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Correct procedure for studying hadith

“I was reading Kitab al-Jihad in Sahih Bukhari and felt that not all hadiths there fall under the title of Jihad. Also, reading hadiths without context might mislead. Please comment on my thoughts and give me the correct procedure of studying hadith.”Asked by Khawaja Kaleemuddin, Pennsylvania, USA

He answers at 40:51 in Living in Falsehood · 3 min 49 sec

His answer, in his own words
40:51
maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai ah khwaja kaleemuddin sahib ka from Pennsylvania, USA unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, I was reading some parts today of kitab al-jihad of sahih al-bukhari. after I read it for some time, I felt that all ahadees do not fall under the title of jihad. secondly, reading ahadees without their context might mislead you. please comment on my thoughts and give me theright procedure of studying ahadees. haan, dekhen yeh aap ka khayal sahi hai aur hadeeson mein ek cheez hai jis se mujhe zyada ittefaq nahi hai.
41:45
dekhen, hadeeson mein ek to hai collection ahadees ka, jo kitaben hain hadees ki, chahe siyasat hon ya doosri kitaben hon, us mein hadeeson ko compile kiya gaya hai. lekin sirf musnad ahmad jo hai, uska tareeqa alag hai. wahi mein sahi samajhta hoon, musnad ahmad ke tareeqe ko mein sahi samajhta hoon. aur doosri kitabon mein kehte hain is ko tarjuma bab, yani chapter banana, is par ek title qaim karna, yeh mujhe is se ittefaq nahi hai. kyunki muhaddiseen ne aise unwanat qaim kiye hain jis ki wajah se hadeesen bohat mehdood ho jati hain, bohat hi mehdood.
42:37
to mein musnad ahmad ka jo tareeqa hai, usi ko sahi samajhta hoon ke unhon ne rawiyon ke aitbar se chapter banaya hai. lekin doosri jo kitaben hain, us mein unhon ne tarjuma abwab qaim kiya aur aur bohat is ko ahmiyat deti hai, ahmiyat di jati hai. lekin mein is ko ahmiyat nahi deta kyunki bohat zyada mis leading hain yeh, yeh tarajum abwab. to aap ka jo taassur bilkul durust hai, yahi mera ta assur hai. mein ek misaal deta hoon ke hadees ki kitab mein aap padhenge jo ek ek jis ko kehte hain ke khawateen ko jo ek masla pesh aata hai, hauz al-nifas ka, us ke tehat bab qaim kiya hai.
43:26
yani hauz al-nifas ka bab. is mein ek hadees hai ke al-nisa'u shaqaiq al-rijal iska matlab hai ke yani men and women are two equal halves of a single unit aurat aur mard ek unit ka nisf nisf hain, jaise ek saib hai, 20 se kaaten aap to do shaqeeqa hoga. wo to do shaqeeqe hain. bohat hi zabardast yeh yani ek tareeqa woh hai expression hai aurat aur mard ke equality ko batane ka.
44:14
yani both have equal status equal respect lekin is ko kahan unhon ne darj kar diya hai? hauz al-nifas ke bab mein aisi bohat sari misalen hain. to yeh jo tarjuma hai, tarajum abwab hain hadees ki kitabon ke, mujhe is se zyada ittefaq nahi hai. mein musnad ahmad ke tareeqe ko zyada acha samajhta hoon, zyada scientific samajhta hoon. maulana, agla sawal calcutta se hai doctor roshan kumar jha ka
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