Understanding Islam through Hadis is a book by Ram Swarup, first published in 1982 in the USA. It was eventually banned in India.
The book is a study, based on the English translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqi, of the Sahih Muslim, the second most important collection of Hadiths. Ram Swarup claims in the foreword that "we have quoted extensively and faithfully from it."
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