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Stated
‘Abdullaah Ibnul-Mubaarak (d. 181H) –rahimahullaah, “The isnaad (chain of
narrators for hadeeth) is from the Religion.” And through another chain of
narration he said, “According to me, the isnaad is from the Religion. If it
were not for the isnaad, whoever wished
could have said whatever he said.” And he also said, “The example of
the one who studies his Religion without
an isnaad is like the one who attempts
to ascend a roof without a ladder.”27
Said
Sufyaan ath-Thawree (d. 167H) – rahimahullaah, “The isnaad is the weapon of the
Believer. So if he does not have a weapon
with him, what will he fight with.”28
27Sharaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth (1/15)
28Sharaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth (1/15)
Selected from the Article ‘A Return to the Sunnah: https://www.troid.org/media/pdf/areturntothesunnah.pdf
