Jonathan Brown - Hadith Collection and Criticism
Part 1:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5960619842161782578
Part 2:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4881247955659949586
Part 3:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1394883260315353104
Part 4:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5594961853071816089
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You have some knowledge Jonathan ,but your attitude is one of a “Coca-Cola Muslim”.You can not pray having your hands in your pockets.There are moments or topics that require a minimum decency when aproach them.
your comment is disgusting .
Sorry Jonathan, for the last two comments. I believe we are all Muslims and no one has a right to call someone else a name.
Jonathan would u ever be available to speak in a class? I will highely appreciate that.
Thank you.
You, brother, who criticized Jonatham Brown for holding hands in his pockets,
First of all, we shouldn’t criticize each other for small things like that. You can suggest to a person to observe his or her body language in a friendly form, for example.
Secondly, Islam is a long way. We learn day by day. Are YOU free from mistakes? Are you perfect in your knowledge, in your faith, in your attitudes towards people?
Thirdly, remember from the example of our Prophet sas that he forgave his followers mistakes which were much more serious than that… remember? Who shows no mercy, no mercy will be shown upon him…
Fourthly, you never know the degree of a person’s faith, only Allah swt does. Just judging person by his outwardly behaviour is a dangerous and stupid thing.
salaam everyone
I am writing in support of brother Jonathan from the shallow criticism posed here. I know him personally and know how knowledgeable he is. Mashallah his mastery of Arabic and other languages in inspiring. Maybe he has his own manner of saying things, which might not agreeable for everyone, but I reassure you that he is respectful of Islam and does his best to be a leading Muslim scholar in the US, and for those who know academia, such a position is very challenging..may Allah bless him and guide us all to represent Islam in the best way
MashaAllah
Asalamu alaykum,
I don’t understand our community? We have a fetish for criticizing others that is beyond me. Where is the adab of the Prophet with many of you self righteous folks? Where is the mercy of the Prophet? This is a convert to Islam who, and I’ve seen him in Egypt studying with some major scholars, has done is best to present some very beneficial knowledge.
Wallahi, we are not a community that lacks knowledge. We are an community that lacks etiquette? You brothers who are busing throwing stones at the brothers should ponder on your own states, seek humility and learn to say something good or be quiet.
AQ
salam
i want to ask the one who would just critisize, do u know who is Professor Jonathan Brown? He recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago where his studies focused on the history of Islam, Islamic law, Qur’an and hadith, Islamic historiography, and hermeneutic traditions in Islam.
We should have some haya’a brothers…
where did he study?, what islamic qualifications does he have? i am not criticizing, just want to know if he IS A SCHOLAR OF ISLAM, want to know if the info is comming from a man learned, not someone who converted and does not even know ARABIC.
salam
nobody told u he is a scholar of islam or a mujtahid who gives fatwas… if he once presented himself as being a scholar then we should ask him for ijaza and opinions of the scholars about his knowledge…
Jonathan Brown is an academic researcher and talib ‘ilm.. we just need to pray for him as do all creatures of Allah even the fish in the deep seas..
for those who are interested here’s a part of the cv of Dr Jonathan Brown:
CURRENT POSITIONS:
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Advisory Editor, 2005-2008
EDUCATION:
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Ph.D. in Islamic Thought, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,
2001-August 2006 with honors
Minor: Modern Middle East History
Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA), Cairo, Egypt
Certificate in Arabic language, June 2000-June 2001
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Bachelor of Arts in History, magna cum laude, May 2000
Minor in Russian Language
Phi Beta Kappa awarded junior year (May 1999)
Completed Certificate in Islam and Muslim-Christian Understanding
LANGUAGES:
Arabic (fluent Classical, Egyptian and Saudi Arabic)
Persian (advanced reading knowledge, fluent spoken)
Urdu (basic)
Epigraphic South Arabian (reading knowledge of Ma’inian, Sabaic and other dialects of ancient South Arabian)
French (fluent reading and speaking)
German (reading knowledge)
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION & COMPETENCE:
Specialization
History of Islam, Islamic Law, Qur’an and Hadith, Sufism, Salafi and Wahhabi Islam, Islamic Historiography, Hermeneutic Traditions in Islam, Early Islamic History, Modern Islam
Assalaam Alaikum,
I almost laughed when I read the brother’s comment asking if he even knows Arabic. A professor of middle eastern studies at the University of Chicago once told me that Jonathan Brown probably has the best Arabic at the entire University! He has traveled, studied, and researched all over the world, from North Africa, to Egypt, to Yemen, to name but a few places.
Aside from a commanding knowledge of formal and informal dialects (His Egyptian ammia would make you think he is actually egyptian), his grasp on the science and history of hadith is nothing short of amazing. It is perhaps because of his deep familiarity with ahadith that he has so much respect for the scholars of hadith.
Dear brothers and sisters, seekers of knowledge, asalaamualaikum wa rahmatulahi wa barakatuhu,
SubhanAllah!
May Allah raise our ummah out of ignorance.
The part about having no adab is so true.
RasoolAllah salAllahu alayhi wa ala alayhi wa salam said that he was sent but to perfect ADAB.
I’m embarrassed for us and ashamed that this is what we have come to. I hope that Dr. Brown doesn’t see this exchange. It’s appalling and a true testament to our stupidity.
Salam Alaikum
Ibn Hazm, in the last chapter of his book, Kitab al-Akhlaq wa’l Siyar, delves on this matter, and `On the manner to attend study sessions.’ He begins by saying (p.114):
“If you attend a study session, only behave like a man wishing to expand his knowledge and seeking a higher reward from God. Do not act like a man contend with what he holds, who is waiting for a weakness (from someone) to criticize (it or him), or an oddity to raise. This will be acting like vile people who have never mastered science.’
‘If you attend with good intentions you will obtain the best results. Otherwise just stay at home, awarding yourself rest, a good morality, and a salutary outcome in front of God.â€
And (in pp 114-5):
“If you attended (a study session) strictly adopt three attitudes; there is no fourth.
First : You can lock yourself in the silence of ignorance.
Second: If you do not behave as such, ask for the questions a man seeking to learn asks…. This man will ask only about what he does not know, not about what he knows. Asking about matters one knows is making proof of ineptitude; this is only ranting, waste of time for everyone…. If the person you are questioning does not give satisfactory answers, stop questioning…
Third: You can answer like a scientist, refuting clearly the other’s arguments. If you are not capable of that, do not insist….â€
assalam aliakum,
wow i’m surprised subhan Allah, every lecture i come across, someone is judging….oh muslims, mind your business, i’m sure there is alot in you deed book, concentrate on fixing that…wsalam
ill watch the video soon. you guys are making a big fuss from the small comment made by the first poster- and extrapolating it to shame all muslims.
I wish i heard of Jonathan. If he got his phD from Chicago, he probably knows Dr Sherman Jackson well!! In that case, he’d probably know Sheikh Naeem Abdul Wali very well as well!!!
I love it when someone reaches for the peak of eloquence in the arabic language- Arabic Morphology ROCKS!!!! IF u have the chance- learn Sarf ASAP!!! It helps u to understand anbd appreciate the Quran.
OK everyone - now lets have some comments on the video please. Has anyone actually watched the bayan yet? LOL
Subhanallah, may Allah(swt)The Most Merciful bless the Brother in this world and the Hereafter. May Allah(The Most Beneficient raise his ranks, Ameen.
Alhamad-u-lilallah; in Allah(swt)’s hands is the I’zza(honor) and Zilah(humiliation). JazakAllah