The indication of the mind

Book: The Indication of the Mind Subtitle: On the Certainty of the Prophetic Sunnah from the Perspective of Transmission and Narration Author: Muhammad bin Khalifa Al-Rabah Series: Intellectual Theses Book Size: 14 by 21 cm Number of Pages: 118 pages To download a brief PDF about the book: Click here Overview: In this book, Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa Al-Rabah presents a chapter that no one has previously addressed with such focus and compilation; namely, the rational evidence for the authenticity of the Sunnah. Amid the widespread ignorance today of the science of Hadith, its value, and the reliability of its transmission, some question the acceptance of the idea that the Sunnah has been transmitted to us for more than 1400 years. They do not understand the foundations upon which the process of transmission, narration, documentation, and collection was based, nor how it began during the time of the Prophet himself and his life. All of this will be read in a precise and concise main text by the Sheikh, with detailed explanations left to the margins so as not to disrupt the sequence and interconnectedness of the points. Contents: - About the author - Introduction - Definition of the Sunnah - The most prominent rational principles related to the topic of news - What is the correct rational stance regarding reports transmitted from the Prophetic Sunnah in terms of authenticity or weakness? - Practical steps to determine the authenticity of the Sunnah or other reports First: The stage of issuing texts and collecting them - Strong and excellent models of narrators of the Sunnah demonstrating meticulous care and verification in collecting Hadiths - The first period: receiving news from its source, understanding, and memorizing it - The first method: writing and documenting the narration from the source - Clarification of the invalidity of any Hadith prohibiting writing - Listing evidence for documenting Sunnah narrations in writing from the moment of their issuance - The second method: memorizing texts by heart from the source - Sensory and rational evidence indicating the possibility of memorizing speech by heart - A recent American study confirming this sensory truth; the tangible reality is the greatest witness - Causal reasons beneficial for human memorization generally - Explanation of the available strong memorization reasons among narrators of Sunnah based on their reality - The second stage: restricting and collecting texts in specific books and references - Organized documentation of Sunnah during the era of classification and comprehensive references Second: The stage of examining and verifying the authenticity of reports - The first station: examining the book or comprehensive reference of texts - Steps for verifying the book and conditions for its authenticity - Sahih Al-Bukhari as a model - Testimony of Motzaki on the authenticity of one of the most important books of Sunnah (bibliography science) - The second station: examining each report individually in the book from its compiler - Two steps to activate the verification (collect data then compare with acceptance conditions) - Three important rational factors in distinguishing the justice of narrators from others - Summary of rational methods to identify a trustworthy and reliable narrator - An overview of practical criteria used by scholars of Sunnah demonstrating their meticulous application - Confessions of Western scholars acknowledging Muslims’ success in applying the science of Hadith - Categories of reports based on their method of reaching us and their impact on acceptance - Valuable criteria distinguishing the news of the single (one) report in the Sunnah from other reports - The cosmic and legal aspects of isolated reports (Ahad) - Conclusion