief."
this was fulfilled when they fought against the ottomons.
so we live in this period today...
I asked, "If there is neither a group (of Muslims) nor a chief (what shall I do)?" He said, "Keep away from all those different sects, even if you had to bite (i.e. eat) the root of a tree, till you meet Allah while you are still in that state." (Book #56, Hadith #803)
this is considered the period before dajjal/the anti-christ.
Whether you would accept this 'prophecy' or not, the events/groups ive related to it have all played a part in where we stand today.
Though, in the last 100 years it's become easier to spread certain types of narratives through books, then through videos/audio and now youtube..
the idea of Sahih Al bukhari hadith as being 'unquestionable' is because of the sects involved.
simple.
man says 'this hadith might be wrong' what happens? it isnt the ordinary person who does anything, it is the sectarian mob.
