Hadith and 'isnad' and matn
Rahman : That's because the SCEINCE of HADEETH pays less emphasis on the MATAN
opf the AL HADEETH and more on the ISNAD of the AL HADEETH. The huge
differences is due to many reasons and among it is the INTERPRETATION
of the AL HADEETH due to it's LINGUSTIC NATURE. In other words, due to
Arabic Language interpretation can differ from one person to another.
But the main difference occurs because of UNAVAILABILITY of AL HADEETH
due to the DISSEMNATION of AL HADEETH all over the Islamic world. So
the HAdeeth found by Imam Abu Hanifah may not be found by Imam Asy
Syafiee and so on and so forth.
The issue of AULA MASTUMUL NISA is one example.
David Bradly (DB):
'More attention to isnad (chain of narration) and less on matn (CONTENT)' ?. No wonder you come up with the most fantastically dumb hadith that even bible followers look good next to you.
'Huge differences due to interpretation and linguistic nature' ? But wait a minute, you say Prophet litubayyin the Quran, right ? So the EXPLANATION (bayan) of the book is ITSELF victim to ambiguous interpretations ? So what's the point of having an explanation then if the explanation further confuses things ?
So lets say you got hadith 'a' in Iraq but it was unavaiable in Egypt ? Wow, this is your Deen eh, like a jigsaw puzzle, So you STILL DON'T KNOW if any hadith will turn up , COMPLETELY CHANGING YOUR DEEN ? Reminds me of the bible and it's versions !