What is the answer to the questions of a Quranist who states that Abu Bakr did not narrate any hadith, and that the Messenger ordered that hadith not be written down and the Companions went against his order in the third century? And could there be a prophetic hadith that we consider authentic when it is fabricated?
The scarcity of narrations from Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) is natural due to the short period he lived after the passing of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The prohibition against writing down was out of concern that it might mix with the Quran. Then, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) later permitted its writing, and Muslims unanimously agreed on the permissibility of writing it down. Whoever claims otherwise is misguided and an innovator. Muslims have unanimously agreed on distinguishing between authentic and weak hadith. What the scholars of hadith agree upon as acceptable is indeed so, and what they agree upon as rejected is rejected. The consensus of the Ummah is infallible and does not converge on error. Therefore, whoever deviates from their path in this regard has followed a path other than that of the believers.
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