details about hadith

1. SCIENCES OF
HADITH &
SUNNAH
PREPARED BY:
MUHAMMAD WASIE FASIH BUTT
WASIEFASIH@HOTMAIL.COM

2. 2 types of divine revelations
One is the spoken [matluww] and the second, the
unspoken [ghair-matluww].
Read this ayah carefully:
“And We appointed the qibla to which you were
used only to test those who followed the
messenger from those who would turn on their
heels.”(2:143)
In this ayah, Allah mentions the first order, which
was to face towards Jerusalem, as His own order,
but we do not find any QURANIC ayah in which
ALLAH tala ordered this. Indeed, this order
came from blessed prophet in his Hades.

3. Definition of Hadees
 Literally means:"report, account, or narrative”
 In Islamic terminology, the term hadith refers
to reports of statements or actions of
Muhammad, or of his tacit approval or
criticism of something said or done in his
presence.

4. Hadees sunna
 Means: every narration
related to the prophet.
 Hades may be abrogated,
e.g.: praying towards the
baitul maqdas( bukhari:399)
 The narration can be
regarding urgency arrived.
e.g. relaxing while
standing(bukhari:224)
 Narration may be confine to
the prophet only. e.g.
married to nine wives
 Means: model behavior of
prophet
 Sunna don’t contain any
abrogated Hades.
 Sunna is applicable for all
times
 follower can follow every
sunna

5. Authority Of Sunnah
 Proficiency in the Arabic language alone cannot
help us grasp the meaning of the Qur’an.
Remember, the shaba, who spoke fluent Arabic,
always turned to the Blessed Prophet to understad
the deeper meanings of the Qur’an. Read the
event of hazrat adi bin hatim related to ayat of
sehri.
 If we know the Qur’an and its place, it is only
because the Blessed Prophet said, “This is the
Qur’an; it is the word of Allah” If we were to
reject this hadīth then the whole foundation of
Islam collapses.

6. Authority Of Sunnah
Allah says to the Prophet in the Qur’an:
“AndWe have sent unto you the message, that you
may explain clearly to men what is sent for them
“(16:44)
This ayah proves that the fundamental role of
prophet is to reveal the meaning of the Qur’an,
which means that the Qur’an cannot
be understood without the prophet. For instance
following ayah cannot be understood without
the knowledge of sunna:
“And (He relented) towards the three whose matter
was deferred” (al tauba:118)

7. Criticism On The
Preservation Of Sunnah
 John Esposito notes that "Modern Western
scholarship has seriously questioned the historicity
and authenticity of the hadith", maintaining that "the
bulk of traditions attributed to the Prophet
Muhammad were actually written much later.“
 He mentions Joseph Schacht as one scholar who
argues this, claiming that "found no evidence of legal
traditions before 722," from which Schacht concluded
that "the Sunna of the Prophet is not the words and
deeds of the Prophet, but apocryphal material" dating
from later.(Esposito, John (1998). Islam: The Straight Path. Oxford
University Press. p. 67. ISBN 0-19-511234-2. Humphreys, R. Stephen
(1991). Islamic History. Princeton University Press. pp. 83–84.
ISBN 978-0691008561.)

8. The answer
The ahadees were used to be preserved in
blessed prophet's era through following three
methods:
1.Memorization
 The Arabs were renowned for their memories,
particularly their ability to memorize long poems
along with the biographies of their authors. Not
only that, the Arabs also memorized the lineage
of their horses, even the horse’s gaits.
 Read the event of famous companion Abu
Huraira with governor of Damascus MARWAN

9. Second method
2.Practice
 Because of their deep love for the Blessed
Prophet, the prophet’s companions preserved
every aspect of the Blessed Prophet’s life; his way
of worship, the way he ate, slept, worked, etc.
 blessed Anas(r.a) relates, “I saw the Blessed
Prophet searching for pieces of squash in a bowl
of curry. From that day on, I loved squash.”

10.  3.Documentation
 many collections of hadith were compiled during the
lifetime of the Blessed Prophet. For example, there is
the al-sahifat-ul-sadiqa by hazrat abdullah ibn amar.
 He himself said:
 “I wrote whatever I heard from the Blessed Prophet
and memorized it. Some members of Quraish
discouraged me from recording. They said, “Do you
write whatever you hear from the Prophet? He is a
man; sometimes he jokes and sometimes he gets
angry like any other person.” The Blessed Prophet
pointed to his lips and said, “I swear in the name of
Allah, in whose hands is my life, that nothing but
truth comes from these two lips( sunane abu dawood).”

11. Categorization of
narrations1. Sahīh (authentic) - transmitted through an unbroken
chain of narrators all of whom are of sound character
and memory.
2. Hasan(approved) - transmitted through an unbroken
chain of narrators all of whom are of sound character
but weak memory.
3. Dha‘īf( weak) - which cannot gain the status of Hasan
because it lacks one or more elements of a Hasan
hadīth. (For example, if the narrator is not of sound
memory and sound character, or if there is a hidden
fault in the narrative or if the chain of narrators is
broken).
4. Mawdū‘ - fabricated and wrongly ascribed to the
blessed Prophet

12. Leanings
We can learn following principles from these
definitions:
1. Dha‘īf( weak) is also hadees, denying every Dha‘īf(
weak) hadees will lead to denial of hadees itself.
2. weakness of Hades can be compensated by other
supports, so we should not blame any jurisprudence
without complete study. may be Dha‘īf( weak)
hadees used by him, has external supports.
3. Authenticity check must be done before forwarding
any Hades., since forwarding fake ahadees is a great
sin

13. Do Bukhāry And Muslim Contain
All The Authentic Ahadith?
 It is like saying that “it is too difficult to
follow the whole Qur’an; let’s just follow the
twenty fourth chapter.”
 there are many authentic ahadith besides the
ahadith of bukhāry and Muslim.
 Imam bukhāry himself said, “I have only put
authentic ahadith in my book, but also left
many authentic ahadith for fear of the book
becoming too drawn-out.”(Siyar I‘lam al-Nubala,
12/402)