The hadith relates to an army arising from Khorasan, usually understood as Central Asia, leading to a confrontation and the end times.

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Significantly the Times failed to note that the reason it is familiar is because it comes from both the Koran and the hadith.

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For one, Mr Gormez is the brains behind an ambitious project to reinterpret the Hadith, the most sacred text in Islam after the Koran.

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Another, in the 18th century, was Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, who advocated purging Islam of modern accretions and relying strictly on the Koran and hadith (the record of the prophet's words and deeds).

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Six scholars stand out among Hadith collectors for the reputed accuracy and authenticity in the selection of Hadith they chose to include as a part of their collections.

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Significantly, the "Ankara School" of theologians working on the new Hadith have been using Western critical techniques and philosophy.

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The compiled Hadith of these companions did not survive in their original creations but were passed down and collected by numerous Hadith collectors of varying quality and repute.

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But with Saudi money, and in the guise of Wahhabism, the ahl-al-hadith have of late won the upper hand.

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Aside from that, the focus in most of our educational system is on religious subjects such as hadith (sayings attributed to the prophet), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), tafssir (interpretation of the Koran) and of course the Koran.

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In addition to his academic work, Abou El Fadl had spent the year studying for certification in a top-level field of Islamic jurisprudence called hadith authentication.

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