SEE # 96.
"SEE # 96."
SEE # 96. Run
Run #96. Run
( You might not get this, it's from just about every Americans first reader, take my word for it, you'ld be rolling on the floor )
"Without a study of the ahadith, it is impossible to have an accurate understanding of Islam and its laws."
Since the earliest collection of hadiths dates from 1.5 to 2 centuries after Muhammad's death, and since the Koran specifically states "[6:115] The word of your Lord is complete, in truth and justice " ANY dependance on the hadiths as a source of truth or law is suspect.
As a historian, sure, study every facet ... you might even be the one to figure out how they get sucked into the perversion and find a solution.
I suspect though it is much like the church before printing, the leaders were the one who held the books and control - none of the flock was about to argue with them.