HADITH AND SUNNAH
·0 Holy Prophet is c onsidered as the best interpreter of the Holy Quran
·1 His sayings and actions are the best source of islamic laws after the Quran.
·2 Sunnah are the sayings or conduct of the Holy Prophet , they can be found in several
forms:
1. verbal teachings by the Holy Prophet
2. practicle demonst ration for example prayer
3. through the letters he sent
4. silent approval of the things other people did
HADITH QUDSI AND HADITH NABAWI
·3 A hadith that contains the words of the Holy Prophet spoken by himself is known as
surah nabawi
·4 The hadith which contain Allah's sayings is called surah qudsi, but arent a part of the
holy Quran
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QURAN AND
SUNNAH
·5 The relation between Quran and Sunnah:
5. Sunnah either elaborates a quranic verse or adds something to it
6. sunnah usually talks about the matters quran is silent about.
·6 Sunnah is a source of islamic sources which havent been discussed in the Quran.
·7 The Quran covers all the fundemental teachings while the hadith is for guidance during
practical life.
·8 Overall the Shariah is based on the Quranic teachings along with the hadith and sunnah.
·9 For example Quran commands us to pay zakat and pray but there is no detail what so
ever given such as how many rakaats or how much needs to be given off as zakat but
these all teachings and details are told to us by the Holy Prophet's doings.
·10 There are many teachings that need to be explained to the humans before they could
put them into action, all that is explained to us by our prophet.
·11 we are supposed to follow all the teachings in the Quran along with the hadith and
sunnah.
TYPES OF HADITH
7. AUTHENTIC OR SAHIH HADITH
Criteria for Sahih Hadith:
·12 Should not conflict with other ahadith nor the Quran
·13 Should not be against common sense or law of nature
·14 It should not be talking about Holy Prophet's family or companions nor should it be
praising someone
·15 Shouldnt be opposed to recognize the historical facts
·16 Shouldnt be laying down punishments or rewards for minor/insignificant deeds
The sanad criteria
·17 The sanad should be unbroken with all trustable narrators
·18 the chain of narrators should have met each oher and should go back till the
Prophet(PBUH)
·19 Narrators should be at a age where they could understand the importance of what
thay've heard
·20 the reporter must be a muslim, sane and an adult
·21 Greater qualification of the narrator , greater value to the tradition.
2. APPROVED OR HASAN HADITH
·22 Some of it's narrators have been found deffective in memory.
3. WEAK OF ZAEEF HADITH
·23 A hadith is considered if one of the narrator was known to be a liar or have had a bad
memory
·24 if the narrator hadnt met the person who's narrating to him
4. FABRICATED HADITH
·25 When a saying or action had been dedicated to the Prophet(PBUH) and not had been his
action or saying
STRUCTURE OF HADITH
Each Hadith had two parts:
·26 isnand: It is the chain of narrators
·27 Matn: It is the main text / saying of the Prophet
·28 The first part contains the names of the narrator(muhaddisin) chain known as sanad,
there can be about 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5 amount of narrators, there is no specific limit only until
the chain starts from the Prophet(pbuh)
·29 the isnand is given a great imp in writing down the hadithas it helps identify its value.
·30 To check a sanad it is imp for us to know about their background and life history
·31 To avoid copying , a student was supposed to know his teacher's name and the other
past narrators who narrated them the hadith.
·32 The second part of hadith contains the Holy Prophet's saying or action in his own words.
PRESERVATION OF HADITH DURING
PROPHET(PBUH) LIFETIME
·33 The Holy Quran talks about imp issues and stated regulations for the muslims but
prophet helps us understand them better and help us put them into our practicle life
·34 for example we are told to pay zakat as well as pray but we arent told the details but the
prophet stated and showed us therules and methods.
·35 hadith basically clearifies any sort of question/confusion raised by the humans.
·36 islam covers every aspect of a humans life and at times those teachings needed to be
further explained either through actions or words so the hadith and sunnah used to
transmitted around to spread the word all around the world.
·37 the Prophet used promote the muslims to spread around the word
·38 The muslims started to see this as one of their duty.
·39 Ashab-e-suffah was a group of people, who lived in the mosque and were entrusted to
spread the islamic teachings outside of Madinah.
·40 Abu Hunaira was one of the companion of the Holy Prophet who was totally devoted
towards islam, he had trouble memorizing the hadith so the Prophet himself suggested
him to start writing them down on his right hand and he did so.
·41 Abdullah bin Amr another muslim who used to write down each and everything the
Prophet ever stated.
·42 Hazrat Ali used to mainly write down the hadith which concernedorders and
instructions.
·43 Hazrat AIsha was known to have an excellent memory and preserved each and every
saying by the Prophet.
·44 Abdullah bin umar and abdullah bin abbas are two other companions who contributed
in conserving and transmitting the hadith.
·45 Every muslim at that time did their best to preserve the hadith and looked at them as a
source to heaven
