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to please the ruling classes, such as a king or an official.
Whether it was only for popularity.
In addition to these rules, the Masters went to great lengths
to ascertain whether the narrator had only given the meaning
of what he had heard or the actual words of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him. Unless the narrator
had been proved to be known for both learning and piety,
the deviation was looked upon with suspicion and the Hadith
rejected.
When Mecca peacefully surrendered to Prophet Muhammad, praise
and peace be upon him, he had approximately ten thousand companions.
As-Suyuti mentioned in one of his alphabetically arranged
books concerning the biographies of twelve thousand
Whether it was only for popularity.
In addition to these rules, the Masters went to great lengths
to ascertain whether the narrator had only given the meaning
of what he had heard or the actual words of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him. Unless the narrator
had been proved to be known for both learning and piety,
the deviation was looked upon with suspicion and the Hadith
rejected.
When Mecca peacefully surrendered to Prophet Muhammad, praise
and peace be upon him, he had approximately ten thousand companions.
As-Suyuti mentioned in one of his alphabetically arranged
books concerning the biographies of twelve thousand