4. What is a hadith?
A hadith is a saying or narration of a Prophet(S.A.W.W)
speech ,deed, or approval or disapproval-whether spoken
or tacit- about something.
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6. Difference b/w Sunnah and Hadith
Great difference b/w Sunnah and Hadith
Hadith doesn’t add anything to the contents of Islam
Word meaning of Hadith according to Islamic scholars
Sunnah literally means “busy path", "trodden path", "beaten Path”
Hadith can be inauthentic
Sunnah is purely related to practical aspects of Islam and is
Independent Source of Islam
7. Importance of Hadith
Compulsory for us to follow Prophet (S.A.W.W)
and his Ahadith
Few Quranic verses
Few stories/event’s happened to imam bukhari
9. Authencity of Hadith
Chain of narration must be unbroken
Every narrator in the chain must be of acceptable righteousness
and character
Moral characteristics are not sufficient
Chain and text must not contradict
No chances of mistakes upon inspection
10. Conclusion
Must follow Sunnah and Hadith
Must consult and look for all the possible solutions of problems faced
in life in Sunnah and Hadith.
May Allah (SWT) change our mind and give us taufeeq to learn our
Deen and practice upon the Sunnah and Hadith of His beloved
Nabi (S.A.W.W). (AMEEN)
Editor's Notes
Matn (text),
isnad (chain of reporters), and
taraf (the part, or the beginning sentence, of the text which refers to the sayings, actions or characteristics of the Prophet(P), or his concurrence with others action). The authenticity of the hadith depends on the reliability of its reporters, and the linkage among them
Now before I discuss importance of hadith, I must clarify that there is a great difference b/w sunnah and hadith. Most people consider it synonym of each other or two names one thing but in reality they are different from each other.
Hadith is as the definition was discussed above, that hadith is the narrative of the words,deeds or tacit approved or disapproved by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w). It does not add anything to the the contents of Islam that are stated in Quran and Sunnah which are two independent sources.
Muslims scholars employ the term hadith as “khabar”. Because in khabar, there might be a possibility of being right or wrong.
On the other hand Sunnah literally means paths names, as a term it means the practices of Abraham (sws) to which Prophet Muhammad (sws) gave religious sanction among his followers after retrieving reforming and making certain additions or deductions from them.
Quranic Verse, Then We revealed to you to follow the ways of Abraham, who was true in faith and was not among the polytheists.
Point: example of bicycle, that if your grandfather buys one bicycle and u keep it till ages and to generations after generations and then someone ask you that sell it, then you will say that I won’t, it’s my fathers symbol, similarly how won’t u believe the Prophet (S.A.W.W)
