Out of the different readings posted for today, I think that the section on the Hadith really caught my attention and I found a lot of different aspects of it very interesting. I think that there are a lot of good ways that this can be compared to modern and historically information, and the different sources that this information comes from. I also think that the science of the Hadith is a very interesting concept and it really should be talked about more in mainstream education. Starting out with the Hadith in comparison to historical information, the thing that kept coming to my mind was the quote “history is written by the victors.” With the Islamic community discovering various contradictions throughout the Hadith it really got me thinking. Just how much of our history has contradictions in it compared the what people learn in other countries. I feel like it isn’t compared very often and obviously everyone has some bias. Just how much religious and general history has been lost through the ages and destroyed by the victors of certain wars. This can also relate to more modern information. Just how much information is being kept from people in this day and age. Even with so much access to information through the internet, it’s interesting to consider what we could still be missing out on. Most media is very biased and a lot of people get their media from a specific source. This can just lead to more conflict and differing opinions and contradicting facts being fed to people every day. This leads me to my final point on how teaching about the science of the Hadith (more in a general sense) could be very helpful. If more people could learn to be more skeptical of all the different information they’re receiving on a daily basis we could have a much smarter general population. With the rise of social media and “fake news” I think this is a very important topic that needs to be taught starting around middle school at the latest. This is what I got out of the reading of the sections in the Hadith and the general over view of it.
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