Islam Rediscovered
15. Preservation, Updating, Da‘wah
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short period of time, they produced a vast and
systematic body of literature that contains almost
each word uttered by the Prophet, every action
done by him, anything approved of or disapproved
of by him, including other chronological details
about his companions and the succeeding
generations. This literature, as a whole, is rightly
considered to be the second basic source of Islam
after the Qur’an. The authentic part of
Hadith
literature coupled with the Qur’an, provides an all-
inclusive text of Islamic ideology. Thus, by both the
sources having been committed to writing, the
original version of Islam has been so perfectly and
permanently preserved, that until the coming of
doomsday, anybody can at any time confirm how
Islamic teachings were revealed from God, and then
how they were explained and practised by the
Prophet and his companions.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
Right from the days of the companions of the
Prophet up till the present times the majority of
Muslims, both rulers and ruled, have shown the
greatest of interest in and concern about imparting a
