Re: Challenge for Hadeeth Rejectors
Imam Bukhari, may Allah be pleased with him, was a great scholar. That's it. Allah gave him intellect, and that's it. The theory of divine inspiration of scholars is a Christian one and has no place in Islam. Be mindful of that.
They pretty much did collect whatever was out there...everything. That's why isnad is so important. It put sanity into the hodge podge of sayings.
The manner in which hadith were collected, and which ones were deemed correct or authentic, is pure innovation. A good one, mind you, but it has nothing to do with Allah's revelation aside from subject matter.