The Limitations of Ibn Ishaq's Sira
Posted 12-02-2015 at 08:39 PM by Continuum
[quote=Woodrow LI;42138379]The biggest arguement Muslims have about Ishaq is His book "Sirat Rasul Allah" While it is known Ishaq did write such a book, it was destroed. However one of his students tried to restore it from memory, that was also destroyed and Hisham tried to restore the students version from Memory. that is what remains. Hisham did admit he did embellish the book and used his imagination for what he forgot.
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In any case, all historical accounts [secondary texts] especially > 1,300 years ago cannot be reliable.
Therefore it is understandable that we should rate Ishaq's Sira credibility low but that do not suggest we should abandon any reference to what he wrote.
It is the same for the Hadiths which are written by men [or women] up to 200 years after the prophet death and such we should discount their credibility first due to the time factor.
Thus we should NOT simply abandon what Ishaq presented but rather use it as a reference on a [B]hermeneutical [/B]basis with other texts and in the context of Islam and reality.
[URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hermeneutics?s=t"]Hermeneutics | Define Hermeneutics at Dictionary.com[/URL]
If not, read it up,
[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics[/URL]
This is necessary to ensure ones' views are objective and rational.
Just as one critique Ishaq, in the same context the Quran is not reliable at all because God cannot exists as real, thus there is no Quran from a God.
Therefore the Quran was authored by a men or a group of men.
When we refer to the Quran & Ahadith we should understand them from the hermeneutical perspective and in the context of Islam, human history, humanity and reality and more so the psychology of believers.
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[URL="http://islamiat101.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-authentic-is-work-of-ibn-ishaq.html"]Seeking The Truth: How Authentic Is The Work Of Ibn Ishaq[/URL]
[URL="http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.com/2015/06/who-was-ibn-ishaq-and-was-his-seerah.html"]The Facts About Islam: Who Was Ibn Ishaq and Was His Work Reliable?[/URL][/quote]
In any case, all historical accounts [secondary texts] especially > 1,300 years ago cannot be reliable.
Therefore it is understandable that we should rate Ishaq's Sira credibility low but that do not suggest we should abandon any reference to what he wrote.
It is the same for the Hadiths which are written by men [or women] up to 200 years after the prophet death and such we should discount their credibility first due to the time factor.
Thus we should NOT simply abandon what Ishaq presented but rather use it as a reference on a [B]hermeneutical [/B]basis with other texts and in the context of Islam and reality.
[URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hermeneutics?s=t"]Hermeneutics | Define Hermeneutics at Dictionary.com[/URL]
If not, read it up,
[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics[/URL]
This is necessary to ensure ones' views are objective and rational.
Just as one critique Ishaq, in the same context the Quran is not reliable at all because God cannot exists as real, thus there is no Quran from a God.
Therefore the Quran was authored by a men or a group of men.
When we refer to the Quran & Ahadith we should understand them from the hermeneutical perspective and in the context of Islam, human history, humanity and reality and more so the psychology of believers.
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